Below is a list of 10 Chicago-based play submissions opportunities that accept submissions year-round!
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity |
| AstonRep Theatre Company | Full Length | Chicago playwrights especially encouraged to submit. |
| Ghostlight Ensemble | 10 pages (sample) | New works that fit the mission, “to shed light on the human experience.” |
| Idle Muse Theatre Company | Full Length | The play must fit with the theater’s mission statement and three core production principles of “Transporting. Timely. True.” |
| Ma’at Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre | Full Length | Original plays by African American & African Diaspora playwrights. Female identified playwrights strongly encouraged to submit. |
| Otherworld Theatre | Full Length | The play must be within the genres of Science Fiction and/or Fantasy, or contain significant Sci-Fi or fantastical elements. |
| Porchlight Music Theatre | See right. | Invites unrepresented writers to submit a brief bio and short synopsis, with ten pages of sample dialogue and music on CD or sent electronically. |
| Rivendell Theatre Ensemble | See right. | Women playwrights. Synopsis submissions only. |
| Steep Theatre Company | 10 pages (sample) | New plays. |
| Teatro Vista | Full Length | New work by new playwrights. Works that celebrate the riches of Latinx culture. See the theater’s mission, values and vision. |
| Urban Theater Company | 10 pages (sample) | Thought-provoking works. |
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