Don McCann Memorial Play Writing Contest Reintroduced by Oswego Players

by Contributor | May 3, 2018 10:53 am

OSWEGO – This May, the Oswego Players is reintroducing the Don McCann Memorial Play writing contest after a hiatus of a number of years.

The play writing contest committee chair, Norman Berlin III, announced that the contest will begin on May 15 with June 15 as the deadline for submissions.

The winner will be announced at a future Oswego Players meeting, and the play chosen will be performed sometime in later in the season.

Contest Rules
1. An annual cash prize will be awarded for the one-act plays submitted and judged best out of those received.
2. If time permits, the winning play will be produced and presented at a meeting of the Oswego Players, Inc.
3. The playwright will be presented with the cash award at a meeting of the Oswego Players, Inc.
4. All plays must be submitted electronically by June 15 of the contest year to: [email protected]
5. Or by mail at Oswego Players Playwriting Contest, Oswego Players, Inc., P.O Box 183, Oswego, NY 13126
6. All entries must include a cover letter that includes the name of the play, name of the playwright, address, phone number and email address. The writer of the winning play automatically gives permission for the Oswego Players, Inc. to make copies of the script for rehearsal proposes if the play is produced.
7. Submitted scripts must conform to standard playwriting script formats. If submitted scripts do not conform to standards they will not be considered for the contest.
8. All plays must be original concepts (no adaptations and no verse plays), unpublished and otherwise unproduced.
9. Script guidelines:
• One-act, single-set, with a run time of 20-30 minutes.
• No more than eight characters.
• Production should be written so it can be staged with minimal set.
• The content, theme and time period of the play is up to the playwright.
10. The playwright must be a Central New York resident.

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