Howdy, Playwrights! Find your 32 play submissions opportunities with November 2017 deadlines here.
Remember: Every one of these opportunities has a deadline coming up this soon! So don’t close this webpage without checking these playwriting contests out. Happy submitting!
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Book Pipeline Competition | Full Length | Plays appropriate for film or TV adaptation. Any genre. Published or unpublished. | 11/1/17 | Santa Monica, California | Fee: $65 |
| Full Length | New plays, comedies/dramas, adaptations or wholly original, that speak to the current cultural & historical moment in time. | 11/1/17 | NYC | n/a | |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | Full Length, One Act | Plays and musicals. Topic: “hard” sciences and technology. | 11/1/17 | NYC | Commissions: $1,000-10,000 |
| Full Length | Musical that has not received a commercial production in NYC. Script must be “production-ready.” Int’l submissions ok. | 11/1/17 | NYC | Fee: $75 | |
| Over Our Head Players | max 10 mins | Original, unpublished comedies. Open to everyone w/o age or geographic restriction. | 11/1/17 | Racine, Wisconsin | Prize: $500 |
| max 30 mins | Subject: “Pipedream.” What does Pipedream mean to you? Must be unpublished. | 11/1/17 | Denver, Colorado | n/a | |
| Seven Devils Playwrights Conference | Full Length | Any genre or style. Musicals ok. Invited playwrights must be in residence for the entire two weeks of the Conference. | 11/1/17 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $10 |
| One Act (max 20 pgs) | Original, unpublished plays. NO sexually explicit or gratuitously violent scripts. | 11/1/17 | Fredericksburg, Virginia | Prize: $150 | |
| The Dare Tactic | 8 pages (sample) | Original plays and musicals. Previously performed pieces ok. | 11/1/17 | NYC | n/a |
| Full Length | Provocative, political and socially relevant materials. | 11/1/17 | Topanga, California | n/a | |
| Centenary Stage Company | Full Length | Women playwrights. Plays with no prior AEA production. | 11/2/17 | Hackettstown, New Jersey | Prize: $1500 |
| max 10 pages | New works. | 11/2/17 | NYC | n/a | |
| Acadia University Theatre | max 30 mins | Original script, has not been professionally performed. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/3/17 | Wolfville, Nova Scotia | n/a |
| One Act (10-20 mins) | Drama or comedy. Plays appropriate to be performed in a church. | 11/10/17 | Northport, New York | $75 fee if accepted | |
| Arizona Theatre Company | Full Length, One Act | Latino playwrights residing in the United States, its territories or Mexico. | 11/15/17 | Tucson, Arizona | n/a |
| 5-15 pages | Subject matter is open, although preference will be given to experimental & progressive works. Previous prods ok. | 11/15/17 | Phoenix, Arizona | No Fee Prize: $50 | |
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| Hypatia-in-the-Woods | 10 pages (sample) | 1 to 4 weeks residency. Apps from WOMEN playwrights accepted. | 11/15/17 | Shelton, Washington | Fee: $20 |
| One Act (max 10 mins) | Theme: “Crossing Our Red Sea.” Monologues ok, 7 mins max. Previously produced or published works ok. | 11/15/17 | Santa Monica, California | n/a | |
| Lakeshore Players Theatre | 10 mins | Open to all playwrights. The play must be unpublished and unproduced. High school-aged playwrights are encouraged to enter. | 11/15/17 | White Bear Lake, Minnesota | n/a |
| 10 mins | Drama or comedy. Theme: Risky Business | 11/15/17 | Lowell, Michigan | Fee: $20 Prize: $500 | |
| M.T. Pockets Theatre | One Act (max 10 mins) | The play must be unpublished, with 3 or less prods (excluding readings, self-prods and/or contest prods). | 11/15/17 | Morgantown, West Virginia | n/a |
| One Act (10-25 mins) | New, never produced before plays (cast, directed and ready to be performed in November/December 2017). | 11/15/17 | NYC | Fee: $40 once accepted | |
| Outvisible Theatre Company | Full Length, One Act | Plays & musicals, unproduced. Must address one of the following: equality and diversity, mental health, and/or social issues. | 11/15/17 | Allen Park, Michigan | n/a |
| “sample” | Workshop opportunity. Playwrights should submit a representation of their work. | 11/15/17 | Salt Lake City, Utah | n/a | |
| Drama League / Beatrice Terry Residency | n/s | Women or women-identified artists who both write and direct their own work. | 11/17/17 | NYC | Fee: $12 |
| 10 mins | Theme: “All about her.” Comedy, drama, parody, absurd or anything in between. Musicals ok. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/20/17 | Toronto, Ontario | No Fee Prize: $500 | |
| United Solo Theatre Festival | n/s | 1-person shows. Musical, tragedy, comedy, etc. Artist gets 25% of the box office. | 11/21/17 | NYC | Fee: $49, $695 if selected |
| Any length | New play lab, including a four-day workshop. | 11/23/17 | Independence, Kansas | Fee, only if selected: $250 | |
| Life-sized Meme Productions | Full Length | Script that has never been performed in twin cities before. Comedy, drama, tragedy, mystery or a combination. | 11/24/17 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | n/a |
| Full Length | Previously performed plays ok. Comedic or dramatic subject matter, or any genre appropriate for a community theatre. | 11/30/17 | Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania | Fee: $25 | |
| 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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Outvisible Theatre Company Full Length, One Act Plays & musicals, unproduced. Must address one of the following: equality and diversity, mental health, and/or social issues. 11/15/17 Allen Park, Michigan
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