Deadline: We advise submitting prior to September 1 2022
Each play should be individually submitted at the following link:
CONSTELLATION STAGE & SCREEN PLAY SUBMISSION
Plays submitted must be unpublished at the time of submission (independently published is acceptable).
Limit of 2 play submissions per year.
If you have any questions, please email literarymanager@newplays.org
CONSTELLATION STAGE & SCREEN PLAY SUBMISSION
The Woodward/Newman Award is an exclusive honor offered by Bloomington Playwrights Project, started through the support of Joanne Woodward, Newman’s Own Foundation, and the Newman family, celebrating Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward’s tremendous history of work on stage and screen. It presents the best unpublished play of the year with a cash prize of $3,000 and a full production as part of BPP’s Mainstage season (soon to be Constellation Stage & Screen, effective July 1, 2022).
Guidelines for Submissions
We are currently accepting submissions for the 2023-24 Woodward/Newman Award.
We are currently accepting submissions for the 2023-24 Woodward/Newman Award.
The award recipient and finalists will be announced by May 15, 2023.
The winner will be awarded $3,000 and a full production (including housing/transportation).“Full-length” plays should have a complete running time of between 1 hour 15 minutes (75 minutes) to 2 hours 15 minutes (135 minutes). TYA shows should have a complete running time of over 40 minutes.
Plays submitted must be unpublished at the time of submission (independently published is acceptable).
You will be asked to submit your play as an attachment and all other information (bio, history, synopsis, character breakdown) will be entered into a form.
Musical submissions may upload demos as an attachment or include a link to a shared folder.
Limit of 2 play submissions per year.
If you have any questions, please email literarymanager@newplays.org
Please note that there are significant changes to our submission and selection process from previous years. In order to make the Woodward/Newman Award accessible to all, we have eliminated submission fees as well as the contest format. The Woodward/Newman Award will continue to be awarded to an unpublished new play once per year and come with a $3,000 cash prize and a full production.
Submissions will be accepted and reviewed by our literary team on an ongoing basis, and will be considered for the award as well as for all 8 production slots in our season. So a play that is not selected for the Woodward/Newman slot in our season, may still be considered and selected for production. This will allow us to now accept open submissions for all types of plays (including TYA shows). While there are no deadlines for entry, due to the incredible volume of submissions, we advise submitting prior to September 1 to be considered for the following season.