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Entry Rules:

· Each playwright may submit only ONE play (typed, no emails or disks)

· Only original plays, never before produced, are eligible.

· Assemble script as follows: Optional cover letter; a title page with the play's title, author's name, address, phone number, and email address. (This is the only place the author's name should appear.) The second page should contain a cast of characters list and time and place information. Do not include a synopsis or any directorial information. The third page will be the first page of the script. Write the play's title at the top of this page. The other pages of the play follow.

The play, exclusive of title and cast pages, may be no more than ten pages. Number the pages of the play.

· Staple or paper clip the play. Do NOT use binders or folders of any kind. Plays cannot be returned. Enclose a SASP if you want assurance that your play was received.

· Only the five winners and the finalists will be notified of judging results. All plays are judged blind.

· Five winners will be chosen. The Grand Prize Winner will receive the L. W. Thomas Award and $1,000 and a production of the winning script. 

· All authors agree to permit Theatre Oxford to produce their contest entry play if the theatre should wish to do so. Authors retain copyright and full ownership of their plays.

· Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked on or before February 15, 2008. No exceptions.

· Entry fee: $10 check made to Theatre Oxford--Fee MUST accompany entry.

Mail entries to:
Theatre Oxford 10 Minute Play Contest
P. O. Box 1321; Oxford, MS 38655
Contact: Dinah Swan, Contest Director (662-236-5052)
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Following the Saturday, March 24, 2007 staged reading of the 5 winning plays in the Eighth Annual Theatre Oxford National 10 Minute Play Contest, judges ranked the winners as follows:

Tied for First Place
"Coitus Hate-Us" by Hillary Rollins, Santa Monica, CA and
"Seat Yourself", Michael Merino, Washington, DC

Second place
"Prayers Said Backwards" by Judy GeBauer, Denver, Co

Third Place
"Pet Peeves" by Joe Barnes, Houston, TX

Fourth Place
"It’s Sunday" by Paul Smolens, Naples, FL

Hillary Rollins and Michael Merino will split the L. W. Thomas Award of $1,000; both "Coitus Hate-Us" and "Seat Yourself" will be produced in the fall, 2008 festival of winning 10 minute plays from the contests of 2007 and 2008

The 2007 contest drew 321 entries from 39 states, DC, and five foreign countries.
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THEATRE OXFORD SEVENTH ANNUAL (2006)  10 MINUTE PLAY CONTEST WINNERS

First place
David Johnston of New York City for "Mothra Is Waiting"

Second Place:
Jami Brandli of Somerville, Massachusetts for "The Delivery"

Third Place:
David O. Bell of Oxford, Mississippi for "Bar Code"

Fourth Place:
Peter L. Levy of San Francisco, California for "The Titanic Revisited"

Fifth Place:
Nikos Vlachos of Bloomington, Illinois for "The Baby Photographer".

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THEATRE OXFORD SIXTH ANNUAL (2005)  10 MINUTE PLAY CONTEST WINNERS

First place
"The Key to the Mystic Halls of Time" by Matt Casarino

Second Place:
"Child's Play" by Kolby Granville and Ry Herman

Third Place:
"Neverland" by Kim Kelly

There Was a Tie For Fourth Place:
"Homeland Insecurity" by John Pizzuto
"Dueling With Mother" by Holly Walter Kerby