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Author David S. Young to mentor aspiring playwrights

TORONTO (Friday, June 17, 2011) – Toronto Public Library welcomes award-winning author David S. Young as the Fall 2011 Playwright-in-Residence. The annual Writer-in-Residence program offers aspiring writers an opportunity to gain valuable feedback and expert advice on their work from a leading writer.

Writers of plays or screenplays are encouraged to submit play or screenplay manuscripts for feedback from Mr. Young. Writers submitting manuscripts may also be invited to participate in a writer's workshop. Deadline for submissions is Friday, September 2, 2011.

David S. Young is an acclaimed Toronto-based writer and educator. He is the author of seven plays including Inexpressible Island (nominated for the Chalmers Award, the Governor General’s Award and seven Dora Mavor Moore Awards), Glenn (nominated for seven Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Chalmers/Toronto Drama Bench Award and the Governor General’s Award), Fire, with Paul Ledoux, (recipient of four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the Chalmers/Toronto Drama Bench Award as well as nine Dora Awards for a later production), and No Great Mischief (adapted from Alistair MacLeod’s novel of the same name).

Mr. Young is a Founding Trustee for The Griffin Prize for Excellence in Poetry, and a Founding Director for The Writer’s Trust. He has served on the Board of Directors for Necessary Angel Theatre Company and Theatre Passe Muraille and was President of Coach House Press. Throughout his career, he has also been an educator, most recently as a lecturer for the Guelph/Humber Masters of Fine Arts Program.

Submitted manuscripts should meet the following criteria:

• The first 20 pages of a play or screenplay
• Submissions should be in an acceptable play, screenplay or script format   
• Typed or word-processed on one side of each page (handwritten manuscripts will not be accepted)
• Use 12 point or larger Times New Roman typeface only
• No email copies accepted and please do not send in originals

Please include your name, address, email address and telephone number on your cover page. There is a limit of one submission per person.

Mail or bring to:

Playwright in Residence Program

Toronto Reference Library, Performing Arts Department, 5th Floor

789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON   M4W 2G8

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