Hartford Stage

The WRITE ON! Annual Teen Playwriting Contest

Every year, we a number of student playwrights to develop a new ten-minute play at Hartford Stage. Winners work with a professional playwright to polish their scripts and see real actors perform their play as part of Hartford Stage’s annual Brand New Fall Festival of New Work.

It starts with an idea…

To enter the Write On! contest, all you need is an idea. If your idea is chosen, we’ll help with the rest. This year's theme is SNAP. 

Give us your idea for a 10-minute play. Include characters, setting, and as much of the story as you can — beginning, middle, and end. You can fill out the entry form online or download it and mail it in.

You may enter as many times as you wish, but please, only one idea per entry form. Entries may be in English or Spanish.

Deadline for entry is July 1, 2008. 

Ready to enter? Fill out our online entry form, or download a paper form and send it in!

Teachers: Inspire literacy. Encourage your students to enter.

You can invite students to enter on their own, as part of a classroom exercise you lead, or ask Hartford Stage to assist. Call the Education Hotline at 860-520-7206 to organize a Write On! playwriting workshop in your classroom.

 2008 Winners

Junior Category:

 

2007 Winners

Junior Category

Sacha Brooks, Northwest Catholic

Taylor Dauphin, Classical Magnet School

Olivia Sayah, Classical Magnet School

Kai Wilson, Loomis Chaffee

Senior Category

Whitney Biancur, Branford High School

Sara Doble, Pomperaug High School

Caitlin Donahue, Rockville High School

Jermaine Ellis, Classical Magnet School (graduate)

Patrick Howley, Avon High School

Justin Lizon, Farmington High School

Alex Malanych, Francis T. Maloney High School

J.T. Torres, Bulkeley High School

 

 Support for this contest is provided by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, as recommended by Linda and David Glickstein.