BRUNSWICK — VSA Maine announces the 2011 Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts. Open to all middle school and high school students, entries are due Friday, April 15.

VSA Maine — an affiliate of VSA arts, a program of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts — invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others and express their views through the art of play-writing.

Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of individual students or a collaborative effort by a group or class of students.

The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to see his or her play professionally produced or staged and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Official rules, guidelines and application can be found on http://www.vsarts.org. For additional information or questions concerning eligibility, contact VSA arts at 1-800-933-8721.