What was your New Year’s resolution? Why not commit to submitting your plays at least once every month in 2018? You could accomplish this in a grand total of 12 afternoons throughout the year! So start now by checking out our list of play submission opportunities with February 2018 deadlines.
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Playlist Seattle | 5-8 mins | Short scripts based on the music of Brenda Xu, Prom Queen and The Black Tones. | 1/29/18 | Seattle, Washington | $40 honorarium |
| See right. | Full-length plays (45 mins to 1 hr) and short plays (max 30 mins). | 1/31/18 | Brooklyn, New York | Fee: $50, $100 | |
| Broadway Bound Theatre Festival | 60-90 mins | New works, not previously produced. Int’l submissions ok. Playwrights must produce. | 2/1/18 | NYC | Fee: $25 |
| 10 mins | Theme: “MAGIC.” New plays, unproduced. | 2/1/18 | Bloomington, Illinois | n/a | |
| HRC Showcase Theatre | Full Length | New, aspiring or established playwrights. Previously unpublished plays. | 2/1/18 | Hudson, New York | Fee: $10 |
| See right. | 5-minute excerpt of a full-length play. Pref. Indiana playwrights and emerging artists. | 2/1/18 | Indianapolis, Indiana | n/a | |
| Theatre Now New York | max 10 mins | Musicals only. | 2/1/18 | NYC | No Fee |
| max 15 mins | Original scripts, unpublished, not previously produced (incl. staged readings) in Florida. | 2/2/18 | Tampa, Florida | Fee: $5 | |
| Women Are Funny | Full Length | Comedic scripts from US-based female playwrights, written within the last 3 years. | 2/4/18 | Spokane, Washington | No Fee |
| max 10 pages | Original plays, never before produced. | 2/9/18 | Durango, Colorado | Fee: $12 Prize: $500 | |
| Watermelon One-Act Festival | One Act (10-45 mins) | Original and unpublished plays. More than $1,000 total cash prize. | 2/14/18 | St. Mary’s City, Maryland | Fee: $100 fee if selected |
| Full Length | Material must be unpublished and unproduced. | 2/15/18 | Charleston, South Carolina | Fee: $10 Prize: $400 | |
| OKC Theatre Company | Full Length | Native American, Alaska Native, Hawaiian, First Nations, and Indigenous Mexico playwrights. | 2/15/18 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | n/a |
| One Act (max 15 mins) | The plays must not have been previously produced in Los Angeles, CA. | 2/15/18 | Culver City, California | Fee: $10 | |
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| Woodside Players of Queens | max 10 pages | Playwrights from the five boroughs of NYC. Also seeking monologues, max 4 pages. Musicals ok. Must be family-friendly. | 2/15/18 | NYC | No Fee |
| 30-60 mins | Live performance projects including theater. Submitted projects can be finished, portions of larger/longer works, or works-in-progress. | 2/16/18 | NYC | No Fee | |
| Strange Sun Theater | 70+ mins | COMIC PLAYS – anything that makes us laugh! | 2/16/18 | NYC | Prize: $500 |
| One Act, Full Length | Plays that have not had a fully-produced production in the past 3 years. Any genre. | 2/17/18 | Portland, Oregon | Prize: $500 | |
| Creede Repertory Theatre | Full Length | New plays of the West. Must be unproduced. | 2/18/18 | Creede, Colorado | n/a |
| Full Length | Original work. No previous production and publication. No restriction on plot, content, or themes. Winner will receive a contract for a fully produced tour in China. | 2/18/18 | NYC | No Fee | |
| Fresh Fruit Festival | See right. | Any kind of performance art featuring LGBTQ characters or themes, including full-length plays, one-act plays, and musicals. | 2/26/18 | NYC | Fee: $35 |
| 45-75 mins | Plays suitable for grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. Original plays, adaptations and/or translations. US playwrights only. | 2/28/18 | Beverly Hills, California | Prize: $1,200 | |
| Capital Stage | Full Length | Any genre. Particularly interested in bold, thought-provoking works. | 2/28/18 | Sacramento, California | n/a |
| Any length | Plays previously produced or entered in other contests are acceptable. Any subject. | 2/28/18 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $35 | |
| Italian American Theatre of Chicago | Full Length | Never produced plays in English, exploring the Italian American experience. | 2/28/18 | Chicago, Illinois | No financial award. |
| 10-15 mins (script extract) | Looking for scenes from new, or early draft scripts in need of development. Any genre. Note: No deadline posted but is looking for submissions for their March workshop. | See left. | London | n/a | |
| Playwrights Offering Free Feedback | Full Length | Full-length trade program. You must read a play and give feedback, and in return will have an opp to send a play and get feedback from other playwright. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
| 10 mins | Send in 10-min play and get same-day feedback. You must also read another playwright’s work and give feedback. | Year Round | n/a | n/a | |
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