Free contest, Pat the Dog 24-Hour Playwriting Contest, prize: $500 (Canada)

Dates: 30 September - 1 October 2011



Stock up on coffee and dust off your lucky mug. Pat the Dog Playwright Centre is thrilled to announce we are hosting our third annual 24-hour playwriting contest. This means 30 adrenaline-pumped writers from across Ontario will be hitting the keyboards from 4:00 PM on Friday, September 30, 2011 to 4:00 PM Saturday, October 1, 2010.



All contestants write off-site, so you can write at home, in a coffee shop, on a bus… the location is up to you. There’s no entry fee and no restriction on final script length. All you have to do is write an original play using three secret words — in 24 hours. How easy it that?



Not very. But the rewards could be great. Our winning playwrights are everywhere!



Rules & Regulations:



The contest is open to anyone living in Ontario, except contest Jurors. Space is limited to the first 30 entrants, accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. To enter, just fill out our online form here.



Entrants can work from a page of prepared notes, but all plays are to be original works.

The script must include, in some form, the three secret words we select. These words will be emailed to the participants at 4:00 PM on Friday, September 30, 2011.



Participants must email their play to the designated email address no later than 4:00 PM on Saturday, October 1, 2011.



Scripts must be in electronic format (acceptable extensions include .doc, .docx, rtf, .pdf, or .txt), written in 12 point Arial, Courier or Times Roman, double-spaced between speaking parts, and formatted for 8 1/2” X 11” paper.



The title page should contain the title of the play, your name, contact number and email. The play itself must NOT contain your name, but have a header with the play title and page numbers.



Prizes & Notification:



Winners will be announced on our website on Monday, October 4 at 4:00 PM. Prizes will be awarded as follows:



First place will receive $500, a public staged reading of the winning script and full bragging rights. We’ll also feature you on our website in a Q&A.



Second place: a reading.



Third place: a reading.



Contact Information:



For submissions: register here



Website: http://www.patthedog.org