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

THEATRE OXFORD NINTH ANNUAL (2008)  10 MINUTE PLAY CONTEST WINNERS

1st Place /Grand Prize Winner PHOTO
MARY'S YARN by James Caputo of San Diego, California
He will received the L. W. Thomas Award of  $1,000 and his play will be fully produced in early autumn.
James Caputo was winner of The Ashland Oregon Festival, The Palm Springs International Festival, The Theatre Conspiracy Competition, The Dubuque Fine Arts Contest, The Camino Real Festival, The New York Public Television Competition and several San Diego Festivals. Jim’s plays have been selected for The NYC Underground Festival, Ashland Play Slam, The Fritz Blitz, The Harvest Theatre Competition, and have been produced from coast to coast. He is an actor, a director and a member of the Dramatists Guild.

2nd Place Winner PHOTO
THE BLOOD IN THE WING by Craig DeLancey of Fairpoint, New York
Craig DeLancey is a philosopher and writer. He teaches philosophy at the State University of New York at Oswego. He has published numerous short stories, in such venues as The Mississippi Review, Online and Zahir. His play, Feeding Mr. Why, was recently performed in the Sydney, Australia Short + Sweet Festival.
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3rd Place Winner PHOTO
TWO DEAD PEOPLE TALKING by John Maxwell of Jackson, Mississippi 
John Maxwell has toured with his one-man play, “Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?” since 1981. He founded Fish Tale Group, a non-profit organization dedicated to illuminating scripture through drama. The organization has written and produced several DVDs based on Biblical stores told in a new perspective with modern dialogue and dress. John also has written and performs six religious monologues. His play Buck-Nekkid for Jesus has been performed throughout the south to critical acclaim. What he is proudest of, however, is his wife Sandy and son Townes who is in his last year of Law School at Ole Miss.
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4th Place Winner
NIGHT VISION by S. L. Daniels of Chicago, Illinois
S. L. Daniels’ work has been produced at many theatres around the country. Her play Rain, River, Ice, Steam received the Illinois Artist Award for Playwriting. The play was produced in New York, Los Angeles, and in Chicago at the Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theatre. She would like to thank Theatre Oxford for this honor.

5th Place Winner
DARE ME by Danielle Fenton of Raleigh, North Carolina 
Danielle Fenton’s plays Symptoms and Inner Armies Outer Thighs (aka Looking for God in All the Wrong Outfits) ran at The West Bank Theater in NYC. She has been a contributing member of notable theatre companies such as The American Renaissance Theatre Company and Pulse Ensemble Theater. Her prose has been published in Fish Drum Magazine. Danielle is co-creator of Connections, a screenplay optioned for a feature film. She is married with three children and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

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

Second Place:
CHILDS 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
DULING WITH MOTHER by Holly Walter Kerby