KENNETH BRANAGH AWARD FOR NEW DRAMA WRITING
Windsor Fringe
INFO: Amateur playwrights worldwide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays in English for the Kenneth Branagh Award. Three winning scripts will be selected for performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2017.
AWARD: One of the three scripts will be chosen for the £500 prize, judged on the writing only.
DEADLINE: March 5, 2017
bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/Windsor-Fringe-Kenneth-Branagh-Award
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SUMMER WORKSHOPS
VONA / Voices
INFO: Applications for the summer workshop are currently being accepted. VONA/Voices is open to all adult writers-of-color at any level of experience. There are no degree, publication or documentation requirements to apply.
The application has a series of questions about your commitment to your writing and your enthusiasm for a community of writers-of-color. These responses are weighed heavily in your application.
The application asks you to choose one workshop. They encourage you to have a second choice.
Please know that they keep the workshops to ten participants; therefore, providing a second choice of workshop increases your possibilities of attendance.
WRITING SAMPLES:
- Poetry submissions: 5 - 10 poems (not to exceed 20 pages)
- Prose Submissions: sample of one piece or combination of pieces to equal no more than 4000 words in genre
- Playwriting: up to 20 pages of script written for stage performance
- Residency: up to 4000 words in a non-fiction, novel or short fiction or 5-10 poems (not to exceed 20 pages)
FEES:
- Application: $25
- Tuition: $900
- Room & Board: (optional, but recommended) $750
- Limited number of partial tuition scholarships available
DEADLINE: March 15, 2017
vonacommunity.org/community/index.php/apply.html
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: MUSICALS
Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat
INFO: BCTR is looking for composers and lyricists of color interested in having their new musical developed this year as part of its third season. The new musical must be able to be performed with a multiethnic cast and require no more than eight actors.
The winning submission will have a staged reading this fall as part of BCTR’s third season at the Bingham Camp in Salem, Connecticut under the artistic direction of Devanand Janki. This year's developmental retreat will be Sept. 10 - Sept. 23rd, 2017.
DEADLINE: March 29th, 2017
us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=cc773a28b53f03d7925a27d42&id=c60f092761
NEXT ACT! PLAY SUBMISSIONS
Capital Repertory Theater
INFO: Submissions are now being accepted for Capital Repertory Theatre’s Sixth Annual NEXT ACT! NEW PLAY SUMMIT!
Next Act! is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s commitment to the development of new work. At the same time, the weekend long summit is designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s rich diverse populations. The summits directly reflect the theatre’s mission, “to create meaningful theatre generated from an authentic link to the community.” Next Act! New Play Summit 6 takes place October 20 - 23, 2017 and will feature readings of four never-before produced plays, with additional special events throughout the weekend.
Multi-cultural and ethnically diverse pieces encouraged.
Comedy and Drama welcome!
DEADLINE: March 31, 2017
capitalrep.org/next-act-new-play-summit/next-act-play-submissons
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Fade to Black Play Festival
INFO: Fade to Black Play Festival seeks original, not previously produced, unpublished work written by an African American playwright. Directors and Actors based in Houston, Texas are encouraged to participate. Only three (3) scripts submissions are allowed per playwright.
AWARD: One grand prize winner will be chosen by audience vote and awarded a cash prize.
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: April 1, 2017
fadetoblackfest.com/
EMERGING PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
Urban Stage
INFO: Urban Stage’s mission is to champion new works by artists of diverse cultural backgrounds and to make these works available to all. They select 1-3 plays annually to go on to their workshopping phase. Their workshops are meant to prepare a play for our Off-Broadway stage. From the workshops, they select 1-2 plays for full productions, complete with a playwright’s contract and compensation (separate from the award).
AWARD: $500 (coupled with press coverage) is given to playwrights who show excellence and dedication throughout this process – from development to the stage.
Submit plays to:
Urban Stages
555 Eighth Avenue, RM 1800
New York, N.Y. 10018
DEADLINE: No deadline. Year-round submissions accepted.
urbanstages.org/submissions/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Mixed Blood Theatre
INFO: Mixed Blood welcomes submissions of contemporary plays that pursue and realize the company’s mission and aesthetic. Mixed Blood uses theatre to address pluralism, usually manifest in race, culture, language, disability, gender, nationality, affectional orientation, and political worldview. Predictably unpredictable, the theatre particularly invites polyglot plays, scripts from the global stage, and work that advances the art form. We prefer e-submissions.
If you think you play might be a good fit, please send a query letter, your bio or resume, a brief synopsis, and a 10-page sample of your play to the Mixed Blood Literary Manager. literary@mixedblood.com