Notice Board

Plays and Prose Writing Competitions: Striking Prose & Play Right Prize

Call for Submissions

Competitions are open to ALL U of L undergraduate students in good standing at the competition closing date.  One entry per student.  Student group entries welcome. 

Submission deadline: 4pm, December 12, 2014. 

Prizes

• First prize $1500, second prize $750, and third prize $250 for each competition.
• A public reading of the first place winners at the University of Lethbridge on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
• Winning play receives dramaturgical support from a member of the adjudicators.
• Winning Story receives writing support and advice from the adjudicators.

Play Right Prize Competition

• Refer to the submission guidelines for precise details – entries may be discarded if instructions are not followed exactly.
• Script must be intended for the stage (not television, film or other media) and have a reading time of 30-60 minutes.
• Get the submission form and complete guidelines on the Drama Resources page.
• Submit entry form and play, which has only the title on the first page (please number pages).
• Submit entry in hardcopy to Sarah Hilliard (W660) by 4pm on Friday, December 12, 2014.

For more information contact Gail Hanrahan.

Striking Prose Competition

• Entry should be no more than 6000 words.
• Include a cover page with your name, story title and contact information (phone number and email address).  The story itself should only have the title of the work on the first page.
• Get a submission form and complete guidelines from outside Room A840E.
• Submit entry form and play, which has only the title on the first page (please number pages).
• Submit entry in hardcopy to Bev Garnett (A812) by 4pm on Friday, December 12, 2014.

For more information contact Jay Gamble.

Generously supported by University of Lethbridge alumnus Terry Whitehead, the Play Right Prize and Striking Prose competitions aim to encourage excellence and development in student playwriting and short story writing.