VI GERMÁN ROZENMACHER Award for New Theatre Writing

Terms and Conditions

The Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, belonging to the Secretaría de Extensión Universitaria of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), and the Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires through the General Management of Festivals and Central Events of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City Buenos Aires, announce the Call for Entries for the VI GERMÁN ROZENMACHER AWARD FOR NEW THEATRE WRITING.

The Competition is open to any playwright born in Argentina or having lived in Argentina for a minimum of five years, under the age of 36 before the closing date of the competition.
Choice of subject is free, and the length must exceed the 20 (twenty) pages, double spaced with letter size 12 and sheet size A4.
Works must be written in Spanish and must not have been published, premiered or awarded in previous contests.
Works must be submitted in triplicate, spiral-bound or inside a folder, up to 7 March 2009 from 12pm to 7pm at the offices of the festival, located in Av. Roque Sáenz Peña 832, 6th floor.
Master copies must be signed with a pseudonym and submitted alongside a sealed envelope, duly identified with the pseudonym and the title of the play, containing the playwright’s personal details: full name, ID number, date of birth, postal address, telephone number and e-mail address
The jury will be integrated by Griselda Gambaro, Mauricio Kartun and Luis Cano, who reserve the right not to select a winner if entries are not of the requisite standard.
The Jury must reach a decision by 30 April 2009. There is no right of appeal against the Jury’s ruling.
The FIRST PRIZE consists of $6,000,00 (six thousand Argentine pesos) and the SECOND PRIZE consists of $4,000,00 (four thousand Argentine pesos).
First and second prizes will be translated into English, Portuguese and French and the organisers reserve the right to appoint the translators. The plays will be published in a single edition in all four languages with a print run of 1,000 (one thousand) copies. Each winning playwright will receive 50 (fifty) copies of the book as a full payment of royalties.
Any issue not addressed by these Terms and Conditions will be solved by the Jury. Failure to comply with any of these Terms and Conditions may result in disqualification of the work. Entry to the contest amounts to acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

For further information contact FIBA at:

Telephone: 4393-0741
e-mail: fiba@festivalesbsas.gov.ar