The Papatango New Writing Prize is inviting entries of original, unperformed, unproduced playscripts. The winner of the prize will develop their play with Papatango, building towards a production at the Southwark Playhouse in autumn 2018. The script will be published by Nick Hern Books and the author will earn 10% of box office income. The winner will also receive a £6,000 commission for a new play, with developmental support from Papatango.
The competition is for full-length playscripts, ie a minimum running time of sixty minutes, by writers resident in the UK and Ireland.
Send scripts by email as doc or pdf documents with numbered pages. The writer’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Include at least one telephone number on the first page. The subject line of the submission email should read ‘PLAY’S TITLE Prize Entry’. Entry is free. The closing date is 28 February.