Masrah Ensemble Playwriting Competition

We invite playwrights writing in Arabic to submit their work for an anthology of contemporary theater texts.

With this initiative, Masrah Ensemble aims to contend with the difficulties of publishing plays, the decline of print publishing, and the social, economic, and political changes in the world and especially in the Arabic-speaking region in recent years. Amid these circumstances, there have emerged new generations of playwrights as well as novel approaches to writing.

A specialized and independent jury will select five texts. A sixth text pre-selected by Masrah Ensemble and a seventh pre-selected by the publisher will complete the collection. These seven play texts will be published in Arabic and then translated to and also published in English. In addition, each winning author will receive an honorarium of $1,000.

Timetable:

• The call for submissions opens on May 1, 2021.

• The deadline for receiving texts is June 1, 2021.

• Results are announced on September 15, 2021.

Please note:

• The call is open to Arabic-language playwrights residing in any country.

• The call is open to playwrights of all ages.

• Masrah Ensemble imposes no red lines or taboos on textual content.

• The call is open to texts written in colloquial or classical Arabic.

• Previously published theater texts will not be accepted.

• Submissions are limited to one text per writer.

Please send your material in PDF format to the following address: submissions@masrahensemble.org

And make sure to mention on the first page the title of the text as well as the name and nationality of the playwright.

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