Below is a list of 10-minute play submissions opps with 2025/2026 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival | max 12 mins | The play must include characters 15-30 years old. Plays with substantial roles for young women and/or include characters whose gender identities fall outside binary gender categories. | 10/15/25 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | Fee: $15, stipend of $100 |
| Bold Sunrise Theater | max 10 pages | No theme. | 10/31/25 | Fairbanks, Alaska | Fee: $10 Prize: $3,000 |
| Smith & Kraus | 10 mins | Plays must be produced between August 2024 through September 2025. | 11/1/25 | n/a | n/a |
| Clockhouse Volume 13 | max 12 pages | Short plays in traditional and experimental styles. Standalone work only. No monologues. | 11/15/25 | n/a | n/a |
| Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre | 10-15 mins | Submissions are welcome from anywhere! | 12/1/25 | Moorhead, Minnesota | n/a |
| Theatre Now New York | max 10 mins | Musicals across all styles and genres. Foreign language and/or bilingual scripts ok. | 12/1/25 | NYC | No Fee |
| Ponder Review | 10-15 pages | Script excerpt or one-act play. | 12/15/25 | n/a | Fee: $2 |
| Equity Library Theater of New York | max 10 mins | Int’l submissions ok. Also seeking monologues (max 5 pages/mins). Musicals ok. Playwrights must produce. | 12/31/25 | NYC | No Fee |
| Apricity Magazine | max 15 mins | Publication opp. Accepts submissions from the performing arts, including short play. | 1/3/26 | Austin, Texas | No Fee |
| Heartland Theatre Company | 10 mins | New plays only. Theme: ROUTE 66 | 2/1/26 | Bloomington, Illinois | Fee: $10 |
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