The Well Hung Jury Memorial Scholarship
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The Well Hung Jury Memorial Scholarship was a contest associated with The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival from 2006 to 2010. In it, applicants would propose improv show ideas. The best entrant would win an all-access pass to the Out of Bounds Festival.
Summary
The Rules
These are the published rules from the 2008 contest[1]:
"The Scholarship will go to the person who can submit the best new idea for an improv format. Submissions will be taken in any and all forms; on CD, as a Word document, performed on tape, etc. There are no guidelines for how you submit or what you submit. It's free and it's all about getting the wheels of invention turning. Please include your email address and name somewhere on the thing so we know who you are."
Winners
- 2006:
- Winner: Kaci Beeler with Opening Night at the Burton Community Theater
- Runners-up:
- Wesley Bain with Final Moments
- Jesse Parent with The Hook
- Andy Crouch with The Vulnerable Show
- Wesley Bain with You Again
- 2007:
- Winner: Jeff Britt with Wild Strawberries [2]
- Runner-up: Roy Janik with The Tesseract [3]
- 2008:
- Winner: Jordan T. Maxwell with Our American Cousin[4]
- 2009:
- Winner: Valerie Ward with Murder Mystery[5]
- 2010:
- Winner: Luis Salinas with The Dream[6]
