NJ Young Playwrights Contest

WHAT: The Writers Theatre of New Jersey invites NJ middle and high school students in grades 4-12 to submit plays to their contest and festival.

DIVISIONS: Elementary (4-6) | Junior School (7-9) | High School (10-12)

LENGTH: Plays up to 20 pages or 20 minutes.

TYPE: Plays with “realistic” structures and inventive work. Judges look for strong plot, characterization, dialogue, conflict, theme, & originality.

THEMES: 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.

WINNERS RECEIVE:

• Staged reading production of play with actors, a director, and dramaturg from WTNJ.
• New Jersey Governor’s Award in Arts Education (10-12 grades only).

WEBSITE: Writers’ Theatre of New Jersey:  org/nj-young-playwrights-contest

* PAST NA WINNERS include Francesca Badalamenti ’18, Kianni Keys ’19, Gabrielle Poisson ’17 & Betsy Zaubler ’17.

Deadline: Monday, January 15, 2018