Below is a list of 10-minute play submissions opps with 2025 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Hand-to-Mouth Players | max 20 mins | One-act plays. | 4/30/25 | New York | Fee: $20 $25 honorarium |
| Foglifter | max 20 pages | LGBTQ+ writers. Accepts drama submissions. | 5/1/25 | n/a | $50 honorarium |
| The Acorn | 10 mins | Original, compelling stories. | 5/9/25 | Three Oaks, Michigan | Fee: $15 Prize: $500 |
| Free Fall Stage | 10-15 mins | One-act plays. | 5/15/25 | Sacramento, California | Fee: $25 Prize: $200 |
| Emerald Theatre Company | max 10 pages | Original vignettes inspired by the classic nursery rhyme: Monday’s Child | 5/30/25 | Memphis, Tennessee | Fee: $15 Prize: $100 |
| The Westchester Review | 10 mins | Established and emerging writers. In’tl submissions ok. Any subject or style. | 5/31/25 | Westchester, New York | n/a |
| Actors’ Theatre | max 10 mins | Int’l submissions ok. | 6/30/25 | Santa Cruz, California | Fee: $10 |
| Salem State University Soundings East | 10 mins | Open to all playwrights, pref. those with a direct military connection. Theme: military service and/or how military service affects a community | 6/30/25 | Salem, Massachusetts | n/a |
| Westchester Civic Theater | 10 mins | Playwrights can be from anywhere. Theme: WHO KILLED THE DIRECTOR? | 6/30/25 | Westchester, Illinois | n/a |
| Ten-Minute Musicals Project | 7-20 mins | Musicals. Any style or theatrical format. Max 10 performers — 5 women & 5 men. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/25 | West Hollywood, California | $250 royalty advance |
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