24 HOUR PLAYWRITING COMPETITION 2011
FINAL RESULTS
Nineteen contestants wrote throughout the night in the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre 14th Annual 24 Hour Playwriting Competition. The event was held at the Education Building’s Computer Lab on the University of Regina campus from 4:00pm Friday, April 29 until 4:00pm Saturday, April 30, 2011.
An esteemed panel of judges (Jennifer Wynne Webber, Kelley Jo Burke, Dan MacDonald, Cavan Cunningham, Wes Pearce and Margo Regan) read and completed their assessment of the scripts, all of which were written in 24 Hours. At an Awards Brunch on Sunday, May 2 at the Copper Kettle Restaurant, four professional actors (Marianne Woods, Kate Herriot, Mark Claxton and Alan Bratt) gave a script-in-hand reading of excerpts from the prize winning plays in each category.
Open and Student Winners

LR: Shannon Landels & LR: Andy Carlson McNab &
Jennifer Wynne Webber Jennifer Wynne Webber
The first prize in both categories (Open and Student) was $500. There were also second and third place prizes, as well as a Honourable Mention in both categories. The winners are:
Open Category
1st Prize Tenacity of Weeds by Shannon Landels (Saskatoon)
2nd Prize Combinations by Brita Lind (Regina)
3rd Prize Icarus Falling by Nathan Pylypuk (Regina)
Honourable Mention
Apocalypse, Saskatchewan by Dion Huel (Regina)
Student Category
1st Prize Discharge by Andy Carlson McNab (Saskatoon) 2nd Prize Blame It On The Scotch by Blair Woynarski (Saskatoon)
3rd Prize The Apollo Days by Anthony MacMahon (Saskatoon)
Honorable Mention
Familiar by Morgan Murray (Saskatoon)
Major sponsors of the 24 Hour Competition were the City of Regina, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatchewan Lotteries, University of Regina, and the Canada Council for the Arts. Local businesses that supported the event include Coteau Books, Playwrights Canada Press, Saskatchewan Writers Guild, 25th Street Theatre/Saskatoon Fringe Festival, Globe Theatre, Regina Fringe Festival, Regina Symphony Orchestra, Theatre Department at University of Regina, Hagios Press, Cathedral Village Free House, Regina Folk Festival, Chapters, Grain Magazine, CBC Saskatchewan, Tourism Saskatchewan, Sage Hill Writing Experience, Ramada Hotel, Regina Public Library, Canada Safeway, Culligan Water, Stats Cocktails and Dreams Pizza, and the Cathedral Bakery.
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