Howdy, Playwrights! Below are play submission opportunities with September 2017 deadlines. You can’t get produced, if you don’t get your work out into the world, so you know what to do! Keep writing, and remember to always check the Play Submissions Helper blog to see the latest new play submission opportunities.
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Additional Info |
| Slingshot New Works | max 20 pages | Original works, new, never performed before. Theme: “…from the ashes!” | 8/28/17 | Seattle, Washington | n/a |
| Full Length | 1-week residency + staged reading for a parent w/ at least one child under 18 yrs of age. | 9/1/17 | Boulder, Colorado | Prize: $500 + $500 childcare stipend | |
| Darkhorse Dramatists | 10-25 pages | Halloween themed one-act plays. Monologues ok. | 9/1/17 | Binghamton, New York | n/a |
| max 30 pages | 2-8 weeks residency. One-act plays or excerpts from a longer work. | 9/1/17 | Nebraska City, Nebraska | Fee: $35 $100/week stipend | |
| MADLAB | 5-20 mins | Int’l submissions ok. Also accepts collections of shorts. | 9/1/17 | Columbus, Ohio | n/a |
| max 30 mins | Original one-act plays. No theme. Previous prods ok (limited run). | 9/1/17 | Oakville, Connecticut | No Fee | |
| PLAYA | Full Length | 2-8 weeks residency. | 9/1/17 | Lake County, Oregon | Fee: $35 |
| Full Length | Unpublished and unproduced non-musical TYA scripts. | 9/1/17 | Netcong, New Jersey | n/a | |
| Strand Theater | max 10 mins | Theme: “Journeys.” Playwrights must reside in VA, DC, MD, DE, or PA. | 9/9/17 | Baltimore, Maryland | n/a |
| 10 mins | Plays must be unpublished. Previous prods ok. Any subject, comedy or drama. | 9/10/17 | Maynard, Massachusetts | n/a | |
| Stray Kats Theatre Company | short play | Plays that deal with the trials and tribulations of being a senior citizen in today’s world. | 9/10/17 | Newtown, Connecticut | Fee: $3 |
| n/s | Stipends are funded up to $77,500 for one year w/ add’l funds for project expenses. | 9/14/17 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | n/a | |
| Hambidge | Full Length | 2-8 weeks residency. Residents pay $235/week. Limited scholarships for first-time residents are available. | 9/15/17 | Rabun Gap, Georgia | App Fee: $30 |
| 45-60 mins | Original one-act plays by local and NY metro area playwrights. Any genre. Family friendly prods and adult prods. | 9/15/17 | Irvington, New York | n/a | |
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| MacDowell Colony | Full Length | Residencies of up to 8 weeks. | 9/15/17 | Peterborough, New Hampshire | Fee: $30 |
| 7-25 mins | Fully produced (cast, directed and ready to be performed through September) original one-act plays. | 9/15/17 | NYC | Fee: $35 once accepted | |
| Old Library Theatre | 15-30 mins | Original one-act plays. | 9/15/17 | Fair Lawn, New Jersey | n/a |
| Full Length | Plays not produced prior to submission. | 9/15/17 | NYC | $1,000 grant | |
| Small Fish Radio Theatre | max 10 mins | Horror radio plays. Gothic, supernatural, non-supernatural – whatever invokes FEAR and DREAD! Must be unproduced. | 9/15/17 | n/a | n/a |
| 10 mins | New, original plays. NC residents only. Plays must be set within the patron area of a bar or restaurant. | 9/18/17 | Cary, North Carolina | n/a | |
| Native Voices at the Autry | Full Length | Plays by Native American writers addressing all themes and topics. | 9/22/17 | Los Angeles, California | “honorarium” |
| 15-45 mins | Monologues — can be of any genre and can feature one or more voice, but must be able to be performed by a single actor. | 9/30/17 | London | n/a | |
| Landing Theatre Company | Full Length | Original, unproduced scripts only. | 9/30/17 | Houston, Texas | No Fee, |
| 10-15 pages (sample) | Development lab for emerging and mid-career women playwrights. | 9/30/17 | NYC | n/a | |
| Siena Art Institute | n/s | 1-month residency. | 9/30/17 | Italy | App Fee: $30 |
| max 40 mins | Unproduced works. Staged readings ok. | 9/30/17 | Port Jefferson, New York | “small stipend” | |
| 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 & get same-day feedback. You must also read another playwright’s work & give feedback. | Year Round | n/a | n/a | |
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