2011 Young Playwrights, Inc. National Playwriting Competition

Hey New Jersey Young Playwrights! Please take note of another great playwriting competition for which you are eligible:

Young Playwrights, Inc. (YPI) in New York is now accepting scripts for their annual national playwriting contest. The YPI contest was the first of its kind in the United States and the inspiration for the festival in New Jersey and many more across the country. YPI runs a fantastic program and I want to encourage you to submit your script(s) to them in addition to sending them here to us.

Visit their website at http://www.youngplaywrights.org/ for submission guidelines and additional info. Deadline for entries is January 3, 2011.

And as a reminder, the submission deadlines to the New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival (NJYPF) are also in January 2011: all high school submissions (grades 10-12 in the High School, Rewrites, and Podstages divisions) are due by January 14; Elementary (grades 4-6) and Junior HS (grades 7-9) plays are due by January 21. All NJYPF submissions must be done online at http://www.njypf.org/.

I'll be in touch again soon with some writing ideas. In the meantime, happy writing!

Now accepting submissions - 2011 NJ Young Playwrights Festival

The 2011 NJ Young Playwrights Festival is now accepting submissions! Please visit the Festival website to begin the submission process - http://www.njypf.org/.

Remember that you must complete TWO steps for a complete submission:

1. Submit your script as a Word or PDF file to njypf@ptnj.org with a subject line that includes YOUR LAST NAME - TITLE of PLAY - DIVISION ENTERED.
2. Complete the information/title page at our SurveyMonkey link - Click here to take survey

High School, Rewrites and Podstages entries must be received not later than 11:59pm on Friday, January 14, 2011.


Junior High School and Elementary School entries must be received not later than 11:59pm on Friday, January 21, 2011.

We look forward to receiving your play. Happy writing!

Pictures from the 2010 NJ Young Playwrights Festival

This took entirely too long to put up here. Glad to be back... Enjoy the pictures... 2011 NJ Young Playwrights Contest info coming soon!

Final Draft by Steven Maier

A Sister's Gift by Sheli Paige Frank

Why You by Justine DeSilva

Tempus Fugit by James Just

Thanks to Walter Rodriguez for the use of some of his photos.

Congratulations!

We had a great time presenting the work of 12 new playwrights at the New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival last Monday and Tuesday. Thank you to all of the actors, directors, crew and Kean TMPO staff who made this possible. And of course, congratulations again to the playwrights! Please continue to write and create.

The camera wasn't working too well during the tech rehearsals on May 17, but one of our actors is also a photographer, so I'm working with him to get some pictures ready for the site. Stay tuned!