Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with March+ 2023 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Athena Project | Full Length | Women playwrights. | 2/28/23 | Denver, Colorado | n/a |
| Magnetic Theatre | 5-15 mins | Open to all playwrights. Theme: Home | 2/28/23 | Asheville, North Carolina | Fee: $5 |
| Stories Found | 1-2 mins | Comedy scripts that can be easily adapted to audio. | 2/28/23 | Austin, Texas | n/a |
| Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts | See right. | Residency. $100 stipend per week. Submit up to 2 one-act plays or up to 2 excerpts from a longer work. | 3/1/23 | Nebraska City, Nebraska | App Fee: $35 |
| Millay Arts | max 15 pages (sample) | Residency. Works in progress, published pieces, excerpts from longer works, selections of short works are welcome. | 3/1/23 | Austerlitz, New York | App Fee: $45 |
| Parity Productions | Full Length | Women, trans, and gender-expansive writers. | 3/1/23 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $2,500 |
| riverSedge | max 15 pages | Publication opp. Accepts dramatic scripts. | 3/1/23 | Texas | Fee: $3 Prize: $350 |
| Tulsa Review | One Act (max 3,000 words) | Publication opp. Original, unpublished works only. | 3/1/23 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | No Fee |
| 938collective | 10-20 mins | Plays in the early stages of development, something completely new, or a little snippet of a larger project. Theme: Exhibitionism | 3/3/23 | n/s | n/a |
| Orlando Shakes | Full Length | Stories that speak to diverse community in Central Florida. New plays that deal with modern “issues of our times.” Local, national, and int’l playwrights are encouraged to submit. | 3/3/23 | Orlando, Florida | n/a |
| Exposition Review | max 4 pages | Publication opp. Accepts a complete scene for stage, up to 4 pages. Theme: Tacky | 3/5/23 | California | Fee: $5 “cash prize” |
| Scribe Playwriting Competition | Full Length, One Act | Play or musical. | 3/7/23 | Oil City, Pennsylvania | Fee: $7.50 to $19.99 |
| OnyxFest | One Act (45-60 mins) | African American playwrights. Subject matter is broad. Avoid stereotypes, degrading or disrespectful portrayals of Black life and culture, and gratuitous violence or sexual content. | 3/10/23 | Indianapolis, Indiana | n/a |
| The Coachella Review | 10-12 pages | Publication opp. Welcomes dramatic writing for both stage and screen. Monologues of up to 1,500 words accepted. | 3/10/23 | Coachella Valley, California | n/a |
| Gulfport Community Players | 5-15 mins | US playwrights only. The play must be new and never produced in the Tampa Bay Florida area. Must be family-friendly, no nudity or foul language. | 3/15/23 | Gulfport, Florida | No Fee $50 stipend |
| Loft Ensemble | Full Length | Plays that are rich in theatrical imagination and exploration of the human condition. | 3/15/23 | Los Angeles, California | n/a |
| Ponder Review | 10-15 pages | Publication opp. Script excerpt or short play. | 3/15/23 | n/a | Fee: $2 |
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| Sewanee Writers’ Conference | 20+ pages | Workshop opp. Play or an excerpt of a play. | 3/15/23 | Sewanee, Tennessee | n/a |
| The Road Theatre Company | Any length | Any genre. The work must remain unproduced on the West Coast and unpublished through July 16, 2023. | 3/15/23 | North Hollywood, California | Fee: $20, $15 |
| Tilted House | max 2,000 words | One short play or an excerpt from a longer play. | 3/16/23 | New Orleans, Louisiana | n/a |
| Left Coast Theatre Co | 10-15 mins | Play must not have been previously produced in the Bay Area. Theme: Closets are for Clothes | 3/18/23 | San Francisco, California | n/a |
| Crafton Hills New Works Festival | 10 mins, One Act | Theme: Transitions and Transformations | 3/19/23 | Yucaipa, California | Fee: $10 |
| 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?” | 3/20/23 | New Hampshire & Vermont | $5,000 honorarium |
| Southeastern Louisiana University | Full Length | Open to all playwrights. Plays intended for a college-aged cast and audience. | 3/20/23 | Hammond, Louisiana | Fee: $10 |
| Literature Today | 1 min | Publication opp. Theme: Relationships | 3/28/23 | n/a | n/a |
| Sky Blue Theatre Company | max 30 mins | Int’l submissions ok. | 3/30/23 | London | Fee: £16 |
| Two Good Dogs Productions | 15-30 mins | NYC residents, 18+. Plays that call upon the voices and experiences rooted in historically marginalized communities. | 3/30/23 | NYC | Prize: $500 |
| Atlanta Fringe Audio | 15-60 mins | Audio drama. | 3/31/23 | Atlanta, Georgia | Fee: $25 Prize: $100 |
| Enter Stage Left Theater | One Act (max 20 mins) | Must be appropriate for a PG-13 audience. May be comedy, drama, etc. | 3/31/23 | Hopkinton, Massachusetts | Fee: $20 Prize: $200 |
| Pend Oreille Players | One Act (10-20 mins) | The play must be family-friendly. | 3/31/23 | Newport, Washington | Fee: $10 |
| The Shawnee Playhouse | See right. | Short plays and full-length plays. | 3/31/23 | Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania | Fees: $15, $25 |
| Theatre Workshop of Owensboro | One Act (max 25 pages) | Plays must never have been performed. | 3/31/23 | Owensboro, Kentucky | Fee: $20 Prize: $500 |
| Vivid Stage | Full Length | Comedies or dramas. Roles for women (if any) are realistic and substantial. Contemporary topics. Focus on “the human story.” Warmth and optimism. | 3/31/23 | Summit, New Jersey | 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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I am so disappointed to see so many theatres requiring fees to submit. It’s bad enough so many produce without compensation but this is an added insult.