CALL FOR ENTRIES

February 14, 2008
 
ONE ACT and TEN MINUTE Plays Sought for New Rocky Mountain Voices 2008 Competition
(Please be sure to pass this announcement on to any writer who may be interested in the competition)
 
The Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts announces New Rocky Mountain Voices 2008, the organization’s TENTH annual play competition. New Rocky Mountain Voices is a program dedicated to showcasing new works by playwrights in the Rocky Mountain States and is sponsored by the non-profit Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts in Westcliffe, Colorado.
 
A panel of jurors from the local and regional theater community will review submissions and select the winning plays which will be produced on the Westcliffe Center’s Jones Theater stage September 5 and 6, 2008. Cast members will be drawn from the local actors’ group, the Westcliffe Center Players. An experienced director will be chosen to mount the plays. A special invitation to view the winning plays will be sent to directors and producers of other Colorado theatre companies.
 
In addition to seeing their plays produced, the winning playwrights will be awarded cash prizes of two hundred dollars each for winning one act plays and one hundred dollars each for winning ten minute plays, along with certificates acknowledging their achievement. The 2007 competition’s winning playwrights were William C. Kovacsik of Boulder, Colorado, and Diana Lewis of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition, Honorable Mentions were awarded to Kayt C. Peck of Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Leonard Madrid of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 
Submission Guidelines
 
Submissions for the New Rocky Mountain Voices competition must include the following:
 
Cover letter, to include a summary of the author’s theater and playwriting experience and goals, mailing address, email address, telephone number and other pertinent contact information.
Four copies of the manuscript with no mention of the author’s name or contact information anywhere in the manuscript (evaluations will be conducted “blind”)
$5.00 for each play submitted (check or money order made payable to “WCPA”)
Self-addressed, stamped envelope (if return of manuscripts is desired)
Submissions must be postmarked no later than Thursday May 1, 2008.
Plays will be accepted from writers currently residing in or attending an educational institution in Arizona, Colorado, or New Mexico.
Plays submitted must not have been published professionally.
Plays must not exceed 30 minutes performance time
Plays having a cast limited to a maximum of six characters and which can be produced with one set or using set pieces will be given preference
However, all submissions will be reviewed for artistic merit and production potential
The panel of jurors will select up to six plays from which up to four will be selected as winners by the director of the plays and the Westcliffe Center’s Artistic Director in consultation
If your play is selected as a winner, you grant the Westcliffe Center permission to reprise the production of the play locally and/or to enter its production of the play into a community theater competition with the understanding that the WCPA will notify you before the additional production takes place
The rating sheet used by members of the evaluation panel is attached.
  
SUBMIT MATERIALS TO:
 
NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN VOICES 2008
C/O CUSTER COUNTY LIBRARY
PO BOX 689
WESTCLIFFE, CO. 81252
* Use the above address if mailing materials via United States Postal Service
 
* Use the following address if sending materials via UPS or FEDEX or other carrier
NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN VOICES 2006
C/O CUSTER COUNTY LIBRARY
209 MAIN STREET
WESTCLIFFE, CO. 81252
  
For more information, visit www.westcliffecenter.org or contact:
Steve Miller, New Rocky Mountain Voices Program Coordinator
smiller012@centurytel.net
719-783-9344
 
Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts
PO Box 790
Westcliffe, CO 81252
719-783-3004