Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Announces Call for Entries for the 3rd Seoul Playwriting Award
On June 5, the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture announced the launch of the call for entries for the 3rd Seoul Playwriting Award.
The Seoul Playwriting Award was established to discover outstanding original plays and to invigorate the theater ecosystem. The competition is open to unpublished original plays, and any writer who resides in Seoul or is based in Seoul is eligible to apply.
Submissions will be accepted online via the official website of the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture from September 1 to September 15 at 6:00 p.m.
Applicants must submit the script, a synopsis, and an application form. Works that have won other competitions, have been previously published or performed, or are co-authored are not eligible for submission. The judging process will consist of a first-round document review and a second-round discussion review, to be conducted over a two-month period from October to November. The final winner will be announced in December after a comprehensive evaluation of the artistic quality of the work, the writer's creative capabilities, and the potential for stage adaptation.
The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture stated that this year’s prize money will be increased by 10 million won from last year, totaling 30 million won, which is the highest single-category prize among domestic playwriting contests. However, the foundation also announced that the production support benefit previously provided to winners of the 1st and 2nd Seoul Playwriting Awards will be discontinued.
The winner of the 1st Seoul Playwriting Award, "Berliner" (written by Lee Sillon), premiered at Daehakro Theater Quad in April after two years of stage adaptation work. The 2nd Seoul Playwriting Award-winning work, "End Wall - What Lies Beyond That Wall?" (written by Ha Sumin), is scheduled to be performed at the same theater in September.
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Detailed information about the 3rd Seoul Playwriting Award can be found on the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture website and the Seoul Theater Center Instagram account.
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