Deadline: December 15, 2022 5PM CST
The West Side Show Room is seeking new 10-minute works which will be presented in a staged reading on January 19-21, 2023 in Rockford, Illinois.
We accept spoken word poetry, plays, monologues, stories— or anything written for live performance.
Theme: Healing + Homage
Length: 10 minutes or less
Award: $200
Due Date: DEC 15, 2022
THEME
HEALING + HOMAGE
As we navigate life, we carry with us great generational traditions— but we must also break free from their curses. This year we are asking writers to explore the ways in which we pay homage to— and heal from— the actions of those who came before us.
RULES
New Words: written after Oct 24, 2022
Theme: Healing + Homage
One Written Work per writer
Language: English
Writer Location: anywhere in the world!
Originality: no translations, adaptations, or excerpts of other works
Copyright: you must own it
Eligibility: no published or produced works
Length: 5 pages or less double-spaced. plays 10 pages or less.
Reading Time: 10 minutes or less
Format: Any
Works will be accepted until December 15, 2022 at 5:00pm CST. Writers will be notified about the status of their submission no later than January 1, 2023.
SUBMIT YOUR WORDS
Fill out the online application and upload a copy of your words:
The West Side Show Room is seeking new 10-minute works which will be presented in a staged reading on January 19-21, 2023 in Rockford, Illinois.
We accept spoken word poetry, plays, monologues, stories— or anything written for live performance.
Theme: Healing + Homage
Length: 10 minutes or less
Award: $200
Due Date: DEC 15, 2022
THEME
HEALING + HOMAGE
As we navigate life, we carry with us great generational traditions— but we must also break free from their curses. This year we are asking writers to explore the ways in which we pay homage to— and heal from— the actions of those who came before us.
RULES
New Words: written after Oct 24, 2022
Theme: Healing + Homage
One Written Work per writer
Language: English
Writer Location: anywhere in the world!
Originality: no translations, adaptations, or excerpts of other works
Copyright: you must own it
Eligibility: no published or produced works
Length: 5 pages or less double-spaced. plays 10 pages or less.
Reading Time: 10 minutes or less
Format: Any
Works will be accepted until December 15, 2022 at 5:00pm CST. Writers will be notified about the status of their submission no later than January 1, 2023.
SUBMIT YOUR WORDS
Fill out the online application and upload a copy of your words: