Below is a list of 10-minute play submissions opps with 2026 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Rogue Theater Festival | 10-150 mins | New works by emerging writers. | 4/1/26 | NYC | n/a |
| Nomad Theatre | 10-12 mins | The play must take place in a bar. Must be unpublished and unproduced. Open to all playwrights worldwide. | 4/27/26 | Normal, Ilinois | $25 honorarium |
| Between the Lines Studio Theatre | max 12 mins | Original, short, HOLIDAY play scripts. New, unproduced, unpublished plays only. | 5/1/26 | Allentown, Pennsylvania | No Fee |
| Free Fall Stage | One Act (10-15 mins) | Plays written by aspiring playwrights. Brand new works that have not been performed before. | 5/15/26 | Sacramento, California | Fee: $25 Prize: $200 |
| Community Theatre Association of Michigan | 9-10 pages | Theme: Winning and Losing | 5/25/26 | Cadillac, Michigan | Prize: $100 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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