Patti B. Playwriting Award

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Full-length plays wanted.

In honor of a great champion of the theatre, the Patti B. Playwriting Award seeks to advance the career of an emerging playwright from the United States. This non-discriminatory award seeks writers of all walks of life to tell stories and advance theatre in unconventional, new, and surprising ways. The Patti B. Award seeks to help new art and artists thrive in our ever changing world. We seek to give voice to those with the courage to speak.


Yearly, the Patti B. Playwriting Award acknowledges two artists.
One artist will be acknowledged with a fully produced production of their play.
The second will be acknowledged with a monetary award to be paid to a college or writing program to assist with tuition, or to be paid to a theatre company to produce their work.

The Patti B. Playwriting Award will acknowledge one submission per year per artist.

Please submit all materials to: pattibplaywritingaward@gmail.com. In the subject line of the email, please be sure to list the title of your play, your name, and 2012 Patti B. Award. EX: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (William Shakespeare) 2012 Patti B. Award.
We will only be accepting electronic applications.

When submitting your play, please be sure to submit:

1) a blind copy of your script (remove all contact information from the script). Please make sure to include a list of characters.

2) a cover letter or resume detailing your experience as a playwright, as well as your complete contact information.

3) a synopsis of your play (no more than one page)

Applications are accepted from 11/1/11 until 11:59PM on 12/31/11.
Due to high volume of submissions, we are not able to send email confirmations immediately, so please be patient. All submissions will be acknowledged by 1/1/2012. Finalists will be contacted in mid-March, and winners will be contacted in May regarding their awards.

Further questions may be addressed in the contact form below.
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Thank you for your submissions.