The Doris Fisher Harris Playwriting Competition exists to encourage the creation of new dramatic literature that is characterized by a distinctly Christian worldview. One of our goals is to provide ministry-minded Christian actors and stage directors with more plays that are designed to reach believers and non-believers for the cause of Christ. Therefore we are seeking plays that have strong Biblical themes and conservative Christian values. Submissions need not be sermonic or religious but should reflect a Christian worldview.
Winners of the 2008 competition will be notified by email by April 30, 2008.
Contest Rules
- Submissions must be original, unpublished plays. Legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.
- Submissions are judged blind. We require two cover pages: one with title, name, address, phone number, and email address; the other with title only.
- If you would like your script returned, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. If no SASE is enclosed, the play will be discarded. If you desire notification of receipt of manuscript, enclose either an email address or a self-addressed, stamped post card.
- Plays must be typed/word-processed, and pages numbered and securely bound in a soft cover. Use standard play format.
- Include a brief synopsis of the play on a separate page.
- No script analysis or reviewers comments will be given.
- Submission fee: $5.00 per play
- The competition directors reserve the right not to announce a winner in any given year should they determine that no entry met the standards of the competition.
- All submissions will be handled with care, but Bob Jones University assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged scripts.
- Mail one copy of your script along with your fee to:
The Doris Fisher Harris Playwriting Competition
Dramatic Production Department
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC 29614