Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opportunities with December+ 2024 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 |
| Concord Theatricals | max 15 mins | Short plays and musicals. | 11/26/24 | NYC | n/a |
| Centenary Stage Company | Full Length | Developmental program for women playwrights. | 11/27/24 | Hackettstown, New Jersey | $200 honorarium |
| Athena Project | Full Length | Woman, trans or nonbinary playwright. | 11/30/24 | Denver, Colorado | n/a |
| Bunbury Players | 20-25 pages | Works must be solely original and not based on or contain any previously copyrighted material. | 12/1/24 | New York | n/a |
| Chain Theatre | One Act (10-60 mins) | Any theme or genre. Playwrights must produce. The entire team must be from the Tri-State area. | 12/1/24 | NYC | No Fee |
| Live Arts | max 100 pages | Any genre. | 12/1/24 | Charlottesville, Virginia | No Fee |
| PlayZoomers | One Act (20-30 mins) | Scripts suitable for online production. Any subject. Any genre. | 12/1/24 | online | No Fee Prize: $100 |
| Stage West Theatre | See right. | Write an original theatrical work. It could be a monologue, scene, or short play. | 12/1/24 | Fort Worth, Texas | n/a |
| Amas Musical Theatre | Full Length | Musicals. Must be complete and ready for readings, workshops and/or productions. | 12/2/24 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $2,000 |
| Bogliasco Fellowships | n/s | Fellowships or residencies. Int’l submissions ok. No residency fees. | 12/2/24 | Italy | App Fee: $30, $45 |
| Emerging Artists Theatre | See website. | Solo shows, musicals, short plays, etc. | 12/2/24 | NYC | No Fee |
| South Texas Latinx New Play Festival | 30-90 mins | New plays by Latino writers. | 12/2/24 | Texas | Fee: $10 |
| Playwrights’ Center | Full Length | Early-career Black playwrights, playwrights of color, and/or Indigenous playwrights. Two-year professional dev’t residency. US residents only. | 12/5/24 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Salary of $25,000/year |
| Berkeley Rep | See right. | 1-2 weeks residency. Projects may be anywhere along their dev’t path. | 12/8/24 | Berkeley, California | n/a |
| Lambda Literary | n/a | One-week writer’s workshop and residency for LGBTQ writers. Includes playwriting workshop. | 12/8/24 | Los Angeles, California | App Fee: $30 |
| Stoic Theatre at UST | 10 mins | Theme: New Beginnings | 12/9/24 | Houston, Texas | No Fee Prize: $100 |
| Pipeline Arts Foundation | Full Length | Priority will be given to emerging and mid-career musical theatre artists, and to original works. | 12/13/24 | Denver, Colorado | No Fee |
| Exposition Review | max 15 pages | One-act plays and scenes. Theme: Spring | 12/15/24 | California | Fee: $3.50 |
| Life Jacket Theatre Co | 10 pages (sample) | Emerging LGBTQ+ playwrights based in the NYC area who are interested in creating new investigative works based on (or inspired by) real people and events. | 12/15/24 | NYC | n/a |
| MadLab Theatre | 5-30 mins | Plays with a strong point of view. Good stories with vibrant characters. Plays that are visual. Plays that are modern. Comedy, drama, or both. | 12/15/24 | Columbus, Ohio | n/a |
| Ponder Review | max 10 mins | Plays must be inspired by the work of Tennessee Williams. | 12/15/24 | n/a | Fee: $2 Prize: $200 |
| Signature Theatre | 20 pages (sample) | Musicals. Any style. US writers only. The piece must have been written within the past five years. | 12/20/24 | Arlington, Virginia | n/a |
| The Secret Theatre | One Act (10-15 mins) | Solo shows or excerpts of a longer play. Playwrights must produce. | 12/20/24 | NYC | n/a |
| Porthole Players | max 10 mins | Plays must be loosely based on some type of true story. Submissions are welcome from anywhere. | 12/29/24 | Newport, Oregon | $50 royalty fee |
| Bilingual Foundation of The Arts | 30-60 pages | Female playwrights. Works in Spanish, English or Bilingual. Any genre. | 12/31/24 | Los Angeles, California | n/a |
| Branch County Community Theatre | Full Length | Plays and musicals. Children’s plays ok. | 12/31/24 | Coldwater, Michigan | Prize: $200 |
| Exhume | Pls. inquire. | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Writers who discuss queerness and trauma. | 12/31/24 | n/a | n/a |
| Gather by the Ghost Light | max 12 pages | Int’l submissions ok. Any genre. Adult language and situations are allowed. | 12/31/24 | Augusta, Georgia | No Fee Prize: $50 |
| Grosse Pointe Theatre | 5-7 pages | Theme: “Rockin’ through Life.” The play must feature a rocking chair as a set piece. | 12/31/24 | Grosse Pointe, Michigan | Fee: 0, $25 |
| Hominum Journal | One Act | Publication opp. One-act plays accepted. | 12/31/24 | n/a | n/a |
| International Theater Script Competition | 30-90 mins | All scripts will be accepted, including previously produced shows from all over the world. Musicals ok. | 12/31/24 | NYC | $175 participation fee |
| Las Vegas Little Theatre | Full Length | Looking for subject matter that will appeal to an age range of 18-30. | 12/31/24 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Prize: $150 |
| New Works Of Merit Playwriting Contest | max 2 hrs or 90 pages | Full-lengths, one-acts, short plays, children’s plays, etc. | 12/31/24 | NYC | Fee: $27 Prize: $500 |
| Pulitzer Prize in Drama | Full Length | Play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life. | 12/31/24 | NYC | Fee: $75 Prize: $15,000 |
| 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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