City Theatre Now Accepting Submissions for National Award for Short Playwriting Contest

City Theatre is looking for wonderful short plays (up to 10 minutes) for its 2016 production of the Summer Shorts Festival and other programming. Having produced hundreds of plays, City Theatre seeks lively and timely, hilarious and provocative, poignant and surprising scripts that rise above the ordinary. Submissions will be accepted from August 30 - September 30, 2015.

The City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting furthers the company's mission to identify, acknowledge and award excellence in short form dramatic writing. Known for developing and producing ten-minute works by established talents and promising new voices, City Theatre will select up to twenty-five plays from among its annual contest submissions for special recognition. The National Award Winning Play will be produced in the annual Summer Shorts Festival and the Winning Playwright will earn royalties, a cash prize of $1,000 and be invited to Miami for the festival. Finalists are awarded a certificate, are invited to Miami to attend the CityWrights Professional Weekend for Playwrights and have the opportunity to hear a reading of their Finalist Script (*subject to scheduling).

Competition Rules and Guidelines:

1. Plays will be accepted from August 30 - September 30, 2015.

2. Playwrights may only submit one script. Each script must be no more than ten pages long.

3. Scripts will not be returned. Save postage by submitting electronically. No SASE required.

4. Electronic submissions should be sent via www.citytheatre.com as a PDF and must include contact info, synopsis, bio and any production history. Mailed manuscripts must be typed and individually bound or stapled. Title page must include contact info, synopsis, bio and any production history. Mail to City Theatre, 444 Brickell Ave., Ste. 229, Miami, FL 33131

5. Previously submitted plays, children's shows, longer one-acts or full-length plays won't be accepted or returned.

6. City Theatre will consider previously produced works with a production history included with submission.

7. Deadline for submission must be postmarked or submitted electronically to Literary Manager by September 30, 2015.

8. City Theatre will only contact playwrights the company considers for the National Award for Short Playwriting Contest, or might be interested in producing in its various programming. Playwrights may email susan@citytheatre.com with any questions.

The Summer Shorts Festival is produced annually in Miami during the month of June at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Finalist plays are not guaranteed City Theatre productions, but receive preferred consideration in current or future Summer Shorts Festivals, and/or other City Theatre programming, including: Summer Shorts, Shorts Gone Wild, Shorts 4 Kids, and the City Reads for Citywrights readings series. Winner and finalists' plays are also submitted to the annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival Contest.

For more information on City Theatre, call (305) 755-9401 or visit www.citytheatre.com.