Howdy, Playwrights! Below you will find 25 play submissions opportunities with September 2018 deadlines — some with cash prizes!
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| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Black Power Theatre | 90 mins | Plays of any genre that depicts characters of African, Caribbean or Black-American descent. | 8/31/18 | U.S. Virgin Islands | Fee: $10 “cash prizes” |
| Bismarck State College Theatre | max 10 pages | Theme: “What Happened to the American Dream?” Brand new, never before produced plays only. | 9/1/18 | Bismarck, North Dakota | n/a |
| Darkhorse Dramatists | One Act (10-25 pages) | Halloween themed plays. Previous prods ok, so long as it is unpublished. Monologues ok. | 9/1/18 | Binghamton, New York | n/a |
| Open Theatre Project | max 10 mins / 12 pages | Women, artists of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and others whose voices have not been traditionally heard. | 9/1/18 | Boston, Massachusetts | “cash prize” |
| Pride Films & Plays | Full Length | Playwrights who identify as women. Stories with lesbian characters and themes. Must not have been professionally produced. | 9/1/18 | Chicago | Fee: $15 |
| Road Less Traveled Productions | 10 mins | Playwrights in WNY and Southern Ontario. | 9/1/18 | Buffalo, New York | No royalty or prize |
| Road Less Traveled Productions | “works in progress” | One-year developmental support for works-in-progress by playwrights in the Western NY region. | 9/1/18 | Buffalo, New York | $1,000 stipend |
| Three Cat Productions | Full Length | Never produced plays or musicals written by unrepresented playwrights who currently live in the Chicago area. Any style or genre. | 9/1/18 | Chicago | Fee: $15 |
| Book Pipeline Competition | Full Length | Plays appropriate for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide. Any genre. Published and unpublished works ok. | 9/5/18 | Santa Monica, California | Fee: $60 Prize: $10,000 |
| Living Room Theater | 10 mins | 3-week play dev’t opp culminating in a staged reading for the public. Theme: Cultural Identity | 9/7/18 | NYC | No Fee |
| Navigators Theater | 10-30 mins | New Sci-Fi plays. 10-minute or one-acts (no more than 30 mins). | 9/15/18 | NYC | n/a |
| Old Library Theatre | One Act (15-30 mins) | Playwrights who have not had plays produced in previous festivals will receive priority in selection. | 9/15/18 | Fair Lawn, New Jersey | n/a |
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| Playwrights First | Full Length | Int’l submissions ok. Plays with no prior full scale production. | 9/15/18 | NYC | Prize: $1,000 |
| RTO Productions / The Hive SJ | Full Length | The play should have no previous productions. Musicals ok. | 9/15/18 | San Jose, California | Prize: $1,000 |
| ScreenCraft | 15-120 pages | Original, unpublished stage plays. Int’l submissions ok. | 9/15/18 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $39 Prize: $1,000 |
| Small Fish Radio Theatre | max 10 mins | Horror radio plays. Gothic, supernatural, non-supernatural – whatever invokes FEAR and DREAD! Must be unproduced. | 9/15/18 | n/a | n/a |
| Town and Country Players | One Act (10-30 mins) | Comedies or dramas. | 9/15/18 | Buckingham, Pennsylvania | n/a |
| The Dare Tactic | 10-45 mins | Development opportunity. Accepts works at various staged of completion. Excerpts from full lengths acceptable. Any genre and style. Artists submitting must be NYC based. | 9/20/18 | NYC | Fee: $10 |
| Rockport New Year’s Eve | max 10 pages | Theme: “Something to Celebrate!” Content should be written for a general audience. No profanity or obscene situations. | 9/29/18 | Rockport, Massachusetts | Fee: $10 |
| Actors Theatre Playhouse | 10-12 pages | New works from regional writers. | 9/30/18 | New Hampshire and Vermont | No financial prizes |
| Landing Theatre Company | Full Length | The playwright must be a US citizen or legal resident. The play must not have been produced and must not have had a public reading in the Houston area. | 9/30/18 | Houston, Texas | Fee: $17 $100 stipend |
| Northern Kentucky University | Full Length | Plays with no previous professional or university production. | 9/30/18 | Highland Heights, Kentucky | Prize: $400 |
| Phoebus Fire | 30-90 mins | Theme: “Women’s Empowerment.” Int’l submissions ok. | 9/30/18 | UK | n/a |
| Pride Films & Plays | 60+ mins | New Musical Theatre with LGBTQ+ characters or themes. All musical and dramatic styles welcome. | 9/30/18 | Chicago | Fee: $30 Prize: $250 |
| Theatre Three | max 40 mins | Unproduced works only. Staged readings ok. | 9/30/18 | Port Jefferson, New York | $125 stipend |
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