Are you a writer? Have you ever wanted to be a playwright? Well, here’s your chance to get discovered.

Pacific Asian American Women Writers West (PAAWWW) and Mavericks of Asian Pacific Islander Descent (MAPID) and Ken Choy present “BREAKING THE BOW” : The 1st Annual Independent Asian Pacific Islander Performing Artists and Writers Festival running October 22-25, 2009 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse at 1130 Lincoln Blvd; Santa Monica, CA 90403.

As part of the festival, the “Ten-Minute Asian Pacific Islander Play Contest” will be held with an eventual performance of the winning plays on opening night of the festival, October 22, 2009 at 8PM. Interested playwrights should submit their stapled, ten minute plays along with $8 entrance fee by September 25, 2009. Get more details here.

The winning plays will be read on stage by actors on opening night. Winning playwrights will also have their library of work along with short synopses
of each prominently displayed during the festival. In keeping with the festival’s goals, the ten-minute play contest focuses on the promotion of undiscovered, unattached, and unknown talent however any and all US residents are eligible to enter.

Breaking the Bow