Below is a list of 10-minute play submissions opps with 2023 and early 2024 deadlines.
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
Equity Library Theater of New York | max 15 pages/mins | Int’l submissions ok. Also seeking monologues (max 4 pages/mins). Musicals ok. Playwrights must produce. | 9/30/23 | NYC | No Fee |
Stonecoast Review | max 12 pages | Publication opp. Accepts dramatic works. Must be previously unpublished. | 10/1/23 | Portland, Maine | n/a |
Camino Real Playhouse | 10 mins | Plays can be on any subject. | 10/15/23 | San Juan Capistrano, California | Fee: $10 |
Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre | max 10 mins | Submissions are welcome from anywhere! | 10/15/23 | Moorhead, Minnesota | Fee: $10 |
Smith & Kraus | 10 mins | Plays must be produced between August 2022 through September 2023. | 10/15/23 | n/a | n/a |
Winters Theatre Company | max 10 mins | No theme. | 10/27/23 | Winters, California | No Fee |
Over Our Head Players | max 10 mins | Original comedies. Open to everyone w/o age or geographic restriction. | 11/1/23 | Racine, Wisconsin | Prize: $300 |
Jelly Bucket | max 10 pages | Publication opp. Plays excluding musicals or plays for children. Plays that have been produced are eligible for publication so long as they have not appeared previously in print anywhere. | 11/30/23 | Richmond, Kentucky | Fee: $2 |
Clockhouse | max 15 pages | Short plays in traditional and experimental styles. Standalone work only and no monologues. | 12/15/23 | n/a | n/a |
The Good Life Review | 10 mins, One Act |
Publication opp. Original, previously unpublished plays. All genres and topics will be considered. | 1/31/24 | Omaha, Nebraska | Fee: $3 |
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