Below is a list of 10-minute play submissions opps with 2026 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add'l Info |
| Community Theatre Association of Michigan | 9-10 pages | Theme: Winning and Losing | 5/25/26 | Cadillac, Michigan | Prize: $100 |
| The Acorn | 10 mins | Original, compelling stories. | 5/29/26 | Three Oaks, Michigan | Fee: $20 Prize: $500 |
| Emerald Theatre Company | max 10 pages | Original vignettes. Theme: "The Seven Stages of Grief: Shock/Disbelief, Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Guilt, Depression, Acceptance" | 5/31/26 | Memphis, Tennessee | Fee: $15 Prize: $100 |
| Equity Library Theater of New York | max 10 mins | Short plays and monologues (max 4 mins). Musicals ok. Playwrights must produce. Int'l submissions ok. | 6/1/26 | New York City, New York | No Fee |
| Dear US | max 10 mins | Plays that answer the question: "What's going on in America right now?" Monologues ok. | 6/20/26 | Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida | n/a |
| Actors’ Theatre | max 10 mins | The play must be previously unproduced. Int'l submissions ok. | 6/30/26 | Santa Cruz, California | Fee: $10 |
| North Park Playwright Festival | max 12 pages | New works. A play that has had workshops or one or two previous productions is ok. Any subject matter. No nudity or off color humor. Int'l submissions ok. | 6/30/26 | San Diego, California | No Fee |
| LITE 2027 | 10 mins | Plays that require minimal props/set/tech and are PG-clean and NOT depressing. No therapy sessions, dread diseases, or pets getting run over. Limit of 2 submissions Note: No website. Email submissions to Jack J. Berry at carokann@nc.rr.com with LITE 2027 in subject line. | 7/1/26 | Raleigh, North Carolina | n/a |
| Gather by the Ghost Light | max 15 pages | Horror themed plays. | 7/10/26 | Augusta, Georgia | Prize: $50 |
| Planet Female Global StoryFest | max 10 pages | Unproduced plays written by female and female identifying writers. PSH members can apply the code PSH2026 to receive a 10% discount on each entry. | 8/15/26 | Purchase, New York | Fee: $10-25 |
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