The Colleagues Theatre Company is accepting submissions for its 1998-1999 play competition. Unproduced full length plays, with featured roles for actors 50 years or older, that embrace the richness of the mature life experience. The winning play will be awarded $200, a staged reading, and consideration fro a full production. Submit bound manuscript, short synopsis, $10 reader's fee (tax deductible) and self addressed stamped envelope to: The Colleagues Theatre Company, Suite 40l, 2124 Broadway, New York, NY 10023, Deadline: December 31, 1998.

Onassis Theatrical Plays Competition Athens, Greece: Plays should be submitted by the 31st of December '99. Prizes awarded in Athens in the Autumn of the year 2001. 1st US$150K, 2nd US$100K and 3rd US$75K. For more information on this item, contact Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. 56 Amalias Ave, 10558 Athens, Greece. Note: The 1997 winner was Manjula Padmanabhan, born in New Delhi, for her play Harvest.

The Write A Play Before the End of the World Program does have a deadline of December 31, 1999, primarily in the sense that after that date the name of the program probably will change. However, our search for new plays is ongoing and interested parties should expect a response from ERP within 4-5 weeks of submission. It is not a contest with a winner but rather an effort to involve people in the creative and empowering process of making plays. ERP is particularly interested in work that is fun, imaginative, and which addresses the concerns of youth and other marginalized groups. ERP is NOT terribly in need of plays which rely on stereotype, elitism, or conventionality (i.e., if someone wants to submit this new adaptation of Romeo & Juliet that they just wrote, they should make sure first that it is pretty darn amazing). Young people and musicians are especially encouraged to submit, even if the play currently is just in the sketch or idea stage. Some stipends may be available to selected playwrights upon reading or production. Please send all submissions (with SASE if the author desires) to:Emerald Rain Productions, 1678 Shattuck Ave. Ste. 186 Berkeley CA 94709, USA

4th International Gombrowicz Festival 16-20, June 1999 Radom Poland: a festival held in honour of Polish playwright Gombrowicz in his home town Radom. The director is seeking works based on or inspired by Gombrowicz's writing which have been produced after 1997. For more information on this item, contact Director: Wojciech Kepczynski;International Gombrowicz Festival; fax: +48 36 279 27; email: radom@teatr.net.

Youth Play writing Development Workshop 29Apr-2May1999 Indianapolis US: convened by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. A development program for scripts for young audiences; selected writers receive cash awards and take part in residential program. For more information on this item, contact Youth Performing Arts Australia; tel: 03 9686 9644; email: ypaa@vicnet.net.au

IAC member, Fatima Chebchoub writes," My association ASAYS (theater studies) is looking for an American text about human rights and women in the U.S.A. I'm charged to find it, to translate it and to prepare it for a director." Her new address is: App71- Im A1- Residence Rachid- Route de Kenitra -SalŽ- Morocco Tel+Fax: 212 7 88 46 57.

Jane Chambers Play writing Award: The Women and Theatre Program of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education announces the 1999 Jane Chambers Play writing Award which is seeking plays and performance texts created by women which reflect a feminist perspective and contain a majority of opportunities for women performers. There are no limitations on length, style, or subject; submissions may be produced or unproduced. The award consists of $1,000, free registration to attend the Women and Theatre Conference in late July and a rehearsed reading of the winning piece at that conference. For application form, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Jane Chambers Award c/o Mary A Donahoe, Dept of Theatre Arts, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001 USA.

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize seeks scripts by women playwrights. They can be reached at: 3239 Avalon Place, Houston TX 77019, USA.

LMDA Prize in Dramaturgy awards $500 in recognition of exemplary contributions by dramaturgs to the conception, development and production of theatre or to educational projects in dramaturgy in the Americas over the past two years (since March 1, 1997). The deadline is March 1, 1999. An application can be obtained fromLMDA Prize in Dramaturgy, c/o Literary Dept. Actors Theatre of Louisville, 316 W. Main St. Louisville, KY 40202-4218, USA, 502 584 1265.