Enter Oakton playwriting festival for a chance to win $200

Now celebrating its ninth year, Oakton Community College’s “Play On Student Playwriting Festival” gives budding authors a chance to shine. This unique competition is open to all community college students in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Participants are invited to submit original one-act scripts of any genre. Selected entries will come to life as they will be cast, directed and acted on the Oakton stage in front of a live audience during the “Play On” festival, July 24-26.

Submission deadline is Friday, April 7. Entries must not have been previously produced in any genre or style. Submit 10 pages or less in a 12-point font. One submission per student; email your Word document to skhurana@oakton.edu, and include your full name, phone number, mailing address, email address and the name of the college you attend.

For more information, email Simi Khurana at skhurana@oakton.edu.