Below is a list of 10 theaters/companies that accept short play submissions year-round.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Fresh Words | One Act (max 15 pages) |
Publication opp. Plays accepted. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
| Hopewell Theatre | Full Length, Shorts | Non-musicals plays. Scripts that are both unique and universal, scripts that are authentic, funny, disruptive, and/or poignant in unexpected ways. Looking for a variety of voices, particularly those that have been underrepresented in American theatre. | Year Round | Youngstown, Ohio | n/a |
| PLAYS Magazine | One Act (8-35 mins) |
Plays for lower, middle, and upper grade actors. Accepts material from first-timers as well as well-established professional authors. | Year Round | Newton, Massachusetts | n/a |
| Poor Mouth Theatre Company | max 10 mins | Open to all playwrights. Interested in any and all subject matter. The play should not have been performed before in the New York area. Playwrights must produce. | Year Round | Bronx, New York | n/a |
| Review Americana | short play | Publication opp. Accepts short plays. NO profanity, gratuitously violent, or erotic work. American citizenship is not a requirement for submission; the only requirement is that the work hold some appeal for an American readership and bear some relationship with American culture. | Year Round | n/a | No Fee |
| River Styx | short play | Publication opp. Accepts short plays. Must be previously unpublished in print or online, includes social media posts. | Year Round | St. Louis, Missouri | payment of $25 to $150 |
| Stories Found | 10 mins | Off the wall, absurd, and hilarious stories. Also accepts funny 10 minute plays that can be recorded. | Year Round | Austin, Texas | n/a |
| The Furious Gazelle | max 20 pages | Online-only print publication. Short plays. | Year Round | NYC | n/a |
| The NoSleep Podcast | 20-40 mins | Horror genre. Script must be written as an audio drama. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
| Waxing & Waning | max 25 pages | Publication opp. Accepts play submissions (may be a part of a whole). | Year Round | n/a | Fee: $7 |
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