NATF Announces 2007-2008 Script Competition Winners

May 12, 2008 - PRLog -- Seven scriptwriters from all parts of the country earned top honors in the National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. (NATF) 2007-2008 Script Competition.  The top three winners split will $800 in prize money and received a fee waiver for the 27th Audio Theatre Workshop in West Plains, MO, June 22-27.  The four “Honorable Mentions” received a 50% fee waiver for the June Workshop.


The 2007 – 2008 Script Competition Winners are:
1st Place – Conditioning – A story of a descent into madness by Jeff Belanger of Demarest NJ
2nd Place – Rebecca Diamond: Private Eye – A classic radio detective story by Nita Hunter of Barrington IL
3rd Place - Space Monster-rama - A Japanese monster-movie lampoon by Robert McHenry of Concord CA


“Honorable Mentions”:
Housewarming - Twilight Zone meets Sunset Blvd. by Julie Hoverson, Seattle WA
Life’s Work - A baseball umpire romance by Joe Zureick, Maineville OH
Mission Control - Sci-fi / anti-big brother and the “ideal body image” by Cynthia J. McGean, Portland OR
River City – A Suicide play with Altman-like intertwining of lives by Robert Arnold, Memphis TN


In addition to being slated for possible productions at upcoming NATF festivals, all 7 scripts will be featured in NATF’s 2007-2008 script book, which will be available for sale through our website and at the June Workshop.


Three judges evaluated 36 scripts for this year's competition:
Mac Chamblin, associate professor of Speech Communication and Theatre at Southwestern Illinois College and currently Managing/Artistic Director of The Itty Bitty Theatre Company
Roger Gregg, playwright, musician, voice-over artist, and founder of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, two-time winner of the American Mark Time Award for Best Audio Science Fiction Production
Butch D'Ambrosio, radio theatre writer and producer since 1991 who also has written for MAD Magazine for 18 years


The 2008 Audio Theater Workshop will include concurrent Foundation Classes in all aspects of audio theater production including: writing, performance, recording, mixing, sound design, directing and much more. A live audio theater showcase performance on Friday, June 27, 2008 caps the weeklong training and production program. The show will be broadcast and webcast as well as recorded. Show elements will come from workshop classes and participants and will include Cowboy Poets, Shakespeare, an NATF Script Competition winner's play and more.  For detailed information and registration forms, visit the NATF web site at www.natf.org.


The 2008 NATF Audio Theater Workshop is made possible, in part, by funding from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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About NATF: The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. (NATF) is a 501(c)(3) organization serving the advancement of audio theatre and evolving media arts through education and presentation.

Website: www.natf.org/