Submissions now accepted for 2010 Festival competition!

Discovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of original plays, screenplays, teleplays, and short stories for both adult and youth audiences. Submitted works must be completely new (never professionally or commercially produced). Deadline for submissions is August 30, 2009. A panel of professional readers will blindly review the submissions and narrow the field to the final mysteries, who- dunnits, cops-n-robbers, courtroom dramas, thrillers, suspense or adventures.

The festival finalists will be personally notified by January 2010 with national press coverage of the finalists’ performances to be released shortly thereafter.

FESTIVAL DATES ARE: AUGUST 16 - 22, 2010

The International Mystery Writers’ Festival awards are named for Oscar, Tony & Emmy Award winning star ANGELA LANSBURY. The "Angie Awards", will be presented in the following key categories:

BEST NEW WORK, plus a $10,000 prize
MOST PROMISING NEW WRITER, plus a $5,000 prize
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY or TELEPLAY, plus a $2,500.00 prize
BEST WORK FOR YOUNG ADULTS (ages 12-18), plus $1,000
BEST SHORT MYSTERY PLAY (1-Act plays, short screenplay, short story), plus $1,000

THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Nearly $20,000 in cash prizes for winners + prestigious Angie Awards

Send FULL SCRIPT Submissions with a separate cover page with author information to:

"Discovering New Mysteries" at RiverPark
Attn: Kimberly Johnson,
Festival Coordinator
101 Daviess Street
Owensboro, KY 42302

Please do not list the author's name or contact information on script pages or title page.

Festival Executive Committee:

Zev Buffman, RiverPark CEO/Festival Co-Producer
Roxi Witt, RiverPark G.M./Festival Co-Producer
Stuart Kaminsky, Festival Executive Committee Co-Chair
Rene Balcer (Law & Order)
Mary Higgins Clark
Lee Goldberg
Sue Grafton
Heather Graham
Rupert Holmes
Robert Levinson
William Link
Anthony Zuiker (CSI)
Ira Levin (posthumous)