The JANE CHAMBERS AWARD recognizes feminist plays & performance texts created by women writers that present significant opportunities for female performers. Given in memory of lesbian playwright Jane Chambers, who through her plays such as My Blue Heaven, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove and Kudzu became a major feminist voice in American theater, the Jane Chambers Playwriting Contest welcomes experimentations in form as well as subject matter. Feminism is understood variously, and may cross diverse class, sex, race, national, ethnic, theatrical, and/or geographic perspectives. The Jane Chambers Contest winner receives $500 & a rehearsed reading of the winning play at ATHE’s annual mid-summer conference. First given in 1984, the award is sponsored by the Women and Theater Program (WTP) with generous support from the Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE), private donors, and university friends. Submissions for the 2009 Jane Chambers Contest should be sent to arrive by February 15. Please note there are two divisions, one for student applicants!

Submission Guidelines 2009:
To enter, please send three copies of a typed script, application form, resume, brief description of the piece, and your email contact information. Please, only one submission per applicant, and no email submissions.

Mail submission to:
Jane Chambers Award
c/o Maya Roth
Dept of Performing Arts
108 Davis Center
Box 571063
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20009

All entries MUST be received by February 15, 2009.
The Women & Theatre Program will announce the winner by June 30, 2009.

Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Contest:
This competition is open to both graduate & undergraduate students; entrants do not have to be registered in a theatre or drama program to submit. The Jane Chambers Award for emergent playwrights encourages diversity of style & content. All forms of drama are accepted, including solo performance work. Excerpts from the winning play will be read at the annual Women and Theatre Program pre-conference, which will be held in New York 2009 prior to the American Theatre in Higher Education Conference (ATHE). A professional playwright will offer feedback in a post-reading discussion with the audience. Student winner will receive a $150 cash prize & a year’s membership in Women & Theatre. To enter, please send two copies of a typed script, application form, resume, and a brief description of the piece. Please, only one submission per applicant and no email submissions.
Mail submission to:
Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award
Jen-Scott Mobley
c/o 230 West 56th Street
Suite 65A
New York, NY 10019
All entries MUST be received by March 1, 2009. The Women & Theatre Program will announce the winner by June 30, 2009.

For more information email jen-scottm@nyc.rr.com.

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