Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with November+ 2022 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Athena Project | Full Length | Playwright must be a woman. | 10/31/22 | Denver, Colorado | n/a |
| Bunbury Players | 20-25 pages | Works must be solely original and not based on or contain any previously copyrighted material. | 10/31/22 | New York | n/a |
| Fresh Words | 1 min / max 2 pages | Plays can be a tragedy or comedy or tragi-comedy. | 10/31/22 | n/a | No Fee |
| Old Library Theatre | One Act (15-30 mins) | Playwrights who have not had plays produced in previous festivals will receive priority in selection. | 10/31/22 | Fair Lawn, New Jersey | Fee: $5 |
| ScreenCraft | max 150 pages | Seeks plays that have great film or TV adaptation potential. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/31/22 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $49.50 Prize: $1,000 |
| The Brick | 1-20 mins | New works. | 10/31/22 | Brooklyn, New York | n/a |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters | Full Length | Musicals, plays with songs, thematic revues or any comparable work. US citizens or permanent residents only. | 11/1/22 | NYC | n/a |
| Coe College | Full Length | New play in its final stages of development that would benefit from a week-long workshop. | 11/1/22 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Prize: $500 |
| Foglifter | max 20 pages | Publication opp. LGBTQ+ writers. Accepts drama submissions. | 11/1/22 | n/a | $50 honorarium |
| New England Review | max 5,000 words | Publication opp. Short plays and monologues. | 11/1/22 | Middlebury, Vermont | Fee: $3 |
| Northern Michigan University | Full Length | Any style. Theme: Rural America | 11/1/22 | Marquette, Michigan | Prize: $2,000 |
| Over Our Head Players | max 10 mins | Comedies. Open to everyone w/o age or geographic restriction. | 11/1/22 | Racine, Wisconsin | Prize: $500 |
| Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival | One Act | New work from emerging artists. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/1/22 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Fee: $25 Prize: $1,500 |
| Third Coast Magazine | One Act (max 20 pages) | Publication opp. Drama accepted. | 11/1/22 | n/a | Fee: $3 |
| Downtown Urban Arts Festival | n/s | Theatrical works (plays, musicals, and solo performances). | 11/7/22 | NYC | n/a |
| Centenary Stage Company | Full Length | Plays with no prior AEA production. Developmental program for women playwrights. | 11/11/22 | Hackettstown, New Jersey | $200 honorarium |
| Company of Fools | 10 mins | Comedies. Theme: Dare to Fail Gloriously | 11/11/22 | NYC | n/a |
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| InterAct Theatre Company | Full Length | US-based playwrights who would be interested in spending time in conversation with the community of African American Muslims in Philadelphia. | 11/11/22 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $15,000 commission |
| Red Eye Theater | 10-15 mins | Development opp. Artists working in all performance disciplines are welcome to apply. | 11/11/22 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | stipend of $1000 |
| Last Frontier Theatre Conference | max 30 mins | Play lab. Any genre except musicals. | 11/15/22 | Valdez, Alaska | Fee: $100 |
| Fresh Fruit Festival | One Act, Full Length | Plays that highlight or showcase the LGBTQ experience, and are finished, self-produced shows. | 11/28/22 | NYC | No Fee |
| StageQ | One Act (10-40 mins) | Playwrights who identify as LGBTQ+, local and national. Looking for stories surrounding the queer experience. | 11/28/22 | Madison, Wisconsin | n/a |
| The Theater Project | One Act (max 15 mins) | Adult playwrights, 18 and up. Plays can be either dramas or comedies. Playwrights must produce. | 11/28/22 | Maplewood, New Jersey | $100 fee if selected, Prize: $500 |
| William Inge Theater Festival | 10 mins, One Act (max 30 mins) | Playwrights are required to attend the festival. Selected playwrights conference registration fee is $225. | 11/28/22 | Independence, Kansas | n/a |
| Moondance Int’l Film Festival | 1, 2 or 3-act | Stage play, stage play or musical for kids, radio play. | 11/30/22 | Boulder, Colorado | Fee: $50 |
| Smith & Kraus | 10 mins | Plays must be produced between April 2022 and July 2023. | 11/30/22 | n/a | n/a |
| Smith & Kraus | 1-3 mins | Monologues from plays, not stand-alone pieces. Must be from plays produced between April 2022 and July 2023. | 11/30/22 | n/a | n/a |
| Emerging Artists Theatre | See right. | 3-week developmental program. Plays and musicals accepted. | 12/1/22 | NYC | No Fee |
| Free State Review | 1 min | Publication opp. One-minute plays. | 12/1/22 | n/a | Fee: $3.50 |
| International Human Rights Art Festival | 10 mins | Self-produced pieces which are built around a social concern. | 12/1/22 | NYC | No Fee |
| Lake Shore Center for the Arts | One Act (8-12 mins) | Int’l submissions ok. Comedy and drama. | 12/1/22 | Westfield, New York | Fee: $10 |
| Philadelphia Artists’ Collective | max 10 mins | Theme: The Evolution of Human Rights. | 12/1/22 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | n/a |
| The Players Theatre | n/a | Original plays and musicals. Applicants are responsible for producing their show. | 12/1/22 | 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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