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Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre

Third Annual Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest

This is the third year of world premiere staged One-Act Play performances to be presented at the beautiful Paramount Theatre in downtown Rutland, Vermont. The Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre in its exciting fourth season is again sponsoring the Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest with showcase productions of the three winning scripts on May 15 and 16 at the Paramount Theatre’s Brick Box. This contest features the work of outstanding regional playwrights. Each script goes through a rigorous screening process of three readers. The scripts with the highest scores are submitted to the final reader who selects the three scripts to be showcased.

Entry information can be requested by writing to:

The Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre

PO Box 580

Rutland, Vermont 05702

Or by emailing us at:

Actorsrepvt@aol.com

Enter our Third Annual One-Act Play Writing Contest. The three winners in 2009 will each receive a $100 prize, a staged reading of the play, and two nights’ lodging to attend the staged reading of the plays.

GUIDELINES

1. The contest is open to playwrights of all ages and experience who are residents of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania.

2. Submissions must be original, unpublished, unproduced one-act plays. Plays that have had staged readings may be submitted, plays that have received productions are not eligible. Legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.

3. The authors will maintain all literary rights to their own material.

4. All submissions are judged blind. We require four cover pages: one with title, your name, address, e-mail & phone number; the other three with title only. There should be no identifying information on the script itself except the title.

5. If you would like your scripts returned, you must include an S.A.S.E. with submission. If no S.A.S.E. is included, your scripts will be recycled.

6. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered, & securely bound in an ably soft cover, in standard professional play format. Write to Samuel French Inc., 45 West 25^th Street, New York, New York 10010-2751 for their format guidelines, or copy from www.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/format.html on the internet.

7. All submissions will be handled with care. However, Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged scripts.

8. Submission fee: $15 per play.

9. Mail four copies of your script & your fee to: Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest, Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre, PO Box 580, Rutland, Vermont 05702-0580

10. Deadline for submission: November 15, 2008, notification of winners will be February 16, 2009 and the staged readings will be in May 15 & 16, 2009.