Calling all aspiring writers!
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) through the Artist Training Division, is now accepting applications for the Virgin Labfest (VLF) 18 Writing Fellowship Program.
Deadline for application is on or before May 16, 2023.
The Virgin Labfest is an annual festival of unpublished, unstaged, untried and untested works of playwrights, directors and actors. Co-produced by the CCP, Tanghalang Pilipino and the Writer’s Bloc, the country’s biggest theater festival has gained a reputation of producing provocative and outstanding "virgin" plays.
The workshop is open to college students or young professionals aged 29 years or below. Also, the applicant must not have any plays produced by a professional theater company, or a play published in a literary journal.
This year, the VLF Writing Fellowship Program will be held from June 13 to 25, onsite, at the CCP and other alternative venues, and will culminate with a staged reading of the fellows’ works on June 25, 2023 at the CCP. Additionally, the applicant must not have won in any national or international playwriting/screenwriting competition.
Writing Program
The VLF 18 Writing Fellowship Program is a two-week mentorship program on the study and practice of dramatic writing for the stage. According to the CCP, "The fellows will take part in lectures, discussions, and workshops on playwriting and script critiquing. They will also be given tickets to this year’s festival plays, as well as the opportunity to participate in the talkback and interaction with known playwrights and directors."
Applications should include: duly accomplished and signed Application Form (download here: https://tinyurl.com/VLF18WFPAppForm), and a sample of their stage plays, full or excerpts. The real name/identity of the applicant must not be written on any part of the sample work(s).
Sample work/s should be written in Filipino or English, submitted in pdf format (12 points, double-spaced, 8” x 11” paper). The maximum total number of pages of the submitted sample stage play/s is 10 (whether one or two plays).
Applications must be submitted via email to the [email protected] with the subject “VLF18WFP Application - Surname.” Only complete application requirements will be considered by the CCP.
Announcement of accepted applicants is on May 30, 2023. A registration fee of P2,500 will be required of all accepted fellows. Fellows must be present for the entire duration of the program, rehearsals and performance for the Culminating Showcase.
For inquiries on the Virgin Labfest 18 Writing Fellowship Program, interested individuals can reach the CCP Artist Training Division via phone at 8832-1125 local 1605 (look for Kris Reyno) or via email at [email protected].