This is a reminder that the deadline for submissions to the 11th Annual Dr. Floyd Gaffney Playwriting Competition for Undergraduate Playwrights is this Friday, April 13th.
The Department of Theatre and Dance at University of California San Diego is looking for previously unproduced, unpublished scripts highlighting the African-American experience in contemporary or historical terms. The winning script will be highlighted during our annual ‘Wagner New Play Festival.’
Adaptations from books and other forms are not allowed.
The winning playwright will receive:
· A $1000 honorarium
· A staged reading in spring of 2018 of the winning script to be presented on the campus of UC San Diego.
· Travel and housing costs covered for the winning playwright to be present for the reading of their play.
Additional competition information can be found here.
Guidelines:
Scripts must be original, unpublished, unproduced and free of royalty and copyright restrictions. Plays which have staged readings are acceptable.
Scripts must be 50 pages or longer, typed. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically.
Deadline for entry Friday, April 13th, 2018.
The winner will be announced by April 27th, 2018.
Please include with your submission your contact details (name, college email, address, and phone number), play title, number of characters, institutional affiliation, and a one-page story summary.
Submissions:
All scripts must be submitted by email to playwritingcompetition@ucsd.edu.
We look forward to receiving your submissions! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at tdpromo@cloud.ucsd.edu.