Peace Play Contest

Submission Guidelines

**The Peace Plays are on a temporary hiatus for revamping and will relaunch with the contest winner in 2025.

Material type: One Act
Frequency: Biennial

One submission per writer, unproduced submission preferred, 10-50 minutes in length, exploring a contemporary peace theme (broadly defined).

Remuneration

1st Place : $500, production, room and board to attend rehearsals and/or production.
2nd Place : $100, possible production.

Submission Procedure

  • Script
    • Put your name on cover page only
    • Use only a clip or binder clamp, no staples, folders or binders please
  • Paragraph synopsis including why you feel this work is a Peace Play
  • Resumé

Please send submissions to:

Amy L. Budd MFA
1700 S. Main St.
Goshen, IN 46526
Phone: 574-535-7393
albudd@goshen.edu

Previous winners of the Peace Play Contest

  • 1982 – “The Dove, the Hawk and the Phoenix” by Norman A. Bert
  • 1984 – “After the First Death” by Richard Strayton,
  • 1986 – “Shadows” by Scott Memmer,1st place;
    • “The Barbarians Are Coming” by Luigi Jannuzzi, 2nd place
  • 1988 – “Eminent Domain” by Ronald L. Dye
  • 1990 – “Rock In A Weary Land” by Marian Towne
  • 1994 – “Andromache in Baghdad” by Norma Jenckes
  • 1998 – “Bombers” by Jonathan Graham, 1st place;
    • “Catch a Falling Star” by Darrel deChabey, 2nd place
  • 2000 – “Where Are You From?” by Helayne Schiff, 1st place;
    • “Topaz” by Kenny Berkowitz, 2nd place
  • 2002 – “The Photo Shoot” by John Wolfson, 1st place;
    • “The Story” by Rebecca Schwarz, 2nd place
  • 2004 – “Enough” by Patricia Montley, 1st place;
    • “In a Time of War” by Eric Diener Meyer, 2nd place
  • 2006 – “Baby Boom” by Lia Romeo, 1st place,
    • “Acts of Contrition” by Patricia Montley, 2nd place
  • 2008 – “Here to Serve You” by Barbara Lindsay, 1st place;
    • “29 Questions” by Hillary Rollins, 2nd place
  • 2010 – “A Gentler Place” by Jeff Carter, 1st place;
    • “Pedestrian Casualty, Bronx USA” by Nina Mansfield, 2nd place
  • 2012 – “Mr. Maurizio” by Mic Weinblatt, 1st place;
    • “Seldom is Heard” by Mary Steelsmith, 2nd place;
    • “Stay Tuned,” by 1999 Goshen College graduate Peter Eash-Scott, honorable mention.
  • 2014 – “Out From Under With Mary” by Chris Shaw Swanson, 1st place;
    • “I Scream, You Scream” by Mattie Rydalch, 2nd place;
    • “Daughters of Africa”  by Andrew Ade, honorable mention
  • 2016 – “Party Favors” by Cary Pepper, 1st place
    • “Apothecary’s Dilemma” by Pat Montley, honorable mention
    • “Here Sphinxie, Sphinxie” by Luigi Jannuzzi, honorable mention
  • 2018 – “History Lesson” by Frankie Little Hardin, 1st place
  • 2020 – “Heavenly Light” by Barbara Lindsay, 1st place
  • 2022- “The Fledgling” by Brigid Amos