Jessica Bussmann
Copy Editor
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater has a Sonnet Competition open to the public, allowing everyone who is interested a chance to get in touch with their creative side. The contest is to write a Shakespearean style sonnet around the idea of love or any other themes that are present in the play Romeo and Juliet.
All together there will be four winning entries that will be performed in The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s 2014 production of Romeo and Juliet, which is directed by David O’Connor. In addition to being read, the four winners and six runners-ups will have their sonnets published on the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater website, Twitter and YouTube channel.
The contest is free to enter for high school students. The sonnet must be original and unpublished. The Top Ten writers will also be given free tickets to see the April 27, 2014 matinee of Romeo and Juliet.
Entries may be submitted online on FormSite before midnight on January 31, 2014. Entries may also be mailed in accompanied by the entry and release form; if more than one sonnet is being entered than they must each be submitted through mail with a separate release paper attached to each.
Submissions deadline is Jan. 31, 2014. Please send entries to following address:
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre
Attn: Sonnet Competition
2111 Sansom Street
Floor 2
Philadelphia, PA 19103
