Deadline: June 1, 2025
Special Interests: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, student
Website: https://www.setc.org/scholarships-awards/awards/getchell-new-play-contest/
Description:
SETC’s Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest is dedicated to the discovery, development and publicizing of worthy new plays and playwrights. Submissions are accepted between March 1 and June 1, annually. One winning playwright receives a $1,000 cash award and an all-expense paid trip to the annual SETC Convention, where both a critique and staged reading of the winning play are held. The winning play is also considered for online publication and a feature in Southern Theatre magazine.
To be eligible for the contest, the submitting playwright must be a current member of SETC, reside in the SETC
region, OR attend a college or university within the SETC region. The SETC region includes Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Submitted work must be by one playwright only. Submitted work must be either a full-length play or thematically related one acts which constitute a full-length play when performed together. No musicals or children’s plays will be considered. Plays must be unproduced (no professional productions) and unpublished.
Comments from NMI Staff:
SETC’s Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest is dedicated to the discovery, development and publicizing of worthy new plays and playwrights. Submissions are accepted between March 1 and June 1, annually. One winning playwright receives a $1,000 cash award and an all-expense paid trip to the annual SETC Convention, where both a critique and staged reading of the winning play are held. The winning play is also considered for online publication and a feature in Southern Theatre magazine.
No updates for 2024 as of Sept 2023.
CONTACT NAME: Joe Frost
CONTACT EMAIL: setc.getchell@gmail.com
CONTACT PHONE: 336.272.3645
CONTACT ADDRESS:
Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest
Joe Frost
1175 Revolution Mill Drive, Suite 14
Greensboro, NC 27405
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