[CW-Grad] Wyoming Theatre Essay Contest Deadline March 12! Win $2500!

[Robin Russin]

My home town!!

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From: Volz, Jim [jvolz at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 9:44 PM
To: Jim Volz
Subject: FW: Wyoming Theatre Essay Contest Deadline March 12! Win $2500!

Please Forward to Colleagues & Post!

ANNOUNCING
THE 2012 AMY & ERIC BURGER ESSAYS ON THEATRE COMPETITION 
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming
$2,500 PRIZE
for the best essay written in English on any aspect of drama or the theatre.

Dear Colleagues,

A tremendous opportunity exists for a theatre writer to submit an essay on drama or theatre and collect a $2,500 prize as a reward for their literary talents.    Kind donors affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming have endowed the Amy and Eric Burger Competition and I hope you will send an essay and/or encourage your students or colleagues to submit an essay.

Here are the rules: 

1)    The essay must be written in English on any aspect of drama or theatre; 

2)    Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by March 12, 2012 and received by March 16, 2012; 

3) Only one submission per writer. Essays must be unpublished and between 1,800 and 7,500 words in length. Topics in film and television are excluded. The judge’s decision is final.

Submissions: 

1)    Send two copies of the essay; do not identify the author on the essay; 
2)    Attach a cover letter with the title of the essay and the author’s name,             address, phone number, and email address; 
3)    Mail first class with sufficient postage to:

National Amy & Eric Burger Essay Competition 
University of Wyoming 
c/o Dr. Jim Volz, President, Consultants for the Arts 
Theatre & Dance
PO Box 6850 
Fullerton, California 
92834-6850

Please note that entries will not be returned. The winner will be notified by June 1, 2012. The prize will be presented as cash in the form of a check. This is a continuing competition, varying in form. The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming reserves the right to make no award or to cancel the competition at any time for any reason.

Sincerely,

Jim Volz

DR. JIM VOLZ 
President, Consultants for the Arts 
jvolz at fullerton.edu
ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, AGE, VETERAN STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND POLITICAL BELIEF.




Robin Russin

Associate Professor and Director
MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts
Department of Theatre
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-2707
(213) 949-1061 cel
robin.russin at ucr.edu
http://robinrussin.com

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