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This award celebrates new theatrical works that engage hip-hop as an ever-evolving attitude of contemporary resistance and self-definition; creating events for the theatre that tell contemporary stories through the use of one or more of the four original elements of hip-hop culture: B-Girl/B-Boying, graffiti, MC-ing, DJ-ing, and potentially utilizing spoken word, beat-boxing and dance. Works ranging from ten-minute to full-length may be considered, as well as works in development.  

• 1st Place Award of $1,000; 2nd Place Award of $500.

• èßäAVAmerican College Theater Festival will provide the award recipient with an all-expenses paid professional development opportunity.

• The Dramatists Guild Award provides the recipient with Active membership in the Guild.

The following materials must be submitted for consideration: 

• Creator(s) name(s) and creative responsibility on the project;
• Contact information (cell number and email address) for each
• College or University affiliation of the author/creator and collaborative teammates (if applicable);
• A logline or synopsis of the project (roughly 100 words);
• A brief letter detailing the development, performance and/or production history of the work; and
• A manuscript of the text/script of the project in PDF format.

Additionally, the following may be submitted: 

• A score for the project in PDF format;
• Any available recording of the project or score either in CD, via web-link , or MP3 recordings (or variants); and/or
• Any available video of the project via Youtube or Vimeo (or variants).

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