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Deadline: October 15, 2020 5PM CST
Rockford IL
10 Minutes of Words Written for Live Performance
Theme: WE CAN’T BREATHE
Award: $200
The Rockford New Play Festival is now ROCKFORD NEW WORDS!
Why the change? We’re expanding to include all words written for live performance, including:
Artists/Writers each receive $200.
WE CAN’T BREATHE
2020 has been a year like none other with COVID-19 and BLM protests responding to the murders of George FLoyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others.
At the center of it all is our breath: we are breathing in a virus, we are breathing in tear gas, or we are breathing our last breath.
Rockford New Words is looking for personal and passionate works that speak to where we are at in this moment in time.
We Can’t Breathe.
RULES
HOW TO SUBMIT
There are 4 ways to submit. Choose whichever way works for you:
1. ONLINE FORM
Fill out the online application and upload a copy of your work:
ONLINE APP
Have questions? words@thewssr.org
2. EMAIL
Fill out the online email application and then email us a copy of your words:
EMAIL APP
Email your words to words@thewssr.org
3. US MAIL
Print and fill out this application and mail it with a copy of your words:
PRINT APP
Mail the application and a copy of your words to:
The West Side Show Room
PO Box 4041
Rockford, IL 61110
Submissions must be postmarked by Oct 15, 2020. Have questions? words@thewssr.org
(Applications are also available at the Rockford Area Arts Council, see below for more info.)
4. DROP OFF
Print and fill out the application:
PRINT APP
Then drop it off with your words at the Rockford Area Arts Council during business hours, or through the mail slot:
Rockford Arts Council
713 E State St
Rockford, IL 61104
Applications are also available at the Rockford Area Arts Council during business hours. Call or email in advance to make sure there is someone in the office:
Phone: (815) 963-6765
email: info@artsforeveryone.com
Words will be accepted until October 15, 2020 at 5:00pm CST. We will let you know the status of your submission by December 15, 2020.
Have questions? words@thewssr.org
10 Minutes of Words Written for Live Performance
Theme: WE CAN’T BREATHE
Award: $200
The Rockford New Play Festival is now ROCKFORD NEW WORDS!
Why the change? We’re expanding to include all words written for live performance, including:
- Spoken Word
- Poetry
- Choreopoems
- Plays
- Zoom Scripts
- Raps and Spoken Lyrics
- Storytelling
- Monologues
Artists/Writers each receive $200.
WE CAN’T BREATHE
2020 has been a year like none other with COVID-19 and BLM protests responding to the murders of George FLoyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others.
At the center of it all is our breath: we are breathing in a virus, we are breathing in tear gas, or we are breathing our last breath.
Rockford New Words is looking for personal and passionate works that speak to where we are at in this moment in time.
We Can’t Breathe.
RULES
- New Words: written after Aug 12, 2020
- Theme: We Can’t Breathe
- One Written Work per writer
- Language: English
- Originality: no translations, adaptations, or excerpts of other works
- Copyright: you must own it
- Eligibility: no published or produced works
- Length: 10 pages or less
- Time: 10 minutes or less
- Format: Any
HOW TO SUBMIT
There are 4 ways to submit. Choose whichever way works for you:
1. ONLINE FORM
Fill out the online application and upload a copy of your work:
ONLINE APP
Have questions? words@thewssr.org
2. EMAIL
Fill out the online email application and then email us a copy of your words:
EMAIL APP
Email your words to words@thewssr.org
3. US MAIL
Print and fill out this application and mail it with a copy of your words:
PRINT APP
Mail the application and a copy of your words to:
The West Side Show Room
PO Box 4041
Rockford, IL 61110
Submissions must be postmarked by Oct 15, 2020. Have questions? words@thewssr.org
(Applications are also available at the Rockford Area Arts Council, see below for more info.)
4. DROP OFF
Print and fill out the application:
PRINT APP
Then drop it off with your words at the Rockford Area Arts Council during business hours, or through the mail slot:
Rockford Arts Council
713 E State St
Rockford, IL 61104
Applications are also available at the Rockford Area Arts Council during business hours. Call or email in advance to make sure there is someone in the office:
Phone: (815) 963-6765
email: info@artsforeveryone.com
Words will be accepted until October 15, 2020 at 5:00pm CST. We will let you know the status of your submission by December 15, 2020.
Have questions? words@thewssr.org