{"id":176459250,"date":"2015-08-30T01:49:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T06:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176459250"},"modified":"2015-08-30T01:49:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T06:49:50","slug":"pub-2015-16-one-act-play-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2015\/08\/30\/pub-2015-16-one-act-play-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"PUB: 2015-16 One-Act Play Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tenneesee-williams.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176459251\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tenneesee-williams.gif\" alt=\"tenneesee williams\" width=\"556\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt;\">2015-16 One-Act Play Contest<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com\/submit\/42270\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15368\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennesseewilliams.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/button-master.png\" alt=\"button-master\" width=\"217\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Judge<\/strong>: The\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennesseewilliams.net\/university-of-new-orleans\">University of New Orleans\u2019<\/a>\u00a0Creative Writing Workshop and the Department of Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Grand Prize:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">$1,500<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Professional Staged Reading at the next Festival<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">VIP All-Access Festival pass for two years ($1,000 value)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Publication in\u00a0<em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/bayoumagazine.org\/\">Bayou<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Magazine<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Finalists:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">The top nine finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on this site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Plays must not have been previously produced, published, performed, or patronized in any way, including in a formal staged reading.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Workshopped readings are accepted provided that the audience was limited to participants of that workshop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Students and faculty of the University of New Orleans FTCA and Creative Writing Workshop are ineligible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Plays submitted to this contest in previous years that did not win are eligible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Plays that have won or placed in any other playwriting contest are ineligible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Simultaneous submissions accepted; please notify the Festival if your play is accepted elsewhere.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Guidelines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">The playwright\u2019s name should not appear anywhere in the script.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Plays should run no more than one hour in length (one act).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Plays must be typed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Please do not include professional resumes or biographies with your entry. Entries are judged anonymously; the judges only consider manuscript quality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Unlimited entries per person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Play content is NOT limited to Tennessee Williams or New Orleans-related themes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Entry Fee:\u00a0<\/strong>$25<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Contest Deadline: November 1st, 2015\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Announcement:<\/strong>\u00a0The winner and finalists will be announced by late February of 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Online Entry:\u00a0<\/strong>Online submissions are preferred and must be in .doc,. docx, .rtf, or PDF formats. We accept entries via\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com\/submit\/42270\">Submittable<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Mail Entry:\u00a0<\/strong>Send your manuscript and check or money order for $20 (made out to the: Tennessee Williams Literary Festival) to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">One-Act Play Contest Tennessee Williams\/New Orleans Literary Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">New Orleans, LA 70113<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Do not send submissions by certified mail or signature required delivery.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Manuscripts will not be returned. Please do not send return envelopes with postage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com\/submit\/42270\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15368\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennesseewilliams.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/button-master.png\" alt=\"button-master\" width=\"217\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennesseewilliams.net\/2015-16-one-act-play-contest\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.tennesseewilliams.net\/2015-16-one-act-play-contest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; 2015-16 One-Act Play Contest Judge: The\u00a0University of New Orleans\u2019\u00a0Creative Writing Workshop and the Department of Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts. Grand Prize: $1,500 Professional Staged Reading at the next Festival VIP All-Access Festival pass for two years ($1,000 value) Publication in\u00a0Bayou\u00a0Magazine \u00a0Finalists: The top nine finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176459250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176459250"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176459250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176459253,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176459250\/revisions\/176459253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176459250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176459250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176459250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}