NEWxNW and NEWxNW-Students: Guidelines for 2012 Posted
A Noble Failure, the winner of CoHo’s 2012 NEWxNW new play competition will be featured in Third Rail Repertory’s 2012-2013 season as a mainstage production!
CoHo is proud to present NewxNW and NewxNW-Students as part of Fertile Ground, Portland’s city-wide festival of new works. Purchase Fertile Ground passes through this link, and tell ‘em we sent you! When you do, CoHo will receive credit for your purchase.
Details of CoHo’s 5th Annual new play competition and its first student competition are below.
NEWxNW
The 5th annual competition is open to any adult residing in Oregon, Washington or Idaho – please provide statement of Pacific NW residency of at
least 12 months with your submission. The winning entry will receive two stage reading performances at CoHo Theatre during the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works 2013. Winner and Runner-up will also receive small cash honoraria.
Deadline for submissions is November 12, 2012. Winner will be announced between December 15, 2012 and January 7, 2013.
Submissions must be new, not previously performed publicly and preferably not workshopped. (Please indicate complete history of any private or
invitation-only workshop readings, and any public readings.) CoHo Productions reserves the right to determine if a submission meets the eligibility criteria. Submissions should be full-length plays (no musicals), of one or more acts. Submissions must be made electronically either as Word or .pdf documents. CoHo Productions will not be required to evaluate incomplete submissions, nor responsible for non-received submissions. In your submission email, please include your name, residence address and statement of length of residence in the Pacific Northwest of at least 12 months, contact telephone number, and the name of your play (and playwright name if submitted under a pseudonym). Submissions should be sent to coho@… no later than 11:59 p.m.(PST)on Monday, November 12, 2012.
NEWxNW – Oregon High School & College Students
CoHo Productions, Ltd. is pleased to announces its 1st annual NEWxNW playwriting competition for Oregon high school and college students. The competition is open to any student residing in Oregon, and attending high school or college in Oregon.
The winning entry will receive two stage reading performances at CoHo Theatre during the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works 2013.
Deadline for submissions is November 12, 2012. Winner will be announced between December 15, 2012 and January 7, 2013.
Submissions must be new, not previously performed publicly and preferably not workshopped. (Please indicate complete history of any private, classroom or invitation-only workshop readings, and any public readings.) CoHo Productions reserves the right to determine if a submission meets the eligibility criteria. Submissions should be full-length plays (no musicals), of one or more acts. Submissions must be made electronically either as Word or .pdf documents. CoHo Productions will not be required to evaluate incomplete submissions, nor responsible for non-received submissions. In your submission email, please include your name, residence address, statement of attendance at (and the name of) your high school or college, your contact telephone number, and the name of your play (and playwright name if submitted under a pseudonym). CoHo Productions may verify enrollment for submission eligibility. Submissions should be sent to coho@… no later than 11:59 p.m.(PST)on Monday, November 12, 2012.
