• Selected plays will be given one or more public readings at the festival.
• All applicants are invited to participate in ATB workgroups.
• A small (≈$50) cash prize will be awarded to the winning playwright in each language.
      (ATB Board members and ATB Directors Committee members are not eligible for prize.)

Dramatic reading pieces are to be short plays in English, Spanish, Chinese, or some combination of these.  The content of submitted pieces should Series' theme: life and aspirations in New York City.

The Selection Committee will be guided by the following criteria: (1) aesthetic value, and (2) how well the work meets the theme of the festival.

Maximum length for plays: 15 minutes.  Scripts should be in standard dramatic format.  No children's plays.  Playwright must hold all production and publishing rights.

Previously submitted plays (but not those previously selected for the series) may be re-submitted.

Submissions should be emailed (preferred), mailed or hand-delivered to ATB (to email address below) and should include:

1. A completed copy of the application form.
2. A check for the (non-refundable) application fee of $5 per script.  (Fee waived for ATB 2008 members and for plays submitted in previous years.)  (The check should be mailed or hand delivered even if the script, application form and bio are emailed.)
3. A one-paragraph bio for the festival program.
4. A copy (for non-emailed submissions, two copies are preferable) of each script, with two title pages: one bearing, in addition to the title and copyright information (if any), the author's name and contact information, the other with only the title (and, optionally, a copyright date, without a name).

ATB will notify the playwright in timely fashion as to selection of submission for public reading.

Submission Deadline:  Submissions must be received by November 30, 2007.

We look forward to reading your play!!!
 

The annual Raymond J. Flores Series is administered by and as a benefit event for Around The Block, a not-for-profit organization chartered in the State of New York and tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Around The Block cultivates arts and technologies in New York City communities.

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1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Telephone(s):
4. Email:
5. Around The Block member (y or n)?
6. Play(s) (maximum of 15 minutes each; playwright must hold all production and publishing rights.):

Submitted scripts will not be returned. May we keep them for our archives?
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Your signature below constitutes acceptance of these terms.

Submitted by: ____________________________________
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Email script and a one-paragraph bio to info@aroundtheblock.org, and send by U.S. Mail a completed form and – if you are not an ATB member – a check for the application fee (or Around The Block membership dues) to:

Around The Block
5 East 22nd Street, #9K
New York, NY 10010

OR mail or hand-deliver completed form, two copies of script, application check, and a bio to the above address

Submission Deadline:  Submissions must be received by November 30, 2008.