MICHAEL KANIN PLAYWRITING AWARDS

This is a brief guide to all of the various awards.  Both Full Length plays and One Acts are eligible.  Ten Minute Plays are not eligible for these awards. Be sure to complete your cover sheet and identify any of the award categories that you believe apply to your play submission. For more detailed descriptions of each award, please visit the national website:  www.kcactf.org. 

NATIONAL STUDENT PLAYWRITING AWARD
Full-length play, entered as a Participating Production, and invited to the Regional Festival.

KCACTF MUSICAL THEATRE AWARD
Student or faculty written musical.  The composer, lyricist and librettist are each eligible.

LORRAINE HANSBERRY PLAYWRITING AWARD
Plays expressing the African-American experience here or abroad.  Student must be of African or Diasporan descent.

PAULA VOGEL AWARD IN PLAYWRITING
Celebrates diversity and encourages tolerance while exploring issues of dis-empowered voices not traditionally considered mainstream

MARK TWAIN COMEDY PLAYWRITING AWARD
Script is comic or it has some comic element to it.

JEAN KENNEDY SMITH PLAYWRITING AWARD
Script deals with the human experience of living with a disability.

ROSA PARKS PLAYWRITING AWARD
Student or Faculty written play about social justice and/or civil rights.

NATIONAL SCIENCE PLAYWRITING AWARD
A play that recognizes that science and scientists are a part of culture using a designated theme.  The theme for this year is “Women in Science”. The award is given out every other year.  The deadline is December 1, 2009.

QUEST FOR PEACE AWARD
Plays dealing with complicated issues facing the Middle East, particularly Israel and Palestine.

LATINA/LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD
Play written by a person of Latino Heritage.

KCACTF THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES AWARD
Plays written for the Kindergarten through 12th grade age group.