Connecticut Heritage Productions has announced the submission deadlines and general rules for its third annual Connecticut Stories on Stage playwriting competition.
This is a fine project. We need more awards and contests which acknowledge the many writers who, in the overbearing shadow of New York, continue not just to live and work in Connecticut but actually write about the state.
I saw the readings of the second annual competition, last April. My non-review is here.
The plays sought for Connecticut Stories on Stage “must be set in Connecticut and/or deal with a Connecticut-related topic or personality in the past, present, or future. No musicals will be accepted. Playwrights must be Connecticut residents or students attending school in Connecticut.”
There are three categories you can enter: Ten-Minute Play, One-Act Play and Full-Length Play. There are cash awards plus the opportunity to see the winning read aloud by actors.
Now I’ve got your attention—A money prize! A public reading!—here’s the deadline: All the “original and properly formatted” scripts must be delivered or postmarked by June 1, 2012.
To find out who to deliver them to, and other details, visit http://www.chproductions.org or contact Connecticut Heritage Productions’ founder and Artistic Director Peter Loffredo at (860) 347-7771 or ptloffredo@att.net.