June 21, 2013

PLAYMARKET: PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG  

COMPETITION DEADLINE 31 JULY 2013. 

Playmarket wants to encourage strong, original and inventive writing for young people both from those new to writing for the young, and the experienced. We are putting a special effort into gathering and coordinating the best of all plays that fall into this category, including adaptations of fairy tales for tiny children, plays written by teachers especially for the classroom, and the most searing explorations of adolescence written by teenagers themselves.

THIS YEAR THERE ARE 3 CATEGORIES. A WINNER WILL BE AWARDED IN EACH CATEGORY.

Plays written for:

3 – 8 year-olds

8 – 12 year-olds

Teenagers

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS 

Open to any New Zealand citizen/permanent resident of any age.

Produced and unproduced plays are eligible.

Scripts may only be submitted to this competition ONCE.

There are no limits on length, or cast size.

You may submit as many plays as you like.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Submission details and forms are available from our website: http://www.playmarket.org.nz/news/plays-young

PRIZE

The winners will be offered some script development resources, as appropriate, and all plays that make the short list are eligible to be entered into our Script Register, making them available for circulation to potential producers. Should anyone want to license your play, we will offer to negotiate the licence for you.

For all queries anytime contact scripts@playmarket.org.nz