Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 36 play submission opportunities with December 2023 deadlines. This is just a small sample of what is in our mega-list available to paid members. Join now to get access!
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Amas Musical Theatre | Full Length | Musicals. Must be complete and ready for readings, workshops and/or productions. | 12/1/23 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $2,000 |
| Arts Fort Worth | Full Length | Original play, unpublished. $10 fee only for Dramatists Guild members. | 12/1/23 | Fort Worth, Texas | Fee: $15 $500 royalty |
| Bunbury Players | 20-25 pages | Works must be solely original and not based on or contain any previously copyrighted material. | 12/1/23 | New York | n/a |
| Live Arts | max 100 pages | Any genre. | 12/1/23 | Charlottesville, Virginia | No Fee |
| Mesa Refuge | Full Length | 14-day residency. | 12/1/23 | Point Reyes Station, California | App Fee: $50 |
| Artists in Partnership | max 30 mins | Comedies or dramas (or in between), or monologues. Playwrights can submit their play for production by AIP or they can self-produce it. | 12/3/23 | Long Beach, New York | $150 fee if accepted |
| Chaotic Merge | See right. | Publication opp. Accepts up to 2 plays totaling to 10 pages. | 12/8/23 | n/a | No Fee / optional fee $1 to $15 |
| Sundog Theatre | 45-60 mins | Radio plays. Dramas or comedies. Must be family-friendly. | 12/8/23 | Staten Island, New York | No Fee |
| The Bechdel Group | n/s | New plays, scripts in development, partial scripts, drafts – anything in progress. Must pass the Bechdel Test. | 12/11/23 | NYC | Fee: $7 |
| Ponder Review | max 10 mins | Publication opp. Plays must be inspired by the work of Tennessee Williams. | 12/14/23 | n/a | Fee: $2 Prize: $200 |
| Clockhouse | max 15 pages | Publication opp. Short plays in traditional and experimental styles. Standalone work only and no monologues. | 12/15/23 | n/a | n/a |
| Concord Theatricals | max 15 mins | Short plays and musicals. | 12/15/23 | NYC | n/a |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | Full Length | Plays and musicals. Open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the “hard” sciences and technology. | 12/15/23 | NYC | Commissions: $5,000-10,000 |
| Jelly Bucket | max 10 pages | Publication opp. Neurodivergent writers. Plays excluding musicals or plays for children. | 12/15/23 | Richmond, Kentucky | No Fee |
| Sundog Theatre | One Act (10-25 mins) | Original plays set on the Staten Island Ferry, set in contemporary time period. Comedies or dramas. Theme: Things Are Not What They Seem | 12/15/23 | Staten Island, New York | No Fee Prize: $200 |
| The Old Lady Project | Any length | Plays and musicals that feature significant roles for female identifying characters over 50. | 12/15/23 | Evanston, Illinois | Fee: $5 |
| Venus Theatre | max 15 mins | Single female-identifying character monologue. | 12/15/23 | Laurel, Maryland | No Fee |
| Lifeline Theatre | See right. | Dev’t opp for BIPOC playwrights who are adapting works for the stage. | 12/17/23 | Chicago | $500 stipend |
| Qutub Minar Review | One Act (max 4000 words) | Publication opp. Submit up to 2 one act plays of 4000 words each or less at a time. | 12/20/23 | n/a | No Fee |
| Branch County Community Theatre | Full Length | Plays and musicals. Children’s plays accepted. | 12/31/23 | Coldwater, Michigan | Prize: $200 |
| Editorial DALYA | 10-120 mins | Open to all writers worldwide. The play can be written in any official language of the world. | 12/31/23 | San Fernando, Cádiz | No Fee Prize: €2,800 to €4,800 |
| Exhume | Pls. inquire. | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Writers who discuss queerness and trauma. | 12/31/23 | n/a | n/a |
| Exposition Review | max 15 pages | Publication opp. Theme: “POP!” One-act plays and scenes. Author receives $50 USD for accepted work. | 12/31/23 | California | Fee: $3.50 |
| Grosse Pointe Theatre | 5-7 pages | Anyone over 18 years of age can enter, from anywhere in Michigan or across North America. Theme: “What if…” | 12/31/23 | Grosse Pointe, Michigan | No Fee |
| Hominum Journal | One Act | Pulication opp. One-act plays accepted. | 12/31/23 | n/a | n/a |
| Las Vegas Little Theatre | Full Length | Ideally looking for subject matter that will appeal to an age range of 18-30. | 12/31/23 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Prize: $150 |
| New Works Of Merit Playwriting Contest | max 2 hrs | Full-lengths, one-acts, short plays, children’s plays, published scripts, etc. | 12/31/23 | NYC | Fee: $27 Prize: $500 |
| Pipeline Arts Foundation | Full Length | Musical theatre works. Priority will be given to emerging and mid-career musical theatre artists. | 12/31/23 | Denver, Colorado | No Fee |
| Theatre In The Raw | One Act (max 30 mins) | Comedy, tragedy, drama or radio play. Int’l submissions ok. Theme: cultural/social diversity | 12/31/23 | Vancouver, Canada | Fee: $25 Prize: $300 |
| Vivid Stage | Full Length | Comedies or dramas. Contemporary topics. Focus on “the human story.” Warmth and optimism. | 12/31/23 | Summit, New Jersey | n/a |
| Zemii Media & Publishing Group | max 1 hr / One Act (60 pages) | Only plays not previously published, professionally produced, or performed are eligible. No theme. | 12/31/23 | Dover, Delaware | Fee: $25 Prize: $1,000 |
| Heller Theatre Company | max 10 mins | Playwrights tell a story one month at a time. The Top 3 advance to the next month. Continuing playwrights must submit the next installment by the first Sunday of each month until the story is wrapped up or they are no longer voted forward. | Year Round | Tulsa, Oklahoma | n/a |
| Manhattan Theatre Club | See right. | Submit a one-page commission proposal that outlines your idea for a new play that engages with themes of math, science, or technology. | Year Round | NYC | n/a |
| New York Theatre Workshop | 10 pages (sample) | Solo pieces, musicals, full-length and one-act plays. | Year Round | NYC | n/a |
| TheatreWorks Silicon Valley | 25 pages (excerpt) | Open to reading excerpts of plays and musicals from artists in all stages of their careers. | Year Round | Mountain View, California | 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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