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Announcing the 2020 SETC/Stage Rights Ready to Publish Award Finalists!

By   Posted 12.12.2019   Announcements, StageRights, setc, readytopublishaward

After reviewing an overwhelming number of submissions, we are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 SETC/Stage Rights Ready to Publish Award:


  • Art is Useless When You Are Being Mauled By A Bear by Alisa Tangredi
  • The Boy with the Wooden Heart by Ben McElroy
  • The Death of Robin Hood by J.S. Puller
  • Light Delay by Jessica Andrewartha
  • Persephone by Kristen Palmer
  • A Punchline by Michael Schwartz
  • A Singular They by Aliza Goldstein
  • Tumbleweed by Marcus Scott
  • Woke by Avery Sharpe
  • The Veils by Hope Villanueva

The winning play will receive publication in the Stage Rights Catalog of Plays and Musicals and a panel reading at the SETC Conference in Louisville, Kentucky while the author will receive a royalty advance among other prizes. The winner will be announced on January 13, 2020! 


Thank you to all who submitted and good luck to all the finalists!