Babes With Blades Theatre Company is a Chicago-based company, currently celebrating its 17th season!
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Our unique mission, using stage combat to place women and their stories center stage, is at the heart of this playwriting competition. "Joining Sword & Pen" is the international playwriting competition we founded in 2005 to increase the number of quality scripts featuring fighting roles for women - and the 2015 competition is now open!
Just the facts:
Submission Deadline: 2/27/15
Prize for winner: $1,000 and production of the script in 2016 as part of BWBTC's season
Basic Requirements (full list of requirements on our site: www.BabesWithBlades.org)
1 - Only FULL LENGTH submissions will be accepted: 75-120 minutes (at least 60 pages) in length.
2 - The moment depicted in the 'inspiration' images (http://babeswithblades.org/?page_id=46) must be dramatized in the play.
3 - Women must be in most/all of the primary roles. Women must be featured in most/all of the combat. (Mixed cast is allowed)
4 - All submissions must be new, original works, inspired by the contest’s topic
5 - Submission Guidelines (found at: http://babeswithblades.org/?page_id=2707) must be followed.
Additional Questions?
Visit our JS&P History page and JS&P FAQ page. After that, if you’re still flummoxed, please email swordandpen@babeswithblades.org and we’ll help you out!