New Play Contest
The application deadline for the 2010 New Play Contest has now passed. Winners will be announced before the new year.
About the Fringe New Play Contest:
Rules and Regulations of the New play Contest:
• Plays must be a new, original work.
• Plays which have previously placed first, second or third place in the Fringe New Play Contest are not eligible.
• Plays must not have been previously produced however plays that have been workshopped are still eligible.
• The playwright may have received funding to create or workshop the play.
• Plays entered must have a performance time of 90 minutes or less.
• The contest is open to permanent residents of Canada.
• One application per playwright allowed.
• The winner must use the Fringe slot to produce the play that was submitted to the contest.
First Place: $1250 plus a spot in the 2010 Fringe and consultation from MacIDeas
Second Place: $200
Third Place: $100
The 2010 New Play Contest is once again sponsored by Exclamation Foundation and macIDeas!
Past winners include: “A Singularity of Being” by T. Berto (2009), "Wake" by Rachael Blair (2008), "Expiry Dating" by Alison Broverman (2007), "Love Songs from Unlikely Places" by David Egan (2006), "Bella Donna" by David Copelin (2005), "Stealing Freedom" by Stephanie Nickerson (2004), "That Boy" by Paul Gibson (2003) and "Fish/Wife" by Rick Roberts (2002).
