Archive : Competitions

A small collection of competitions this month, if you know of any more and are willing to share please comment below: 27 August: Kicking Down Doors PlayWriting Australia is seeking submissions for full length minute plays. Successful participants will receive a six-month mentorship. 1 September: Australian...

More competitions for July: 23 July: The Adelaide Review Short Fiction Competition Judges for 2010 are prize-winning Australian authors Brian Castro and Gail Jones, along with Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee. 27 July: What Now? Vibewire Quarterly Submissions are open for short stories to be published...

An interview with Con Nats – Playwright and Director I fancied a bit of a change for my blog so thought, I’d take a few minutes to talk to Sydney playwright Con Nats, whose play ‘Starry Comet Nights’ has recently been accepted into the Sydney Fringe Festival. Lucky, talented swine! I hope...

The schedule for the next Playtime is up and two of my plays will be performed. Mates previously performed at the Ten x Ten Festival in Wagga Wagga and Nibbles, never performed before and a play I wrote yonks ago – hope it’s good! What is Playtime? The Wall have teamed up with Actors Anonymous...

More writing competitions. How I wish that I had time to enter some of them. I think I need a month off. Rabbit Hole Urban Music Reviews sought for music, gigs, film, comedy and more. Send an email with subject “New reviewer” to submissions@rhum.org.au for more information. 30 June: National...

Short+Sweet Script Entry Deadlines 2010-11 If you’re interested in entering a ten minute play script into Short+Sweet (the biggest 10-minute theatre festival in the world! ) Then now’s a great time. Writers are welcome to enter no matter where they’re from, a truly international play...

It was great to receive an email this morning from Nicole Stinton, Festival Director of Short+Sweet Singapore 2010 letting me know that my play “Play (with) Misty for Me” has been included in the shortlisted plays. Short+Sweet Singapore 2010 will be held from July 14 to August 1 in two...

Crash Test Drama 2010 enjoyed its second show on Monday 10th May, with a strong line-up of plays dealing with everything from salami to suicide to reality TV. My play “Between a Rock and a Hard Place’ won the Peoples choice vote and was offered a spot in Crash Test’s finals on 2nd of August,...

My third outing at Playtime. This month’s play is Push Yourself, the physically eventful tale of a personal trainer who likes his client just a touch too much. PLAYTIME 3: 8pm-10.30pm Wednesday 19th May: Producers: Stephen Carnell, Melissa Lee & Faith de Savigne, Directors: Liam Burgess, Craig...

More writing competitions. Death Head Grin E-zine seeking horror short stories, flash fiction and poetry. Visit www.deathheadgrin.com. Kneejerk mag E-zine accepts short stories (3000 words max), interviews and Reviews of Things. Visit www.kneejerkmag.com. ken*again Literary e-zine accepts poetry, fiction,...