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JANE CHAMBERS   PLAYWRITING CONTEST 2008

 

Submission Guidelines 2010

The Women & Theatre Program of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education invites submissions from female playwrights for the annual Jane Chambers Award!

For the Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Contest, click here

The Jane Chambers Playwriting Award recognizes plays & performance texts created by women that present a feminist perspective & contain significant opportunities for female performers.  Experimentations in form and subject matter welcome. This annual award is given in memory of lesbian playwright Jane Chambers who, through her plays such as A Late Snow, My Blue Heaven, Kudzu, & The Quintessential Image, became a major feminist voice in American theatre.

The Award for the primary Jane Chambers Contest consists of $500, free registration to attend the Association in Theater in Higher Education’s conference in early August & a rehearsed reading of the winning piece at that conference, hosted by WTP, with ATHE. The winner should attend the conference’s awards ceremony. The student winner is also recognized.

To enter, please send three copies of a typed script, application form, resume, brief description of the piece, and your email contact information. Please, only one submission per applicant, and no email submissions.  Mail submission to:

Jane Chambers Award
C/O : Priscilla Page
Department of Theater, Fine Arts Center # 112
University of Massachusetts Amherst
151 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003-9331

All entries MUST be received by March 1, 2010.

The Women & Theatre Program will announce the winner by June 30, 2010. 

For frequently asked questions about the contest please visit our Jane Chambers FAQ page.

 

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