Writers Theatre of New Jersey Young Playwright’s Contest
The Writers Theatre of New Jersey invites middle and high school students in grades 4-12 to submit plays up to 20 pages in length. While they enjoy plays with “realistic” structures, they also encourage plays that are non-traditional and inventive. They look for strong plot, characterization, dialogue, conflict, theme, and originality. Plays may be on any topic, but there is a special category, “Living with Disabilities” designed for plays either written by an author with a disability, or a play with themes or characters dealing with disabilities. Formatting instructions may be found under the Submissions Guidelines tab. Winning plays will be performed by professional actors. Past NA winners of this competition include Francesca Badalamenti ’18 in 2016 and Gabrielle Poisson ’17 & Betsy Zaubler ’17 in 2015. Deadline: January 5, 2017. Deadline extended to Sunday, January 15.