Free contest, CSPA Playwriting Competition, prize: 3 winners of $500 (Canada)

Deadline: 10 February 2011

Playwriting competition at the Capitol School of Performing Arts (January 11, 2011, Moncton, NB) – The Capitol School of Performing Arts, in conjunction with the Royal Bank of Canada, is proud to announce a playwriting competition of short vignettes for New Brunswick youth aged 35 or less. At stake are three prizes of $500.

The Capitol School of Performing Arts is a theatre training school for students from ages 9 to 70. One of its aims is to promote original productions based on and in the community and to offer performance opportunities to as many students as possible. For the third year of its Resurgo project, the Capitol School of Performing Arts will mount an original production in June based on three of the vignettes submitted.

The theme of this piece is Hey! We live in a diverse community. Each vignette should be less than 30 minutes long and can be written in English, French, any other language or no language at all. Individuals or groups can make submissions.

The submission must include the following:

- Synopsis of play
- Description of characters
- Four (4) pages of dialogue
- Staging plan
- A separate page identifying the author and contact information

A group of professional writers and directors will read through the scenarios, make suggestions and select three to be developed as full plays. This group will work with the playwrights throughout the process. Once the final work is passed in by March 15, the prizes will be granted.

For further information please contact: Tim Borlase at 506-383-6200 or tim@capitol.nb.ca or Marshall Button at 506-383-6203 or marshall@capitol.nb.ca. Deadline for submissions is February 10, 2011.

More information here.