REVA SHINER COMEDY AWARD 2019

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The fee will be waived for Dramatist Guild members with an enclosed photocopy of a membership card. 

The Reva Shiner Comedy Award presents an unpublished full-length comedy with a cash prize of $1,000, a full production as part of the Bloomington Playwrights Project’s Mainstage season, along with travel reimbursement. We are currently accepting submissions for the 2020-21 Season.

Scripts must be postmarked by October 31, 2019.

Previous winners have gone on to enjoy productions around the world and to garner additional honors such as the National Play Award.

• "Full-length" plays should have a complete running time of between 1 hour 15 minutes (75 minutes) to 2 hours 15 minutes (135 minutes).
• Plays submitted must be unpublished at the time of submission.
• Each submission should be sent to BPP via email.
• Send your email to literarymanager@newplays.org
• Your email should include the following:
• Tell us for which competition you are submitting: Reva Shiner Comedy or the script Woodward Newman Drama
• Tell us your name, phone number, and the name of your Play
• Tell us how you are satisfying the $10 administrative fee
• Agent submitted scripts require no fee.
• If via Dramatist Guild membership, attach a copy of your DG card to the email
• If you have paid via Paypal on our website indicate your confirmation number and the email address used. Paypal is preferred, but if you can’t pay on-line, you may send a check or Money Order, (must be from a US bank). Tell us the check or Money Order number. Make it payable to “BPP” and mail to BPP, 107 W 9th ST, Bloomington, IN 47404

Attach a PDF file containing your script with the following information included in the following order:

• Title page with author name
• Synopsis (1 page or less)
• Character list/breakdown
• Production history for the play—Include readings and productions
• A brief bio of the playwright,
• Full Script
• Submissions that fail to include all requested information in the order listed will be disqualified from the contest.
• Plays submitted in previous years will be accepted.
• Two separate submissions per playwright per annual competition are allowed as long as each submission has all the required materials.