Under 20 for Under 20's National Playwriting Competition

The deadline for this year's annual Under 20 for Under 20’s National Playwriting Competition is December 14, 2007.

We accept submissions from writers across the country who are under the age of twenty. Plays must be no longer than twenty minutes in length; they can not have had a professional production, and should require no more than four or five actors to perform. The winner is awarded a prize of $250, and their play receives a professional workshop reading at the annual Spring Arts Fair.

Interested writers should submit one copy of the script, c/o Under 20 for Under 20’s National Playwriting Competition, on single-sided 8.5" x 11" paper that is typed or word-processed (no faxes please). We will also require proof of age (e.g. a photocopy of your birth certificate, health card or driver’s licence). The plays are read blindly by a national jury (this means that each writer's identification is separated from their script so as not to influence the adjudicators).

"The challenge that the Under 20 competition presented to not only write a short play, but to then further develop it with the help of amazing and talented theatre artists was an inspiring and encouraging experience."
Natasha Mytnowych, Under 20 for Under 20's winner - 2002

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