35 Play Submissions Opps w/ February 2022 Deadlines

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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Geneva Theatre Guild	One Act (max 30 mins)	The play must be unpublished.	2/12/22	Geneva, New York	n/a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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