St. Tammany
National One-Act Play Festival
2008

In
honor of Walker Percy
…one of the great Southern Novelists,
who lived, died and did most of
his writing in Covington, Louisiana
Awards
- Four one-act plays will be chosen. Each play will be presented as a
rehearsed stage reading during the November 2008 National One-Act
Play Festival in conjunction of the St. Tammany Parish Library's Walker
Percy Southern Literary Festival. Each
play will be critiqued by a panel of theatre professionals and a Question
& Answer period with the audience.
- Each winning playwright will receive a $100.00 award.
- The festival will open on a Friday evening November 2008 with a dinner reception to honor
the chosen playwrights.
- The festival will close on a Saturday evening, November 2007 with a cocktail party.
- Lodging and meals will be provided. (Playwrights will be responsible
for travel costs.)
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Rules for Submission
- Winning playwrights MUST attend the festival.
- Submission fee is $10, payable to St. Tammany Parish Library.
- Mail to:
St. Tammany Parish One-Act Play Festival
St. Tammany Parish Library
310 W. 21st. Ave.
Covington, Louisiana 70433
Attn: Jan Butler
- One submission per playwright.
- The entry must be one-act, between twenty to thirty pages in length with
a maximum of eight characters. Musicals and children’s plays will not
be accepted.
- The entry must be an original work, and must not have been previously
produced or published. However, workshops or readings are not disqualifying
factors.
- There is no restriction on subject or style, but a word of caution on
use of profanity or sexual content: the event will be open to the public
of all ages.
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Submission Guidelines
- THREE bound, typewritten copies of the script
- Enclose a SASE for notification (scripts will not be returned).
- Covers of scripts should contain ONLY the title of play. The playwright’s
name may not appear on any other section of the script.
- A separate title page must include: title, author’s name, mailing address,
phone number, and e-mail address.
- Entries must be received by August
25, 2007, winner notification by October 1,
2007
Mail to:
St. Tammany Parish Library
ATTN: Jan Butler
310 W. 21st. Ave.
Covington, LA 70433
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Winners of the 2005 St. Tammany National One-Act
Play Festival
Darwin’s Dilemma by Laura Lewis-Barr, Illinois
Gerontia by Walt Vail, New
Jersey
Matka by Ann Maria Olivia, North
Carolina
The Plagiarist by William Baer, Indiana
**The 2006 festival was cancelled due
to effects of Hurricane Katrina.
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