The Performing Arts network of Southern Africa is running a script writing workshop in Durban:
SCRIPT WRITING WORKSHOPS
The Performing Arts network of Southern Africa (PANSA) is running a script writing workshop in Durban on 3 and 4 February 2017. While this is partly to help aspirant scriptwriters polish their plays for the 2017 Reading of New Writing Festival, a nationwide scriptwriting competition, the workshop is also open to anybody interesting in developing their talent as a scriptwriter.
Workshop venue: BAT Centre, 45 Maritime Place, Victoria Embankment, Durban.
Times: 9:00 to 16:00. Refreshments and lunch provided. For more information, contact Londa Cele on londacele@gmail.com.
The workshop is free to paid-up members of PANSA. If you are not already a member, you will have a chance to complete a membership form at the door and pay the R150 annual subscription fee. For writers who do not want to join PANSA, the cost will be R200 for the workshop.
For those who missed the original announcement of the 2017 Reading of New Writing Festival, this is a nationwide scriptwriting competition with cash prizes for regional winners, who will then go on to a national competition. The deadline for scripts is midnight 12 Feb. The reading of the plays of the shortlisted writers will take place over a weekend in four regions. The best script from each regional competition will go forward to the National final. The 2017 scriptwriting competition was made possible by a grant of R1.8 million from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).
Prizes and Awards:
Regional competitions:
Best writer R20 000
Runner up R10 000
Honourable mention R5 000
National competition:
Best writer R20 000
Subsidy for full production of winning script R75 000
CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za.
Full article here: Durban – MyPR – Guest PR
Click HERE to submit your Durban / Kwazulu-Natal Press Release.
