The dog-days of summer are here, but there are still plenty of playwriting contests to be had — even some that pay significant ca$h prizes!  Check out this month’s installment of 18 playwriting competitions.  For additional paid submission opportunities, also check out this list of playwriting contests.

Theater Name / Festival Name

Link

Length Accepted

Genre(s) Accepted

Deadline

Location

The Overtime Theater

URL

Not Specified

Plays that are innovative in form and bold and moving in content.

8/1/13

San Antonio, Texas

Athena Project Festival

URL

Full Length

Accepts works from female playwrights

8/1/13

Denver, Colorado

Little Fish Theatre

URL

15 Min Max

$50 Prize.

8/1/13

San Pedro, California

Native Voices at the Autry

URL

5 – 16 Min

How the law & our daily lives are shaped by Native American identity. Prize: $1,000

8/1/13

Los Angeles, California

terraNOVA Playwrights Group

URL

Full Length

NYC Writers-group

8/5/13

New York City, New York

William Paterson University

URL

Not specified

Musical submissions from NJ or NYC-area writers.  Plays from NJ writers only.

8/8/13

Wayne, New Jersey

Lakeshore Players Theatre

URL

10 – Minute Play

Theme is “Hunger In The Suburbs”, Prize: $50

8/10/13

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Yale Drama Series

URL

Full Length

$10,000 prize.

8/15/13

New York City, New York

New Works of Merit

URL

Various

$25 fee, $300 prize.  Critiques available for $45.

8/15/13

NYC, NY

Small Fish Radio Theatre

URL

6 – 10 Min

Radio Plays. Whimsy, fantasy (no Sci-Fi), fable,
melodrama, mystery, etc.

8/15/13

 Chicago, Illinois

Tarragon Theatre

URL

Full Length

Open to emerging Canadian playwrights. Prize: $3,000

8/19/13

Toronto, Canada

Nylon Fusion Collective

URL

10 – Minute Play

Play must relate to the theme of Halloween/ fear/disguises.  See submission advice directly from theater.

8/24/13

New York City, New York

Warehouse Performing Arts Center

URL

10 – Minute Play

Accepts comedies that are set in a beauty salon.

8/30/13

Cornelius, North Carolina

Throughline Theatre

URL

Full Length

Pennsylvania writers only. Theme: Mortality and Divinity. Prize: $1,000

8/31/13

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MTC: David Calicchio Prize

URL

Full Length

Plays by a professionally unproduced playwright. US citizen. Prize: $2,500

8/31/13

Mill Valley, California

MTC: Sky Cooper Prize

URL

Full Length

Established or emerging playwright. US citizens only. Prize: $10,000

8/31/13

Mill Valley, California

Mobtown Playwrights

URL

Full Length

Must be able to attend 9-day rehearsal/ workshop period.

8/31/13

Baltimore, Maryland

Thistle Dew Dessert Theater

URL

Any Length

Can be either a comedy or a drama.

8/31/13

Sacramento, California

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