International Playwriting Competition 2011: Short-list and judges announced

From nearly 1000 scripts received from across the world, we are delighted to confirm that the final 14 plays have been chosen.

These have been sent to our judges and the two winning plays - one from each category - will be announced in August of 2011.

The short-listed plays are:

English as a second language:

• click The Wild Neighbour and the Willing Coward by Fernanda Affonso De Andre Jaber, China

• Horn Signals by Sonja Lazovic, Montenegro

• Taped by Marco Aurelio Pinotti Catalao, Brazil

• The New Bwana by Samwel Soko Osebe, Kenya

• Dear Mother by Atwine Bashir Kenneth, Uganda

• Jam by Annie Zaidi, India

• The Coup by Stanley Makuwe, New Zealand

• Siamese Twin by Agur Schiff, Israel

English as a first language:

• The Floating Books by Finegan Kruckemeyer, Australia

• click The Navigator by Lasha Bugadze, translated by Maya Kiasashvili, Georgia

• The Nature of Captivity by Matthew Paul Olmos, USA

• The Bus by Benjamin Kent, Ghana

• Twelve Easy Steps by Declan Greene, Australia

• The Rosy Sanctuary by Nicholas Popowich, Canada

Thank you to everyone who entered.

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