District 6 Arts

BRAVO Awards

Call for Nominations

Cash Prizes awarded to outstanding arts teachers and schools. The MusicCenter BRAVO Award Call for Nominations; Deadline- September 26th, 2008. Please visit our website www.musiccenter.org/education/bravo to download a nomination form, or call Faith Davis at 213-972-3387 for more information.

PACIFIC CENTURY:A National Playwriting Competition!

East West Players is now accepting submissions for its national playwriting competition, PACIFIC CENTURY. We are looking for unproduced full-length plays and musicals that have Asian Pacific American themes and/or characters as the primary focus.

First Prize $5000

Second Prize $2500

Third Prize $1000

DEADLINE FOR MATERIALS IS JUNE 30, 2008! The works will be judged by a panel of distinguished artists. Past judges have included David Henry Hwang, Philip Kan Gotanda, Henry Chan, Gary Shimokawa, and Wakako Yamauchi.

While all genres are welcome, comedies are encouraged. Each play should require no more than 6-8 actors (for musicals, no more than 10-12) and tell its story in 2.5 hours or less including a 15 minute intermission. All winners will be considered for workshop and/or production. EWP must have first option to produce. Winners will be announced January 2009. Entry Forms & Additional Information can be found at www.EastWestPlayers <http://www.EastWest Players.org/ literary. htm> .org/literary. htm

A Singular Creation

Free Monthly Art Contests for Cash Prizes Compete with other artists and photographers in our free monthly art contests for cash and other great prizes. A Singular Creation provides a free online venue to showcase your art and photography. Your images will be juried by our panel, as well as rated by our visitors. Winners will be selected accordingly. We will start the cash pot at a different amount, depending on the theme. In addition to cash prizes, we will award various prizes donated by our sponsors. Also, all winners will be featured on our website and in our e-newsletters sent to over 5,000 subscribers. Official Showdown web page: http://www.asingularcreation.com/showdown.htm