Star Wars star Adam Driver is looking for service members who can write

Service members past and present have until March 1 to submit an unpublished play to Arts in the Armed Forces, a group co-founded by Marine-turned-actor Adam Driver, for a chance at a $10,000 prize.
The Bridge Award will mark the group’s 10th anniversary. Since its founding, AITAF has staged free plays and monologue performances featuring Driver and other well-known actors at military installations worldwide.
AITAF also will stage a professional reading of the winning play. The award will be presented in November at the group’s annual Broadway show; this year’s cast included Laurence Fishburne and Mark Ruffalo.
Submissions must be made through a link on the group’s website. Full rules and details also are available there, but here are some basics for aspiring writers:
A selection committee will submit finalists to Suzan-Lori Parks, whose Topdog/Underdog earned the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
Parks won’t speak publicly on her judging criteria, an AITAF official said, but the group’s website says the contest seeks “plays that are truthful, well-crafted, and use the power of language to explore the human condition.”
Driver will reprise his role as Kylo Ren in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which premieres Friday. He spoke with Military Times in 2014 about the origins of AITAF as rumors swirled of his casting in “The Force Awakens.”
Playwrights with further contest questions can get help direct from AITAF here.