Calling All Writers – Prize For Noir

This from Byron Toben, a true arts cornerstone and champion:

PRIZE FOR ONE ACT PLAY ON MONTREAL NOIR THEME

Byron Toben has arranged for a $360 prize to the winning submission of a one act play set in Montreal in the style of a Film Noir..

DETAILS:

Length: approximately one hour

Format: 8 ½ by 11” in duplicate copies sent by post to:

Quebec Drama Federation

460 Ste. Catherine St. West

Suite 807

Montreal, QC H3B 1A7

Print MONTREAL NOIR in corner of envelope

(Don`t forget to include your contact co-ordinates)

Deadline: March 31 2010

Application Fee: $20 cheque made out to Quebec Drama Federation.

The majority of the fees will be donated to The Actors Fund.

(This fund is a non-profit registered charity

to aid actors and other theatrical people

in temporary distress.)

Copyright: All rights remain with author.

Performances: Mr. Toben will organize a private dramatic reading of the winning script, if the author wishes.

Return of scripts: Scripts will be returned to author only if he/she encloses a return self addressed, stamped envelope.

Author: need not live in Montreal, so long as the setting is there

Language: Basically English, although liberal use of French is welcome, as well as other languages relevant to the district of the city chosen as the setting.

Note: The QDF is neither a sponsor nor a judge of the event, but merely facilitating the administration.

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