ONE ACT PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
The object of this Competition is to promote new writing for the theatre. The competition is administered by NDFA and judged by a Panel of Judges: the Chairman of the Panel are appointed by the Council of the NDFA.
The GEORGE TAYLOR MEMORIAL AWARD was initiated in 1979, dedicated to the memory of the founder of AMATEUR STAGE. The Award is held for one year and the Winner receives a certificate and a cash prize of £100 which is sponsored by NODA.
The Award is open to any piece of theatre accepted by and performed at any NDFA festival between 1 July and 30 June. The play, not the production, must be recommended by the Festival Organiser. It must have received fewer than five public performances and be unpublished at the time of entry; should it be accepted for publication prior to the announcement of the Awards, it will be automatically disqualified. All entrants will receive a short written assessment of their script. The Judges have the right to withhold the Awards.
Please note that, with immediate effect,
the Judges and the NDFA Council have have requested that for an Entry to go forward that the Script needs to have the
written approval of - The
entry form and current rules, which can be found at the back of the NDFA Directory or downloaded from here, must
be signed by the Playwright and the Festival Organiser. The entry fee
is £5.00.
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