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"The Jackie White Competition has become an important part of my development as a writer. More important than the result was the feedback I received from the panel of readers. Plays are always read by multiple readers, so one reader's opinion is never the deciding factor. I can always count on an honest evaluation of my work from the CEC panel. I am grateful for the opportunities I have had with the Jackie White Competition and hope to enter again in the future."
-Stephen Murray, various finishes
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1997 JACKIE WHITE MEMORIAL
PLAY WRITING CONTEST WINNERS
FIRST PLACE: ZINK: THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, THE ZEBRA
Cherie Bennett Nashville, TN
When ten year old Becky Zaslow is diagnosed with leukemia, she begins a journey in which she discovers the indomitable power and spirit of her own heart. She moves between the scary world of hospitals and sudden dire illness and her imaginary world of the zebras, who encourage Becky as she fights her increasingly life threatening illness. As the zebras face their predators, lions, bravely Becky learns to face her predator, cancer, with fortitude. This moving play will remain in your memory long after the last act is played out. PUBLISHED BY DRAMATIC PUBLISHING
SECOND PLACE: THE KING WHO STOLE SPRING
Brian Breen, Drew Hollywood, Michael Chartier Eatontown, NJ
This charming musical is about a girl and her friends who love the spring flowers, and a selfish king who outlaws flowers in order to have the people pay more attention to him. With the help of Zoe the Spring Fairy, the children conspire to defy the king’s decree and bring flowers back into the kingdom. Delightful songs enliven this charming tale of children who work together to bring spring back into their lives.
THIRD PLACE: FRIENDS FOREVER
Vicki Bartholomew Tigard, OR
Catherine, the mysterious new girl at a New England boarding school, deals with her troubled past as her fellow students struggle with the problems of honesty, forgiveness and reconciliation that arise in their relationships with each other and with friends outside the school. Catherine’s tragedy is slowly revealed during this story of life in a girl’s boarding school.
HONORABLE MENTION: GIGI, THE MERRY GO ROUND HORSE
Zoaunne LeRoy North Hollywood, CA
HONORABLE MENTION: THE UNIVERSE AND OTHER STUFF
Stephen Murray Worcester, MA
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