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Theatre BC's 21st Annual Canadian National
Playwriting Competition
Summary


This year's Jury selected 3 Winners and 4 Finalists from 135 New Canadian Plays in Theatre BC's 21st Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition

Full Length Winner ($1000 Cash Award)
Tamarack by Edward Kuhn , Kingston, NS

One Act Winner ($750 Western Canada Theatre Cash Award)
Dianne & Me by Ron Fromstein, Toronto, ON

Special Merit Winner ($500 City of Kamloops Cash Award)
My Purple Wig by Jessica Anderson,  Oakville, ON (FL)

FINALISTS (alphabetical order by title):

A Field of Flowers by Robin Mathews, Vancouver, BC (FL)
The King's Disposition by Christopher Morley, Richmond Hill, ON (FL)
Kobyła by B.D. Miller, Regina, SK (FL)
Millicent's Pothole by Sherryl Melnyk, Calgary, AB

Summary of Entries:

-            135 entered scripts 

-             83 Full-Length plays;

-             52 One Act plays;

 

Breakdown of Entries:

Province

FL

1-Act

Total

BC

41

26

67

AB

8

5

13

SK

3

1

4

MB

3

2

5

ON

21

17

38

PE

-

-

-

PQ

4

-

4

NB

-

-

-

NS

3

1

4

NWT

-

-

-

YT

-

-

-

Subtotals

83

52

135
 

Congratulations to this year's Winners and Finalists. Thank you to all entering playwrights and to the Competition Jurors for their many hours of reading and careful consideration. Any artistic directors wishing to read winning and/or finalist scripts from this year's Competition, please contact Theatre BC.

Theatre BC
Phone/ Fax: 250-714-0203
Email: pwc@theatrebc.org
Web: www.theatrebc.org
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