Writing and submitting 10-minute plays are great ways for new playwrights to get a start in the playwriting world, or for more seasoned playwrights to try out something new.
Check out below to find your 10-minute play submissions opps for 2021!
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| The 4208 Group | max 15 mins | Playwright must be a woman (includes transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming). Plays can be on any subject or theme. | March | Washington, D.C. | Fee: $25 Prize: $300 |
| Fade to Black Play Festival | 8-10 mins | No restriction of theme or genre. Playwright must publicly and openly identify themselves as African-American, Black, or of the African diaspora. | April | Houston, Texas | No Fee Prize: $100 |
| Red Bull Theater | max 10 mins | Plays that make use of heightened language and/or is in conversation with a classical theme, style or story. Selected plays will be performed online in a Zoom style format. Theme: RESTORATION | April | NYC | Fee: $10 |
| PEP Productions | max 10 mins | The play must be unpublished and not have been produced. Previous staged readings ok. | April | Sugar Loaf, New York | “cash prize” |
| A Light in Dark Places | 5-15 pages | The plays must explore the themes of suicide prevention and mental health conditions with a focus on community, connection, hope, resources and healing. *Submission fee will be waived for all applications received by April 2. | May | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $20 Prize: $100 |
| A&U Magazine | max 10 pages | Publication opp. All submissions must be HIV/AIDS-related and previously unpublished. All styles are welcomed. Drama may be an excerpt from a longer work or a ten-minute play. | June | n/a | No Fee Prize: $75 |
| Almost Adults Productions | 10-15 mins | Looking for LGBTQ+ themed plays for a weekly reading series to be presented on Zoom. Writers do not have to be LGBTQ+ identified. Int’l submissions ok. | Year Round | Santa Fe, New Mexico | No Fee |
| Green Buffalo Productions | 10-15 pages | 48-hour writing challenge. Open to anyone who is looking to stay creative and occupied during COVID-19. Requires the playwright to follow a specific prompt and must be written within 48 hours. The play will be showcased in a LIVE READING via Facebook. | Year Round | Buffalo, New York | n/a |
| Stories Found | 10 mins | Off the wall, absurd, and hilarious stories. Also accepts funny 10 minute plays that can be recorded. | Year Round | Austin, Texas | n/a |
| The Awakenings Project | max 10 mins | Publication opp. The playwright should have a relationship to mental illness (either self, family member, or friend) but the plot of a play need not be about mental illness. | Year Round | Wheaton, Illinois | n/a |
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