Amateur playwrights are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays for the SEVENTH £500 Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Writing Award.

Amateur playwrights are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays for the SEVENTH £500 Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Writing Award. Three winning scripts will be selected for performances during three Drama Nights at the Windsor Fringe on October  the 7/8/9th. One of the three scripts will be chosen, purely on the writing, for the £500 prize. Submissions must be received by the 4th of March 2010.

Eligibility

Only amateur playwrights are eligible; only one script per author will be accepted. Each play must be an original work by the entrant, and submitted scripts must not have been previously published or performed.

Criteria

Each play must be no more than 30 minutes long, have a cast of no more than six actors, and be suitable for staging in a studio theatre. 

Submission guidelines

So that each script may be judged anonymously, the author’s name must appear on the cover page only, not in the script. Writers should submit two copies of their plays, printed on loose sheets of A4 paper with no binding or stapling. Pages must be numbered. No submissions will be accepted by email; no scripts will be returned. The cover page must show the name of the play and the author’s name, contact details and signature. A £5 reading fee will be charged per entry. Please make cheques payable to Windsor Fringe .Scripts should be sent together with the reading fee to:

The Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Writing Award

Suite 640, 24-28 St Leonard’s Road

Windsor, Berks. SL4 3BB  U.K.

Selection process

All submissions will be evaluated anonymously by our panel of readers, and the final short list by our judges. Last year, they were Joanne Harris and Iqbal Khan. 2010 judges to be confirmed.

The three winning authors will be notified by the middle of June 2010. Results of the competition will be announced through the media, the Windsor Fringe website and to writers groups receiving this notice. Rehearsals will start at the beginning of August; performances will take place on the last three evenings of the Windsor Fringe Festival, and the winner of the £500 award will be announced on the last night.

The Windsor Fringe Marriott Drama Award will underwrite the staging of the three plays with selected directors.

For additional information: Ann Trewartha tel: 01753 863218

e-mail: ann.trewartha@btinternet.com

Further details here.

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