Sussex Playwrights' Club 2012 Stage Play Competition.

This year's competition is for a 90 minute stage play on the theme of Past, Present and / or Future

First Prize: £200 plus a reading of the play at a Club Meeting.

Second Prize: £100 plus a reading of the play at a Club Meeting.

Third Prize: £ 50 plus a reading of the play at a Club Meeting.

# The play should last 90 minutes 

# The play should have no more than 6 characters

# Entry fee is £7 (with one free entry for Sussex Playwrights' Club members)

# CLOSING DATE: 31ST July 2012

Rules

The competition is open to any author, regardless of nationality or country of residence and must be an original play, written in English and not previously broadcast, produced before a paying audience or read at a club meeting.

Plays, which must be clearly typed and securely bound, should be sent to Mr Nicholas Quirke, 24 Highcroft Villas, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5PS to arrive no later than the 31st July 2012.

Entries via the internet and email address will not be accepted

All plays must be entered under a pseudonym and all entries should include a sealed envelope with the play's title and the pseudonym on the cover. This envelope should contain a card with the author's real name and address and email address if appropriate, plus sufficient postage for return of the manuscript if required.

Sussex Playwrights' Club members are entitled to one free entry but all other entries must be accompanied by the entry fee of £7. Receipt of entries will not be acknowledged. It is hoped that the results will be announced by Mid-December 2012.

The decision of the judges is final and we cannot enter into any correspondence concerning the results. The judges reserve the right not to award a prize if the number or standard of the entries is deemed to be insufficient.

Winning Authors must agree to their plays being given a reading at a club meeting

Winning Authors will receive a years free membership to the Club

Enquiries can be directed to us by using the contact form on our website www.sussexplaywrights.com or alternatively should be addressed (with and SAE please) to:- Mr Nicholas Quirke, 24 Highcroft Villas, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5PS.

Winners:  New Venture Theatre / Sussex Playwrights Club 10-Minute Play Competition - 2012

'Still Waters'.                                       by Christopher Owen

'Nora's Special Day'                         by Mark Wilson

'Short Story'                                         by Paul Fox

'In the Bar of the Half Moon'       by Joel Kaye

'Bluebottle'                                           by John Petherbridge

'Mick & Pete'                                      by Brian Tuley

'Charlie'                                                 by David Taylor

'Change of Plan'                                by Stuart Pursell

The 2011 Radio Play Competition

Notification of winners will be sent by post in the New Year along with prizes and scripts.

£150 Prize winner

'Shellakybooky'.  by Sue Healy

£100 Prize winner:-

'Abby's Place'. by Katherine Koller

£50 Prize winner:-

'Journey to the Bottom of the Freezer'. by Angela Lanyon

Highly commended:-

'Noblesse Oblige' by Art Tanner

Also shortlisted and Commended

'Poppy' by Katy Mathews

'Bell of Atlantis' by Alan Bryant

'Berlin to Balaton' by Sue Healy and Kristina Jilly

'Green' by Jenny Pulling

'The Sweet Seventeen's' Frank Long

'Sing no Sad Songs'. Maxine Linnell

Our adjudicator for this year was the actor PAUL MORIARTY (RNT, RSC, Eastenders, The Bill, and BBC Radio etc).

Congratulations to the winners and our sincere thanks to all who entered.