EUGENIA PRICE/JOYCE BLACKBURN FOUNDATION
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS AWARD GUIDELINES

This award is to encourage and recognize the literary talents of all public and private middle grade students in Glynn County. Originality, creativity, and content will be the basis of the judges' decisions.

The student's work will be "blind judged" by a three-person panel made up of writers and theater professionals. The students' names and schools will be deleted from their manuscripts before being sent to the judges to ensure impartiality.

1st Prize: $500 cash and production of play in Spring 2008 at the Ritz Theatre (date to be announced.)
2nd Prize: $300 cash and staged reading of play in Spring 2008 at the Ritz Theatre (date to be announced.)
3rd Prize: $200 cash and staged reading of play in Spring 2008 at the Ritz Theatre (date to be announced.)

1. Plays must be submitted by Friday, February 22, 2008 by 5:00 pm to Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association at the Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA.

2. The work must be submitted in script form, typed or printed (ink only), double spaced, on one side of the paper only. The play may be any length. VERY IMPORTANT: Submit a cover sheet with the title of the work, student's name, address, phone number, school name and teacher's name. Include this information only on the title page and not on the script itself.

3. Work cannot be the result of a classroom project under the supervision of a teacher. Interested students should, however, either review and follow a study guide provided by GIAHA covering the basics of playwriting or attend a workshop conducted by a professional playwright (call GIAHA at 262-6934 or email info@goldenislesarts.org for more information).

4. Plays may be written by more than one student (two or more students collaborating). If the winning play is by more than one student, the prize money will be divided up between the winners; i.e. if the 1st place script is written by two students, each will receive $250.00.

5. Plays may be based on original short stories written by the student.

6. For further information or questions, please contact GIAHA at 262-6934 or e-mail: info@goldenislesarts.org