Playwright Jeff Key joined the Marines in 2001 as a 34-year-old gay man. The Eyes of Babylon is the transformation of his Iraq journal into a stunning, raw, funny and indelible solo performance about going to battle, being gay in the military, and finding peace when you are at war with yourself. Jeff now runs writing workshops for veterans, manifesting again the ability for words to heal the wounded and perhaps even the sea of restless bystanders.
EOB National Writing Contest
The producers of The Eyes of Babylon have launched a national writing contest to promote the play’s Off-Broadway run, June 14-July 3, 2011 in NYC. Submission deadline is June 14th, 2011.
Genres
* Drama: Play/Screenplay, up to 15 pages, double spaced | Judge: Del Shores
* Prose: Fiction/Non-fiction, up to 15 pages, double spaced | Judge: Aimee Bender
* Poetry: up to 3 poems, or 8 pages max, no more than 1 poem on each page | Judge: Timothy Donnelly
All submissions must be previously unpublished.
Prizes
—> Winners will be announced by July 15th.
GRAND PRIZE $1000 (one overall winner chosen by all three judges)
* Publication on The Eyes of Babylon website
* Trip to New York City to meet Jeff Key
* Read for a New York audience at a gala for the play
* Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play
1ST PRIZE $500 (1 per genre) & 2ND PRIZE $200 (1 per genre)
* Publication on The Eyes of Babylon website
* Two tickets to the play
* Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play
HONORABLE MENTION (2 per genre)
* Two tickets to the play
* Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play
Background
Playwright Jeff Key joined the Marines in 2001 as a 34-year-old gay man. The Eyes of Babylon is the transformation of his Iraq journal into a stunning, raw, funny and indelible solo performance about going to battle, being gay in the military, and finding peace when you are at war with yourself. Jeff now runs writing workshops for veterans, manifesting again the ability for words to heal the wounded and perhaps even the sea of restless bystanders.
Contest Themes
With this contest, we hope to to further explore the play's themes of war, the memory of war, and our individual and collective forgetfulness about being at war. We hope to start a broad social dialogue about how art is both a celebration and a critique of our citizenship, patriotism, love of country, and allegiance to values. The play is as much about the process of searching for answers as finding answers themselves, and contest entries should consider the battles we wage both internally and externally, and the role of writing, creativity, and art in the fight for peace, change, and self-examination.
Submission Fee
Entry fee is $15. Multiple entries are welcome, and will be considered as anonymous separate entries. The fee is $10 for each additional submission. Follow the submission instructions below for each separate submission, and assign each piece a unique passcode. Use the same email address to submit all entries.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: jennilyn@theeyesofbabylon.com
For submissions: enter here
Website: http://www.theeyesofbabylon.com
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