Folks, this March has an insane number of playwriting submission opportunities. It’s like an embarrassment of riches, with 26 playwright submission contests, many with cash prizes, listed below:
Theater Name / Festival Name |
URL |
Length Accepted |
Genre(s) Accepted |
Deadline |
Location |
Bloomington Playwrights: Woodward/Newman Drama Award |
Full Length (75-135 min) |
Full-length drama, Fee: $10, Prize: $3000 |
1-Mar-13 |
Bloomington, Indiana, USA |
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Barter Theatre: Appalachian Plays and Playwrights Festival |
Full Length “Preferred” |
Play must be written by an Appalachian playwright or set in the Appalachian region. Prize: $250-$500 + transportation. |
1-Mar-13 |
Abingdon, Virginia, USA |
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Endstation Theatre Company |
Full Length |
All Genres. “We bring three playwrights to Sweet Briar College during Endstation’s Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival to write, workshop, and develop new plays. |
1-Mar-13 |
Sweet Briar, Virginia, USA |
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Horizon Theatre Company |
Not Specified |
Plays about the South, by writers who live or have roots in the South. Women and African Americans particularly encouraged to submit. |
1-Mar-13 |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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HRC Showcase Theater |
Full Length |
Accepts any form, style or genre. Fee: $10, Prize: $100-$500 |
1-Mar-13 |
Hudson, New York, USA |
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Minnesota Shorts Play Festival |
10 Minute Playwriting Festival |
Prefers plays for the general audience (no profanity, etc). |
1-Mar-13 |
Mankato, Minnesota, USA |
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The Brick Theater: Game Play Festival |
Full Length |
Accepts cutting-edge works that lie at the intersection of video gaming, technology and performance art. You must produce/stage your own play. |
1-Mar-13 |
New York City, New York, USA |
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Trustus Theatre: Annual Playwrights’ Festival |
Full Length |
Looking for innovative comedies and dramas on any topic, raw or polished, profane or polite. Prize: $750 |
1-Mar-13 |
Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
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Swivel Theatre Company |
One Act |
Accepts submissions with a theme “Arab Women in the Arab Spring.” These stories can be told through comedy or drama, satire or gritty realism. |
4-Mar-13 |
London, United Kingdon |
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Subversive Theatre Collective: 2013 playwriting competition |
30-Minute max |
Plays of a political nature that raise consciousness on socially relevant issues |
5-Mar-13 |
Buffalo, New York, USA |
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Red Bull Theater: 10 Minute Play Festival |
10 – Minute Play |
Accepts short plays that contains heightened language, verse, classical themes, or is an adaptation of a classical story. Theme: Greed. |
8-Mar-13 |
New York City, New York, USA |
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Theatre Southwest: Annual Readers Theatre |
5-15 minutes |
Accepts any form, style or genre except monologues. $100 Prize. |
8-Mar-13 |
Houston, Texas, USA |
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Mckinney Repertory Theatre: Annual MRT Playwriting Competition |
Full Length |
Does not accept Adaptations, translations, musicals and children’s plays. |
10-Mar-13 |
McKinney, Texas, USA |
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East Valley Children’s Theatre Aspiring Playwrights Contest |
60 – 90 Min |
Plays must be suitable for children to perform for children. Unspecified cash prize. |
15-Mar-13 |
Mesa, Arizona, USA |
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Orlando Shakespeare Theater – Playwriting Festival |
Full Length |
Plays exploring important, challenging, and crucial social. Topics can range from current events to interpersonal issues in the bedroom. Both comedies and dramas welcome. |
15-Mar-13 |
Orlando, Florida, USA |
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Silver Spring Stage: One Act Playwriting Festival |
One Act |
Accepts any style or genre. $100 prize. |
15-Mar-13 |
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA |
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The Driftwood Players: Annual Festival of Short Plays |
15 minutes max |
Centered on the theme “Aftermath,” no X rated scripts |
15-Mar-13 |
Edmonds, Washington, USA |
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The Neil Simon Festival |
80 – 150 Minutes |
Prefers character-driven American comedy; plays should not be overtly political. Musicals are accepted. Fee: $25 ($55 if you’d like a critique). |
15-Mar-13 |
Cedar City, Utah, USA |
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Young Playwrights Festival |
Full Length |
Original plays and musicals on ANY subject. Playwrights must be 19 years old or younger |
15-Mar-13 |
Hollywood, California, USA |
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Newborn Theatre: Odds and Ends Playwright Festival |
30 minutes max |
Playwrights must be younger than 30 |
1-Mar-13 |
Toronto, Canada |
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Piper Theatre: Annual Festival |
One Act (10-40 minutes) |
Looking for one-act plays that investigate the complicated lives of young people. Prize: $500 |
29-Mar-13 |
New York City, New York, USA |
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Ohio State University: Newark New Play Contest |
Full Length |
Accepts any form, style or genre. Prize: $100-$500 |
30-Mar-13 |
Newark, Ohio, USA |
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Sky Blue Theatre Company Playwriting Competition |
10-30 minutes |
Accepts any form, style or genre. Winners will be produced. Also, up to 10 scripts will be given written assessments, and considered for publication. Fee: 15 British pounds. |
30-Mar-13 |
Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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Theatre Conspiracy Playwriting Contest |
Not Specified. |
Any Genre except musicals. Fee: $5 (free for Dramatist Guild members). Prize: $700 |
30-Mar-13 |
Fort Myers, Florida, USA |
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Tipping Point Theatre: Sandbox Playwriting Festival |
14 minutes max |
Playwrights or plays must have specific ties to Michigan. |
31-Mar-13 |
Northville, Michigan, USA |
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Women Theatre Project: GIRL PLAY |
5-12 minutes |
Accepts plays written by women with a lesbian theme. |
31-Mar-13 |
Boca Raton, Florida, USA |
If you found this post useful, you’ll love the 2013 Play Submissions Helper, which lists & organizes 400+ play submissions opportunities in one easy-to-use excel file, including more information on the opportunities listed above!
Author: Dave Berns