Howdy!í‚ Below are your 31 play submissions opps with November deadlines.í‚ Gobble gobble.
| Name | Length | Play Genre(s) Accepted | Deadline | Location | Additional Info |
| Beverly Hills Theatre Guild | 75+ mins | U.S. residents only. | 11/1/14 | Beverly Hills, California | Fee: $15 Prize: $3,500 |
| AACT NewPlayFest | Full Length | “Seven community theatres around the country will produce the top plays of the contest.” | 11/1/14 | Various | Fee: $10 |
| Coe College Playwriting Fest | Full Length | Week-long development residency, expenses paid. | 11/1/14 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Prize: $500 + travel/ room/ board |
| Red Theater | n/a | Online playwriting group encouraging members to write a short play each day in November. $15 fee. í‚ Prize/pot split among theater & all those who succeed. | 11/1/14 | n/a | See left. |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | Full Length & One Act | Play commission. Open to a broad range of proposals related to í‚ the “hard” sciences and technology. | 11/1/14 | New York City, New York | Up to $10,000 |
| Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Lit Fest | max 1 hour | US & Int’l playwrights accepted. No prev productions or staged readings. | 11/1/14 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Fee: $25. Prize: $1,500 |
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| Jewish Women’s Theatre | 10-min max pref | Theme: Uncuffed – plays that explore how Jewish women break the ties that bind. | 11/1/14 | Los Angeles, California | n/a |
| Actors Theatre of Louisville | max 10 pages | Characters should be in the age range 18-28. US citizens/residents. | 11/1/14 | Louisville, Kentucky | Prize: $1,000 |
| Renaissance Theaterworks | Full Length | Play development opp, open to women from or living in the Midwest. í‚ “Must be available for in person interview & play development events.” | 11/1/14 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | n/a |
| Over Our Head Players | max 10 minutes | Comedies only. | 11/1/14 | Racine, Wisconsin | Prize: $300 |
| Kentucky Women Writers Conf | 45 – 90 mins | Open to all women playwrights. No limitations on subject matter. | 11/1/14 | Lexington, Kentucky | Prize: $500 |
| Stage Door Productions | max 20 pages | No sexually explicity or gratuitously violent scripts. | 11/1/14 | Fredericksburg, Virginia | Fee: $10 Prize: $150 + room/ board |
| Berkeley Rep | Full Length | 1-4 week development residency in June 2015. Residency expenses paid for. Projects may be anywhere along their development path. | 11/2/14 | Berkeley, California | Stipend + expenses |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters | Full length | Musical theater pieces including musicals, plays w/ songs, thematic revues, etc.US citizens/residents. May be a group of related, smaller pieces. | 11/3/14 | New York City, New York | Prize unclear |
| New York Musical Theatre Fest | Full Length | Playwright must produce. | 11/3/14 | New York City, New York | Fee: $75 |
| Polarity Ensemble Theatre | Full Length | Open only to Chicago area playwrights. Script development, w/possibility of full production. | 11/3/14 | Evanston, Illinois | n/a |
| Towne Street Theatre | 10 minutes | Theme: í¢â‚¬Å“Womení¢â‚¬ | 11/7/14 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $11. Unspecified “prizes.” |
| ArtsView Childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s Theatre | 2-10 mins | Staged reading of plays about everyday people who make life amazing. Characters may be fictional. Childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s theater. | 11/14/14 | Longview, Texas | n/a |
| Manhattan Rep | 7-25 minutes | Playwright must produce. NYC tri-state area. | 11/14/14 | New York City, New York | No Fee |
| Boston Theater Marathon | under 10 mins | Open to New England-area playwrights only (Excludes NY). | 11/15/14 | Boston, Massachusetts | n/a |
| Sundance Institute | Full Length | Play development lab in July 2015. Welcomes applications for projects at any stage of development. | 11/15/14 | New York City, New York | Fee: $35. Prize: $1500. |
| id Theater | Full Length | 2-week development residency/conf. | 11/15/14 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $10 |
| The Riant Theatre | 15-30 minutes | The play can be drama, comedy or musical. Appears that playwright must produce. | 11/15/14 | New York City, New York | Prize: $1,500. $300 participation fee. |
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| Lakeshore Players Theatre | 10 minutes | Plays with excessive offensive language are less likely to be selected. | 11/15/14 | White Bear Lake, Minnesota | Prize: $10 per performance |
| Tent Square | Monologue | Submit up to 3 monologues 350 words or less on the topic of #HolidayJournalEntry. | 11/21/14 | New York City, New York | Prize: $200 |
| Scripps Ranch Theatre | One Act (max 35 minutes) | Seeking statement of intent for a play idea that must have something to do with San Diego. Development process, so presumably must be local. | 11/21/14 | San Diego, California | Unspecified “honorarium.” |
| Last Frontier Theatre Conf | 20 – 120 mins | Must attend weeklong conference in mid-June, 2015. Accepts any form, style or genre | 11/24/14 | Valdez, Alaska | n/a |
| Southern Rep Theatre | Full Length | Open to US citizens who self-identify as women of color. Prize includes 10-day residency. | 11/25/14 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Prize: $10,000 + travel. |
| New Vic Theatre | 5 min monologue | Plays written from the point of view of someone associated with an item(s) from the Staffordshire Hoard. | 11/28/14 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | n/a |
| Goblin Baby Theater Co | Any | Seeks “challenging and thought-provoking writing addressing sexual abuse and violence.” | 11/30/14 | London | n/a |
| Sanguine Theatre Co | Full Length or One Act | Works that deal with contemporary issues. Target audience is in 20s to 30s. | 11/30/14 | New York City, New York | Fee: $5 |