Deadline: March 7, 2022, 12PM
Platform Presents are thrilled to announce submissions for the 2022 Platform Presents Playwright’s Prize are now open.
This is an open call for distinctive, dynamic plays, no more than 10,000 words.
(NOTE: NYCPlaywrights estimates 10,000 words in a standard play script to be about 75 pages.)
The prize includes ongoing mentoring and producing the winning script, as well as the £5,000 cash prize.
The competition closes at 12pm on 7th March 2022.
Judges confirmed so far are Aki Omoshaybi (Actor, Writer & Director), Charlotte Colbert (Director), Dianna Agron (Actor & Producer), Dipal Acharya (Writer & Journalist), Dougray Scott (Actor & Producer), Helena Lee (Writer & Journalist), Jack Farthing (Actor), Jasmine Lee-Jones (Writer & Actor), Jessica Ronane (Casting Director), Laura Weir (Writer), Pearl Mackie (Actor), Pippa Bennett-Warner (Actor), Sara-Ella Ozbek (Writer) and Zoe Rocha (Producer).
For the 2021 Prize, 734 plays were submitted by writers from London to New York, LA to Melbourne. These were shortlisted to 10 by our Script Editor Meghan Cosgrove, our Script Reader Adrianna Bertola, Gala Gordon and Isabella Macpherson, and then judged (un-named) by an incredible group of industry experts across theatre, television and film.
The prize includes ongoing mentoring and producing the winning script, as well as the £5,000 cash prize.
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The competition closes at 12pm on 7th March 2022.