2018 NATIONAL LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD
Arizona Theatre Company
INFO: Submissions for the 2018 National Latino Playwriting Award are now open. Latino playwrights residing in the United States, its territories or Mexico are encouraged to submit scripts for the award. Each script will be read and evaluated by a culturally diverse panel of theatre artists; finalists will be judged by ATC artistic staff.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Deadline: November 15, 2017
- Notification: By August 1, 2018
arizonatheatre.org/national-latino-playwriting-award/
2018 - BEATRICE TERRY RESIDENCY PROGRAM
The Drama League
INFO: The Beatrice Terry Residency is designed exclusively for women or women-identified artists who both write AND direct their own work. It is not intended for a director who would like to write a play, or for a writer who has never directed...but rather, someone who identifies a place in both disciplines professionally. The residency includes:
REHEARSAL SPACE: up to a maximum 29 hours of rehearsal in the Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley Studio Lab at The Drama League Theater Center in Tribeca.
WORKSHOP STIPEND: A stipend for the developmental expenses of the residency will be awarded. Amounts awarded are determined by the selection committee; in 2015 the BEATRICE TERRY RESIDENCY received $3500. Applicants will be notified of the amount of the stipend before committing to the residency.
PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP: The artist will receive periodic mentorship from Drama League staff.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOWINGS: The work will receive an in-progress showings at the Drama League Theater Center in Tribeca.
SUBMISSION FEE: $12
DEADLINE: November 17, 2017
dramaleague.submittable.com/submit/94325/2018-beatrice-terry-residency-application
THE MAX AFFORD PLAYWRIGHTS AWARD
Playwriting Australia
INFO: The Max Afford Playwrights’ Award is offered by Perpetual and administered by Playwriting Australia. It was created “to promote interest in Australian drama and to encourage the writing of plays in Australia, to help and give incentive to young writers of plays.” The award is an initiative of the late Thelma May Afford, who in her will established a fund to offer a periodical prize in memory of her husband.
Malcolm ‘Max’ Afford was an Australian playwright and novelist. He was renowned for his stage scripts and radio plays which explored Australian settings and subjects through a macabre style of drama. He was survived by his wife Thelma May Afford who established this award to foster and support playwrights, while improving the public appreciation of young writing talent of Australia.
AWARD: $30,000, which includes $15,000 cash to the writer and up to $15,000 towards creative development with a director, dramaturg and a cast of actors. It is currently their intention that the workshop will take place as part of the National Play Festival, 21-24 March, 2018.
To be eligible for the award the play cannot be produced, or scheduled for production before April 2018. It must be over one hour in duration. Plays that have previously received support from Playwriting Australia are not eligible, but you may resubmit a work. The Max Afford Estate have created this award to be given to a young playwright, to enable them to further their education in the field of drama, to improve their creative writing and, to improve the general public’s appreciation of Australian drama and playwrights. They have defined young playwrights to be between the ages of 18 and 40.
DEADLINE: November 19, 2017, 11.59pm EST