Deadline: December 31, 2021
Veterans Repertory Theater (VetRep) is launching a 10-minute audio play competition for playwrights who meet one of the following criteria:
- current or former US military, law enforcement, fire, EMS, foreign service, or intelligence service veteran
- immediate family member of a current or former military, law enforcement, fire, EMS, foreign service or intelligence service veteran
Submissions should be emailed in PDF format to vetrep.theater@gmail.com and should include the veteran/immediate family member status of the playwright in the body of the email.
Plays should be:
- 10 minutes or less in length.
- Written as an audio play
- Any genre (but especially comedy and thrillers)
- Any subject matter; does not have to be related to veteran's service
Playwrights may submit more than one play
Plays should not have been previously produced and/or published
Winners and finalists will be notified via email no later than July 4, 2022. (Note: We will make every effort to have results back to submitters ASAP, however, in order to ensure fair treatment of each submission and to plan for any contingencies which may arise, we are providing a worst-case scenario for our timeline).
There is no participation or submission fee.
There is no guarantee that winners’ or finalists’ work will be produced by VetRep.
The competition winner:
- Will receive a $1000 cash prize.
- Will receive feedback from panel of judges.
- Will be invited to join the VetRep Playwrighting Incubator where Winner will have the opportunity to submit plays for commissioning and production at VetRep.
- Will win a one-year PSH Subscription (www.playsubmissionshelper.com).
The second-place finalist:
- Will receive a $750 cash prize.
- Will receive feedback from panel of judges.
- May be invited to join the VetRep Playwrighting Incubator where finalist will have the opportunity to submit plays for commissioning and production at VetRep.
- Will win a one-year PSH Subscription (www.playsubmissionshelper.com).
The third-place finalist:
- Will receive a $500 cash prize.
- Will receive feedback from panel of judges.
- May be invited to join the VetRep Playwrighting Incubator where finalist will have the opportunity to submit plays for commissioning and production at VetRep.
- Will win a one-year PSH Subscription (www.playsubmissionshelper.com).
The fourth-place through tenth-place finalists:
- Will receive feedback from panel of judges.
- May be invited to join the VetRep Playwrighting Incubator where finalists will have the opportunity to submit their plays for commissioning and production at VetRep.
- Will win a one-year PSH Subscription (www.playsubmissionshelper.com).
Founded in February 2021 in Newburgh, NY, Veterans Repertory Theater (VetRep) is a creative hub that brings talented veteran writers and professional New York-based artists under one roof to create compelling live theater and events.
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