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The Instituto Nacional del Teatro (INT) (National Theatre Institute) and the Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires (FIBA) through the Office of Festivals and Central Events of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires announce the Call for Entries for the NATIONAL CONTEST OF THEATRE ESSAYS “ALFREDO DE LA GUARDIA” to the residents of Argentine provinces and of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. The Competition is open to any person born in Argentina or having resided in Argentina for a minimum of five years.
2. Participants can only submit one essay. Essays can be authored by more than one person.
3. Essays must be submitted in triplicate, bound or spiral-bound, the length must range between 100 (one hundred) and 150 (one hundred and fifty) pages, printed on one side of A4 size sheets, in Times New Roman font size 12, double spaced. The first page should include the name of the essay and the chosen pseudonym.
4. Materials must be submitted together with a sealed envelope duly identified with the title of the essay, the chosen pseudonym and the Region where the author comes from. The envelope must contain, constituting a signed sworn statement: full truthful personal details of the author or authors, address and a brief CV, a proof of registration of the essay with the National Register of Intellectual Property, and a letter stating that the author or authors are not submitting any other essay to this Contest under another pseudonym.
5. Participants are responsible for the truthfulness of their personal details as well as the authorship of the essay submitted. In the event of any objection or dispute on the subject, the Instituto Nacional del Teatro (INT) and the Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires (FIBA) through the Office of Festivals and Central Events of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires will accept no legal responsibility, being the sole responsibility of each participant to confront them.
6. Call for Entries opens on 1 November and closes irrevocably on 30 March 2009. Results will be made known during May 2009.
7. Material may be submitted in person at the respective Provincial Offices or at the INT Head Office (check addresses on HYPERLINK "http://www.inteatro.gov.ar" www.inteatro.gov.ar), or otherwise sent by mail, in an envelope reading: "Instituto Nacional del Teatro, Av. Santa Fe 1243, 10er piso, (CP 1059), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, CONCURSO NACIONAL DE ENSAYOS TEATRALES "ALFREDO DE LA GUARDIA", en el marco del VII Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires 2009 (F.I.B.A.)".
8. The INT cannot accept any responsibility in case of loss of submitted essays.
9. Works will be accepted within the stipulated period, the date on postmark being considered valid, even if the material is actually received after the closing date.
10. The Jury will be integrated by Horacio Banega, Moira Soto and Jorge Ricci.
11. A total of three (3) texts will be selected, in accordance with their artistic quality.
12. The INT will grant:
13. 1st Prize: SIX THOUSAND ARGENTINE PESOS ($ 6,000.-)
14. 2nd Prize: FOUR THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED ARGENTINE PESOS ($ 4,500.-)
15. 3rd Prize: THREE THOUSAND ARGENTINE PESOS ($ 3,000.-)
16. The INT will carry out the edition and publication of the three (3) selected essays, through its publishing office INTeatro, with a print run of 3,000 copies.
17. There is no right of appeal against the Jury’s decision, and the Jury reserves the right not to select a winner. Any issue not addressed by these Terms and Conditions will be solved by the parties involved.
18. Authors who have a work relationship with the bodies involved in the Contest or who have been disqualified by the INT are not eligible to enter the Contest.
19. Essays shall not be returned.