The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
UNDERGRADUATE THEATRE SCHOLAR AWARD
Due Date: February 10, 2025
Colleagues: As you are reflecting on final or mid-term papers for the Winter/Spring 2024 or Fall 2024 semesters, please consider urging those students to send in their work.
KCACTF is pleased to continue an awards program for undergraduate theatre scholars attending KCACTF participating institutions. In order to further student activity in the discipline of theatre scholarship, this program encourages and rewards research and scholarly writing among undergraduates throughout the nation. Research Papers on all areas of the art and craft of Theatre, the outcome of class assignments or students’ own research interests, will be reviewed by KCACTF-appointed readers for a cash award and a professional development residency to be mutually determined.
Submission Criteria
The manuscript should be a scholarly paper of 10-20 pages [plus endnotes and references] on any area in the art, craft and/or history of theatre, or a cross-disciplinary topic with the art of theatre featuring as a key area of investigation.
Eligibility
The submitting student must be a bona fide, matriculated undergraduate student.
The submitted manuscript should have been written no earlier than January 2024.
At this time, co-authored manuscripts will not be considered for the awards.
To Submit
Students may use this link to include their work for consideration:
KCACTF National Account Submission Manager - Undergraduate Theatre Scholar Award (submittable.com)
Deadline: by February 10, 2025
UNDERGRADUATE THEATRE SCHOLAR AWARD
Due Date: February 10, 2025
Colleagues: As you are reflecting on final or mid-term papers for the Winter/Spring 2024 or Fall 2024 semesters, please consider urging those students to send in their work.
KCACTF is pleased to continue an awards program for undergraduate theatre scholars attending KCACTF participating institutions. In order to further student activity in the discipline of theatre scholarship, this program encourages and rewards research and scholarly writing among undergraduates throughout the nation. Research Papers on all areas of the art and craft of Theatre, the outcome of class assignments or students’ own research interests, will be reviewed by KCACTF-appointed readers for a cash award and a professional development residency to be mutually determined.
Submission Criteria
The manuscript should be a scholarly paper of 10-20 pages [plus endnotes and references] on any area in the art, craft and/or history of theatre, or a cross-disciplinary topic with the art of theatre featuring as a key area of investigation.
Eligibility
The submitting student must be a bona fide, matriculated undergraduate student.
The submitted manuscript should have been written no earlier than January 2024.
At this time, co-authored manuscripts will not be considered for the awards.
To Submit
- All submissions will be in PDF format. No paper or CD Rom copies will be accepted.
- Each manuscript will be submitted with a blind title page:
1) Title of Paper
2) Date
3) The statement: “This is a copyrighted work submitted for review purposes only” - The manuscript itself will have no author identification within the body of the paper [headers, footers, at pagination points, etc.]
Students may use this link to include their work for consideration:
KCACTF National Account Submission Manager - Undergraduate Theatre Scholar Award (submittable.com)
Deadline: by February 10, 2025