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Southern Rep now Accepting Submissions for The 2014 Ruby Prize Southern Rep's national new play award for a woman playwright of color, The Ruby Prize, is a $10,000 award named in honor of Ruby Bridges.
THE RUBY PRIZE
Southern Rep is pleased to announce that it will accept submissions for The Ruby Prize, effective immediately. The $10,000 annual award is named in honor of Ruby Bridges, who showed incredible perseverance in the face of formidable obstacles. The Ruby Prize seeks to support women playwrights of color whose work changes the voice of American theatre in the face of calcified producing practices.
In partnership with Hedgebrook, winners will receive a tenday writer's residency in addition to a cash prize.
This program is a part of Southern Rep's ongoing effort to develop new American plays, support a diverse community of artists, and incite meaningful dialogue within the community.
THE PRIZE
• $10,000 prize
• An original, one of a kind Ruby Prize Award
• A development workshop during Southern Rep's New Play Bacchanal in January, 2014
• A sponsored trip to New York, including round-trip air and lodging accommodations, to continue
development of the play and introduce the new work to a larger audience
• A ten-day writing residency at Hedgebrook. Located on beautiful Whidbey Island near Seattle, Hedgebrook offers one of the few residency programs in the world exclusively dedicated to supporting the creative process of women writers. Through innovative public programs, Hedgebrook enables women's work to enrich the global community by diversity: of culture nationality, voice, genre, generation, perspective, religious beliefs and political affiliations
Two finalists will be selected to have their new works read at the Southern Rep New Play Bacchanal in January 2014.
GUIDELINES
The contest will be open to US citizens who self-identify as women of color, and may be either emerging or established playwrights.
Southern Rep's in-house readers will review and evaluate scripts, selecting finalists that will be move into the next round of judging. The final panel consists of national and local theatre artists as well as Southern Rep's Artistic Director, Aimée Hayes. Plays must be full-length, and written by a single author. We will
not accept collaborative scripts, translations, musicals, one-acts, or any play previously submitted to Southern Rep's Ruby Prize.
Plays that have had a professional production, or have been written under a commission, are not eligible for submission. Plays that have received a development workshop, readings, or nonprofessional production are eligible. "Professional production" shall be defined as a production with paid actors and had an official press opening.
If selected as a Prize Winner or Finalist, playwright agrees that Southern Rep may include the play in an annual Ruby Prize publication. The publication will not require any exclusive rights for printing.
Only one submission per playwright is allowed.
The top prize includes round-trip airfare and lodging accommodations to New York city, and lodging accommodations at Hedgebrook (airfare to Hedgebrook not included). The finalists will receive round-trip air and lodging accommodations to attend the award ceremony, there is no other cash award associated
with the selection of finalists.
SUBMISSIONS
Each submission must include a synopsis, character breakdown, brief playwright bio, and history of the play's development if applicable.
Each submission must also include a title page containing the playwright's name, address, and contact information. This information may ONLY appear on the title page.
Plays must be submitted by email, as a single attached document, in PDF (preferred) or Word doc format
to TheRuby@SouthernRep.com..
Hard copies of scripts will not be accepted.
Materials must be received by October 15 for consideration for The 2014 Ruby Prize.
Due to anticipated number of submissions, we regret that individual feedback will not be available to submitting playwrights.
We never post opportunities that require a submission fee. LEARN MORE.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
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