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| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Capital Repertory Theatre | Full Length | Scripts that engage art and social justice. Pieces written by and featuring BIPOC stories and characters encouraged. Comedy and drama welcome. | 1/31/22 | Albany, New York | “small stipend” |
| KC MeltingPot Theatre | Full Length | Plays written by Black playwrights living in the US. Any topic or theme. | 1/31/22 | Kansas City, Missouri | n/a |
| New Works Of Merit Playwriting Contest | max 2 hrs or 90 pages | Full-lengths, one-acts, short plays, children’s plays, published scripts, scripts that received a workshop, a staged reading, etc. | 1/31/22 | NYC | Fee: $25 Prize: $300 |
| R5 Productions | One Act (30 mins) | Radio play. Theme: Consequences | 1/31/22 | Bucks County, Pennsylvania | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Center | max 30 pages (sample) | Residency. Encourages applications from people of color, women, and LGBTQ artists & activists. | 2/1/22 | Blue Mountain Lake, New York | App Fee: $25 |
| Repertorio Español | Full Length | Subject matter and characters must resonate with Latinx audiences and accurately depict the Latinx/Hispanic experience. May be written in either Spanish or English. Playwrights must be residents of the US or Puerto Rico. | 2/1/22 | NYC | Prize: $3,000 |
| Teatro Vivo | Full Length | Scripts that speak to the diverse Latinx experience. Plays can be monolingual or multilingual. | 2/1/22 | Austin, Texas | n/a |
| The Jane Chambers Playwriting Award | Full Length | Plays and performance texts created by women and genderqueer writers that present a feminist perspective and contain significant opportunities for female performers. | 2/1/22 | Washington, D.C. | Prize: $1,000 + $500 for travel expenses |
| Vintage Theatre | Full Length | New contemporary comedies. Int’l submissions ok. | 2/1/22 | Aurora, Colorado | Fee: $20 |
| Apricity Magazine | 15 mins | Publication opp. Previously published works ok. | 2/2/22 | Austin, Texas | No Fee |
| MacDowell Colony | Full Length | Residencies of up to 8 weeks. Int’l submissions ok. No residency fees. | 2/10/22 | Peterborough, New Hampshire | App Fee: $30 |
| The June Bingham New Playwright Commission | max 5 pages (sample) | Development opp. Open to all early-career writers who identify as cis-femme, trans-femme and/or non-binary. | 2/10/22 | Salem, Connecticut | n/a |
| Geneva Theatre Guild | One Act (max 30 mins) | The play must be unpublished. | 2/12/22 | Geneva, New York | n/a |
| IndyFringe Theatre Festival | 45-60 mins | Int’l submissions ok. Any genre including drama. | 2/13/22 | Indianapolis, Indiana | App Fee: $25 |
| Irondale | Full Length | Female-identifying artists. Seeks stories that celebrate, honor, and uplift the incredible sacrifice and strength of the women in our lives. | 2/13/22 | Brooklyn, New York | Fee: $25 |
| Orlando Shakes | Full Length | Stories that speak to diverse community in Central Florida. New plays that deal with modern “issues of our times.” Int’l submissions ok. | 2/13/22 | Orlando, Florida | n/a |
| The Playwrights Realm | Full Length | Development opp. Plays can be anything from a rough first draft to a play that is close to production-ready. Playwright must be based in and able to legally work in the USA. | 2/13/22 | NYC | n/a |
| The Playwrights Realm | Full Length | Script that would benefit from a nine-month, intensive development process. The playwright must be able to attend meetings and events in NYC. | 2/13/22 | NYC | n/a |
| The Theatre of Others | 20-30 mins | Audio play for podcast. Prompt: “FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW.” Playwrights must produce. | 2/13/22 | Podcast | n/a |
| Cincinnati LAB Theatre | 30+ mins | Original, unpublished, fully realized script. | 2/14/22 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Fee: $5 |
| Arc Stages | 1-10 pages | Original short plays inspired by the theme of Love. No restriction on style, subject, or form. | 2/15/22 | Pleasantville, New York | n/a |
| East Valley Children’s Theatre | 60-90 mins | Plays must be suitable for children to perform & for an audience of children. | 2/15/22 | Mesa, Arizona | No Fee Prize: $500 |
| Jewish Theatre of Oklahoma | max 10 mins | Monologues and/or one-acts from playwrights around the globe dealing with Mothers in the Hebrew Bible. | 2/15/22 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Prize: $100 |
| College of Charleston | Full Length | Material must be unpublished and unproduced. US playwrights only. | 2/18/22 | Charleston, South Carolina | Fee: $10 Prize: $400 |
| Ox-Bow | n/s | 3-week residencies. Fully funded. | 2/21/22 | Saugatuck, Michigan | n/a |
| Beverly Hills Theatre Guild | Full Length | Original plays, unpublished, unproduced, and not currently under any option. | 2/28/22 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $25 |
| Durango Arts Center | max 10 pages | Int’l submissions ok. Original plays only, never before produced or published. | 2/28/22 | Durango, Colorado | Fee: $12.50 |
| Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award For Playwriting | Full Length | Plays addressing the question “What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world?” | 2/28/22 | New Hampshire & Vermont | $5,000 honorarium |
| New Plains Review | One Act (max 12 pages) | Publication opp. Any style or subject matter. Unpublished works only. | 2/28/22 | Edmond, Oklahoma | n/a |
| The Good Life Review | 10 mins, One Act (max 30 pages) | Publication opp. Interested in work that showcases the diversity of The Great Plains. All genres and topics will be considered. | 2/28/22 | Omaha, Nebraska | Fee: $3 |
| The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow | 10 pages (sample) | Fellowship for writers who are parents of dependent children under the age of 18. Any literary genre. | 2/28/22 | Eureka Springs, Arkansas | Fee: $35 $400 stipend |
| Third Coast Magazine | 10 mins, One Act (max 20 pages) | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Plays that have had a staged reading or production, but have not received publication. | 2/28/22 | n/a | Fee: $3 |
| Night Picnic Press | Any length | Publication opp. Plays ok. Strange, dark, jubilant, complex, confusing, scary, mystical, and multidimensional. Previously unpublished. Translations ok. | Year Round | NYC | n/a |
| 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 |
| 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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