[Njabs-talk] NJ Wordsmith Competition for People with Disabilities

[EVELYN E. VALDEZ]

VSA arts of New Jersey
Seeking

Authors for Statewide Writing Competition 
 
The Unlimited

Potential Theater Company (UPTCo), a project of VSA New Jersey (VSA/NJ), is seeking poems, essays, short

stories and plays by New Jersey residents eighteen years of age or over for its

18th annual Joyce Indik New Jersey Wordsmith Competition.  The

contest is open to all writers, and submissions by writers with disabilities

are especially encouraged.  All works submitted will be juried by a panel of

judges who are professionals in the fields of theater and/or literature.

Selected works will be showcased at the New Jersey Readers’ Theater at

the Crossroads Theatre in New

  Brunswick on March 24, 2012.  The deadline for submissions is September 16,

2011.
 
VSA/NJ is a part of the international

VSA arts network, an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center

for the Performing Arts, and is dedicated to promoting the creative power of

people with disabilities.  UPTCo, a project of VSA/NJ, is an inclusive program

designed to involve people with disabilities in all aspects of the performing

arts.
 
Major funding for VSA New Jersey is provided in part

by the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission and NJ State Council

on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for

the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.  The content

of this program was developed in part through funding provided by the central

office of VSA, under an award from the U.S. Department of Education.  However,

the content does not necessarily reflect the policy of the U.S. Department of

Education and endorsement should not be assumed.
 
There is no entry fee for this competition.  In lieu

of a fee, a donation of any amount is welcomed and encouraged to cover the cost

of the competition.  To request an application or to receive

additional information, contact VSA arts of New Jersey, 703 Jersey Avenue, New Brunswick,

NJ  08901,


(732) 745-3885, (732) 745-3913 (TTY) or

info at vsanj.org.  Visit VSA New Jersey online 
at  www.vsanj.org.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pamela L. Gaston
NJ State Department of Human Services
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
153 Halsey St. 6th. Flr.
P.O. Box 47017
Newark, NJ 07101
 
Office: (973) 648-6149
Cell:    (973) 900-2564
Fax:    (973) 648-2043
www.cbvi.nj.gov
 
 

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