VSA Playwright Discovery Award - $1000

This award is for students in 6th through 12th grade who are US citizens or permanent residents. Applicants are invited to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Applicants must submit a one-act play script on the subject of disability; entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students. Playwrights can write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or a fictional character. Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. The five award recipients receive a $1,000 cash award and a trip to Washington, DC over Labor Day weekend to participate in workshops and view a reading of their work on stage.

Deadline: June 1, 2013. Award: $1000

More info: http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/programs/playwright_discovery.cfm