UM-Flint Faculty Member Wins Political Playwriting Contest August 17, 2011 4:36 pm UM-Flint News Rising is one of three plays selected for the 2011 political playwriting award and will receive a staged reading in New York City Monday, August 22. Rising is one of three plays selected for the 2011 political playwriting award and will receive a staged reading in New York City Monday, August 22.