Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with November+ 2025 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Abingdon Theatre Company | max 40 pages | Plays written by BIPOC individuals, not previously presented to New York audiences. | 10/31/25 | Long Island City, New York | n/a |
| Athena Project | Full Length | Woman, trans or nonbinary playwright. | 10/31/25 | Denver, Colorado | n/a |
| Prologue Theatre | Full Length | US playwrights. Themes: Geography, Entertainment, History, Arts & Literature, Science & Nature, Sports & Leisure | 10/31/25 | Arlington, Virginia | $2,000 stipend |
| Queens Theatre | Full Length | Plays by Japanese American writers. | 10/31/25 | NYC | n/a |
| Hypatia-in-the-Woods | 10 pages (sample) | 1-3 weeks residency. Apps from women playwrights accepted. | 11/1/25 | Shelton, Washington | Fee: $20 |
| MadLab Theatre | 5-20 mins | Int’l submissions ok. | 11/1/25 | Columbus, Ohio | n/a |
| Mesa Refuge | Full Length | 14-day residency. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 11/1/25 | Point Reyes Station, California | App Fee: $50 |
| New England Review | max 5,000 words | Plays and monologues. | 11/1/25 | Middlebury, Vermont | n/a |
| Smith & Kraus | 1-3 mins | Monologues from plays produced between August 2024 to September 2025, not stand-alone pieces. Must have onstage action and work well for auditions. | 11/1/25 | n/a | n/a |
| The Decameron Project – Hollywood | 1 min | One-minute plays. First-time writers are encouraged to submit. | 11/1/25 | Los Angeles, California | No Fee |
| Third Coast Magazine | See right. | 10-min plays and one-act plays of no more than 20 pages. | 11/1/25 | n/a | Fee: $3 |
| Newport NewWorks Musical Theater Festival | Full Length | 2-week-long, artist-driven workshop residency. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/2/25 | Newport, Rhode Island | n/a |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | Full Length | Plays and musicals. Open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the hard sciences and technology. | 11/5/25 | NYC | Commissions: $5,000-10,000 |
| Duluth Playhouse | max 20 pages | Plays and monologues written by women playwrights. Priority may be given to playwrights with regional ties. | 11/7/25 | Duluth, Minnesota | No Fee Prize: $100 |
| NYLon Fusion | max 10 pages | Theme: The Great Society | 11/12/25 | NYC | n/a |
| Surfside Playhouse | 10 mins | Holiday-themed play or musical, set anytime between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. | 11/14/25 | Cocoa Beach, Florida | n/a |
| Barter Theatre | 3-5 mins | Monologues. Must be set in Appalachia. Playwright must be Black. | 11/15/25 | Abingdon, Virginia | n/a |
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| Clockhouse | max 12 pages | Plays in traditional and experimental styles. | 11/15/25 | n/a | n/a |
| Little Fish Theatre | max 12 mins | The THEME will be announced on November 1, 2025. | 11/15/25 | Los Angeles, California | No Fee |
| The African Griot Review | 15 mins | One-act plays. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/15/25 | Kenya | No Fee Prize: Kshs 50,000 |
| The Theater Project | max 15 mins | Dramas and comedies. | 11/17/25 | Maplewood, New Jersey | $100 fee if selected, Prize: $500 |
| OneBlackBoyLikeThat Review | 3,000-10,000 words | One-act playlets accepted. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/20/25 | n/a | n/a |
| Lambda Literary Awards | Full Length | Plays that have been published in book or script form during 2025. Must be representative of/content relevant to LGBTQ+ lives. | 11/21/25 | Los Angeles, California | n/a |
| Rattlestick Theater | Full Length | Dev’t opp for early-career playwrights. | 11/21/25 | NYC | $10,000 stipend |
| Players Theatre | max 15 mins | Plays and musicals. Playwrights must produce. Theme: LUV | 11/25/25 | NYC | Fee: $50 if selected Prize: $100 |
| Amas Musical Theatre | Full Length | Musicals. Must be complete and ready for readings, workshops and/or productions. | 11/30/25 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $2,000 |
| Lost Nation Theater | 10 pages (sample) | Unsolicited scripts will be accepted and sample pages read during November. | 11/30/25 | Montpelier, Vermont | n/a |
| Moondance Int’l Film Festival | Any length | Stage play, stage play or musical for kids, radio play. | 11/30/25 | Boulder, Colorado | Fee: $50 |
| New Works Of Merit Playwriting Contest | max 2 hrs or 90 pages | One-acts, short stage plays, children’s plays, etc. | 11/30/25 | NYC | Fee: $27 Prize: $500 |
| Break a Leg Productions | 20-40 mins | Plays about love. All characters must be performed by adult actors 18 years or older. | 12/1/25 | NYC | n/a |
| Emerging Artists Theatre | See website. | Solo shows, musicals, short plays, etc.Participants receive 50% of the box office. | 12/1/25 | NYC | No Fee |
| Savannah Rep | max 2 hrs | Musicals. | 12/1/25 | Savannah, Georgia | Fee: $25 |
| Theatre Now New York | max 10 mins | Musicals across all styles and genres. Foreign language and/or bilingual scripts ok. | 12/1/25 | NYC | No Fee |
| Green Lung Studio | See right. | Opp 1: Share up to 25 mins of new or in-process work on Monday nights. Opp 2: Present finished or evening-length work with flexible weekend scheduling and technical and performance support. | Year Round | Brooklyn, New York | 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. Any subject matter. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
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