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| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Stone Canoe | max 8,000 words | Publication opp. Open to current or former residents of Upstate New York. Drama accepted. | 7/29/22 | Syracuse, New York | n/a |
| Fresh Words | One Act (max 3 pages) |
Tragedy or comedy or tragi-comedy. | 7/31/22 | n/a | n/a |
| Kumu Kahua Theatre / Bamboo Ridge Press | See right. | 5-page monologues or 10-page scenes based on this prompt: A conflict between supporters of different gubernatorial candidates. | 7/31/22 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Prize: $100 |
| Stonecoast Review | max 12 pages | Publication opp. Accepts dramatic works. | No deadline posted. | Portland, Maine | n/a |
| TEDxAsburyPark | max 18 mins | Original works. Theme: Collaboration, Determination, Democracy, Diversity, and/or “All Together Now” | No deadline posted. | online | n/a |
| Keegan Theatre | 10 pages | Workshop process that will culminate in public staged readings. All submissions must be 10 page excerpts from full-length plays aligned with the theatre’s mission and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. | 8/1/22 | Washington, DC | n/a |
| Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwriting Award | Full Length | Award for lesbian, queer or gay and nonbinary writer who has written at least one play, and is writing plays about lesbians. Self-nomination is allowed. | 8/1/22 | n/s | Prize: $5,000 |
| The Players Theatre Short Play & Musical Festival | max 15 mins | Theme: “Boo!” Horror plays and musicals including a great spoof. Playwrights must produce. | 8/1/22 | NYC | Fee: $50 |
| Trans [Plays] of Remembrance Festival | 10 mins | Plays by members of the transgender community. Should be able to be performed digitally over Zoom. Theme: Transgender Day of Remembrance | 8/1/22 | Athens, Ohio | $30 royalty |
| Young Actor’s Studio | 50-120 pages | Plays that prominently feature roles for younger people (between the ages of 12-18). | 8/1/22 | Virtual | $500 honorarium |
| Polyphone Festival of New Musicals | Full Length | Original musicals that are in development. Should have a completed first draft and must have been read at least once in a reading, workshop or concert setting. | 8/5/22 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | n/a |
| The David A. Einhorn Memorial Playwriting Prize | 15-45 mins | Looking for work that resonates with the mission of the theater company, tackling ideas (political, scientific, and philosophical). | 8/5/22 | NYC | Prize: $3,000 |
| SPELLBINDER | max 5 pages | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Monologues ok. Open to all genres, styles and themes. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/14/22 | n/a | £3 honorarium |
| Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC | See right. | Performance grant. Must be a current resident of NYC. *If the performance is a play, it must be a full production. | 8/15/22 | NYC | Up to $10,000 |
| Qu Literary Magazine | max 4,000 words | Publication opp. Excerpts or full pieces written for stage. Unpublished works only. | 8/15/22 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Fee: $2.50 Payment Upon Publication: $100 |
| Small Fish Radio Theatre | 10-12 mins | Horror radio plays. Theme: “LOCKED IN!” See website for the complete guidelines. | 8/15/22 | n/a | n/a |
| The Braid | One Act (max 8 mins) |
Contemporary American stories that have some Jewish content or Jewish resonance. Playwrights need not be Jewish to submit. One-person shows ok. Musicals ok. Theme: Remembrance of Things Present | 8/15/22 | Santa Monica, California | n/a |
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| Theatre Oxford | max 10 pages | Only original plays, never before produced, are eligible. | 8/15/22 | Oxford, Mississippi | Fee: $12 Prize: $1,000 |
| Theatre Viscera | 30+ mins (see right) |
Plays written by queer playwrights, about queer characters, for queer performers. Full length plays, one acts, or collections of 10 mins. | 8/15/22 | Portland, Oregon | n/a |
| Yale Drama Series | Full Length | Int’l submissions ok. Must be original, unpublished. | 8/15/22 | New Haven, Connecticut | No Fee Prize: $10,000 |
| KNOW Theatre | 15-20 mins | The play must be inspired by one of the works of art… (see website for the images) | 8/28/22 | Binghamton, New York | Prize: $300 |
| Waxing & Waning | max 25 pages | Publication opp. Accepts play submissions. | 8/28/22 | n/a | Fee: $7 |
| American Blues Theater | Full Length | Original, unpublished plays. Int’l submissions ok. Adaptations ok. | 8/31/22 | Chicago | Fee: $5 Prize: $2,500 |
| Constellation Stage & Screen | Full Length | Plays must be unpublished at the time of submission (independently published is acceptable). | 8/31/22 | Bloomington, Indiana | Prize: $3,000 |
| Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women | Full Length | Women playwrights only. Submissions may not have been previously produced or fully staged. Fee waived for current members of the Dramatists Guild. | 8/31/22 | Knoxville, Tennessee | Fee: $22 Prize: 1,000 |
| Hidden River Arts Playwrighting Award | Full Length | Unpublished and unproduced plays. Musicals ok. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/22 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Fee: $20 Prize: $1,000 |
| Music Theatre of Connecticut | 60-90 pages | Submissions must not have been previously produced or published. | 8/31/22 | Norwalk, Connecticut | Fee: $15 “stipend” |
| Ten-Minute Musicals Project | 7-20 mins | Complete original stage musicals. Any musical style. Max of 10 performers — 5 women and 5 men. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/22 | West Hollywood, California | $250 royalty advance |
| The Frank Moffett Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language | 40+ mins | Submissions must be in a heightened version of the English language (at least 60%). Translations or adaptations ok. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/22 | n/s | Prize: $3,000 |
| The PlayGround Experiment | max 2 mins | Monologues that represent America’s incredible diversity; can be historical or futuristic, cultural or political, comedic or tragic, spoken or signed. Must include the word “kindness” somewhere in the monologue. | 8/31/22 | TBA | n/a |
| American-Scandinavian Foundation | 25-50 pages | Translations of drama written by a 20th or 21st-century Nordic author. | 9/1/22 | NYC | Prize: $2,500 |
| Bristol Valley Theater | Full Length | Plays must be previously unproduced, but may have been workshopped or received other readings. | Year Round | Naples, 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 |
| The Open Eye Theater | One Act, Full Length |
Plays for young audiences or for general audiences. Also interested in radio plays (max 40 mins). | Year Round | Margaretville, New York | n/a |
| Trade A Play Tuesday | 10 mins | Send in 10-min play and get same-day feedback. You must also read 10 pages of another playwright’s work, and give thoughtful feedback. Runs every Tuesday. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
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