Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with November+ 2023 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble | 10 mins | No restrictions on theme or tone of the plays. Any genre. | 10/31/23 | California | n/a |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters | Full Length | Musicals. US citizens or permanent residents only. | 11/1/23 | NYC | n/a |
| Community College of Baltimore County | 1-40 mins | Comedies that incorporate a vanity with a mirror. | 11/1/23 | Baltimore, Maryland | n/a |
| Foglifter | max 20 pages | Publication opp. LGBTQ+ writers. Accepts drama submissions. | 11/1/23 | n/a | $50 honorarium |
| Golden Antelope Press | 20 pages (sample) | Publication opp. Plays accepted. | 11/1/23 | n/a | n/a |
| New Art City Theatre | Full Length, One Act | Comedies, dramas, musicals. | 11/1/23 | Ventura, California | Fee: $25 |
| New England Review | max 5,000 words | Publication opp. Short plays and monologues. | 11/1/23 | Middlebury, Vermont | n/a |
| Over Our Head Players | max 10 mins | Comedies. Open to everyone w/o age or geographic restriction. | 11/1/23 | Racine, Wisconsin | Prize: $300 |
| Premiere Stages at KEAN | Full Length | Playwrights must have strong affiliations with the greater metropolitan area. Please see non-agent submissions. | 11/1/23 | Union, New Jersey | Prize: $3,000 |
| SPELLBINDER | max 5 pages | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Play extracts and monologues are welcome. | 11/1/23 | n/a | £3 honorarium |
| Chain Theatre | 10-60 mins | All themes or genres are welcome. | 11/7/23 | NYC | No Fee |
| Red Eye Theater | 10-15 mins | Development opp. Artists working in all performance disciplines are welcome to apply. | 11/12/23 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | stipend of $1,000 |
| ellipsis… literature & art | max 8,000 words | Publication opp. Drama accepted. | 11/15/23 | n/a | n/a |
| William Inge Theatre Festival | 10 mins, One Act (max 30 mins) | Playwrights are required to attend the festival. | 11/16/23 | Independence, Kansas | No Fee |
| Centenary Stage Company | Full Length | Developmental program for women playwrights. | 11/18/23 | Hackettstown, New Jersey | $200 honorarium |
| Lambda Literary Awards | Full Length | LGBTQ+ Drama. Plays and other theatrical works and performance pieces that have been published in book or script form during 2023. | 11/19/23 | Los Angeles, California | n/a |
| Valdez Theatre Conference | 20-120 mins | Play lab. Any genre and style. Open only to writers who have not participated before and don’t reside in Alaska. | 11/20/23 | Valdez, Alaska | n/a |
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| Short Play & Musical Festival | max 15 mins | Short plays & musicals. Playwrights must produce. Theme: LUV | 11/26/23 | NYC | Fee: $50 if selected, Prize: $100 |
| The Theater Project | One Act (max 15 mins) | Adult playwrights, 18 and up. Dramas or comedies. Playwrights must produce. | 11/27/23 | Maplewood, New Jersey | $100 fee if selected, Prize: $500 |
| Eclectic Full Contact Theater Company | One Act (max 30 mins) | Theme: Metamorphosis | 11/30/23 | Chicago | Prize: $250 |
| Jelly Bucket | max 10 pages | Publication opp. Plays excluding musicals or plays for children. | 11/30/23 | Richmond, Kentucky | Fee: $2 |
| Moondance Int’l Film Festival | Any length | Stage play, stage play or musical for kids, radio play. | 11/30/23 | Boulder, Colorado | Fee: $50 |
| Sundog Theatre | 45-60 mins | Radio plays. Dramas or comedies. Must be family-friendly. | 11/30/23 | Staten Island, New York | No Fee |
| Utah Shakespeare Festival | Full Length | New-play program that provides a professionally supported platform for readings, workshops, and fully realized productions. | 11/30/23 | Utah | n/a |
| Amas Musical Theatre | Full Length | Musicals. Must be complete and ready for readings, workshops and/or productions. | 12/1/23 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $2,000 |
| Arts Fort Worth | Full Length | Original play, unpublished. *Members of the Dramatists Guild need only to pay $10. | 12/1/23 | Fort Worth, Texas | Fee: $15 $500 royalty |
| Bogliasco Fellowships | n/s | Residency. Int’l submissions ok. Apps from playwrights accepted. No residency fees. | 12/1/23 | Italy | App Fee: $30, $45 |
| Bunbury Players | 20-25 pages | Works must be solely original and not based on or contain any previously copyrighted material. | 12/1/23 | New York | n/a |
| Experimental Theatre Collective | 10 pages (sample) | Opp to be a part of a collective of experimental theatre writers. Must be in the process of creating something that isn’t conventional. | 12/1/23 | NYC | No Fee |
| Live Arts | max 100 pages | Any genre. | 12/1/23 | Charlottesville, Virginia | No Fee |
| Mesa Refuge | Full Length | 14-day residency. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 12/1/23 | Point Reyes Station, California | App Fee: $50 |
| Soapbox Stage Works | max 60 pages | No musicals or children’s content. | 12/1/23 | Pacific Grove, California | No Fee |
| South Texas Latinx New Play Festival | 30-90 mins | New plays by Latino writers. | 12/1/23 | Texas | n/a |
| Artists in Partnership | max 30 mins | Comedies or dramas (or in between), or monologues. Playwrights can submit their play for production by AIP or they can self-produce it. | 12/3/23 | Long Beach, New York | $150 fee if accepted |
| 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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