Finalists Contacted for High School ONLY

We've reached the final round of judging for the High School division. A total of 18 scripts made it to the final round in this category. Emails have been sent to the finalists with further instruction for the contest. If you are in grades 10-12 and did NOT get an email this morning, I'm sorry but we will not be presenting your play this year. Thank you so much for sharing your words and ideas with us. Reader critiques will be sent to you soon.

Scripts submitted to the Junior HS (grades 7-9) and Elementary (grades 4-6) divisions are still being read. We hope to have annoucements about the finalists in those divisions very soon.

National Tell a Fairy Tale Day - Jersey Devil

It's National Tell a Fairy Tale Day and we're sharing a post from the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area about the Jersey Devil. This would be an interesting writing prompt for a future play. Any takers?

https://www.facebook.com/RevolutionaryNJ/photos/a.10150877871156325.418615.81672091324/10153486422081325/?type=3&theater

Almost done... sort of...

Our readers have been hard at work reading and critiquing plays for the NJ Young Playwrights Festival. A large amount of scripts in the Junior HS division means that the process for getting through those plays will take longer than for the High School and Elementary scripts. With that said, we're almost to the moment when we can contact the finalists for the High School and Elementary divisions. The goal is to do so by the end of this week. We will post again once all of the finalists have been notified. Until then, sit tight and keep writing!

The other side

Thank you to everyone who submitted a script for consideration in the 2016 NJ Young Playwrights Festival. I am nearly finished organizing the files to send to our first round readers. We will start the reading process in a matter of days!

Please remember that we do not confirm the receipt of a script: there are just too many to sort through and organize for us to do this efficiently. Additionally, you will be contacted if your play is chosen for the final round or beyond. It will take us some time before those results are available, so take some time to relax. We also encourage you to submit the script to another playwriting program for youth.

Thanks!

Submissions due today!

This is it. No more extensions. You have until 11:59 pm tonight to send us your scripts for the 2016 New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest & Festival. For details visit the website.

Happy writing!

Deadline extended thru Monday

We've decided to keep the submission deadline open a few more days. However, we must close the submission period on Monday night, December 21. Once midnight strikes the next moring, the script collector will close. Be sure to get your scripts in now and remember to complete both steps:

1) Complete the online submission form at 

2) Send your play as a Word or PDF document to njypf@ptnj.org.

Please give a call or send an email if you have any trouble: education@ptnj.org / 973-514-1787, ext. 21.

24 hours to go!

That's right! Just 24 hours until scripts are due for the 2016 New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival. (Remember, this is a one-day extension due to the technical glitch that sprung up earlier in the week.)

Get your script in now!

One week left!

We are now less than ONE WEEK AWAY from the submission deadlines for the 2016 New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival! Please remember that submitting your script to us is a two-part process:

1) Complete the playwright information page on the website at www.njypf.org. (Use the link for Guidelines and Submissions)
2) Send your script as an email attachment (Word Doc or PDF only, please!) to njypf@ptnj.org

When sending your script, please label the file with YOUR NAME - TITLE of PLAY - DIVISION. Thanks!

ALSO, when you're done submitting your work to us, considering sending your play to another program in New Jersey or across the country. You can find more online using the Young Playwrights Map published by our Director of Education on his website at www.jimdevivo.com/young-playwrights.html

Screenshot from the Young Playwrights Map

Happy writing!

Call for Readers and Actors

We're looking for Readers and Actors for the 2016 New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival. Interested? Please fill out our survey (here) to get more information and to share your interest.

One month to go!

Hey NJ Young Playwrights, there's only one month to go before your scripts are due to us on December 18th!

Happy writing!

Congratulations to four of our NJ Young Playwrights

A scene from Good News! by Philip Anastassiou (2013)

This month we are thrilled to congratulate four young playwrights from New Jersey who have achieved regional and national recognition for their work.

Alexa Derman (NJYPF 2014) and Philip Anastassiou (NJYPF 2013) wrote plays that were selected for production in the 2016 National Playwriting Competition at Young Playwrights, Inc. This is a repeat honor for Alexa who received this award in 2015, as well.

Emma Q. Baxter (NJYPF 2012) was selected for a fellowship in the third annual Paula Vogel Mentors Project at Philadelphia Young Playwrights for 2016. Emma had a series of plays honored in the NJ Young Playwrights Festivals since 2011, but has also been a student at Playwrights Theatre during our summer playwriting courses.

Emma Q. Baxter at work in the Playwriting Workshop (Summer 2013)

Last year, Rebecca Lewis wrote the play BLIND FAITH during an in-school residency taught by a teaching artist from Playwrights Theatre. This play was chosen as a winning script in the Junior High School Division of the national Playwright Discovery Competition run by VSA at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Becca's play will also be produced in a new festival of student-written work at her school this December.

You can read more about these four playwrights and their awards here.

Submissions now being accepted for 2016 NJ Young Playwrights Contest!

We're happy to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2016 New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest/Festival! Submissions is a two-part process that requires you to:

1. Complete the online NJYPF Title Page Info form.
2. Send your play via email to njypf@ptnj.org

You will find the Title Page form by clicking the link above, or via the NJYPF website. Be sure to follow the links to the "Guidelines and Play Submission" page. The info form is embedded at the bottom of the page.

When sending your play to our email address, please attach your file as either an MS Word, or PDF document. Please note that we CANNOT receive shared Google Docs, or Pages files.

There is plenty more information on the Festival website, but please feel free to contact the Education office at PTNJ with any questions. We are best reached at 973-514-1787, ext. 21 or education@ptnj.org.

Happy writing!