Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with October+ 2022 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Eugene O’Neill Theater Center | 50-150 pages | Dev’t opp. All styles & genres of drama, including one-acts & solo pieces. Int’l submissions ok. | 9/29/22 | Waterford, Connecticut | Fee: $25 |
| Athena Project | Full Length | Women playwrights. Previously unproduced plays only. | 9/30/22 | Denver, Colorado | n/a |
| Bite Sized Spooktacular | max 10 mins | Original plays or other theatrical pieces, either comedic or spooky. | 9/30/22 | NYC | n/a |
| Phoenix Theatre | Full Length | Dramatic & comedic original & un-produced plays and musicals. | 9/30/22 | Phoenix, Arizona | Fee: $10 |
| Stonecoast Review | max 12 pages | Publication opp. Accepts unpublished dramatic works. | 9/30/22 | Portland, Maine | n/a |
| The Sauk | max 15 mins | Original works or published works. Comedies & dramas. Plays with roles for teens & young people are encouraged. | 9/30/22 | Jonesville, Michigan | No Fee |
| Élan | See right. | Publication opp. Plays accepted. *Submit full manuscripts with potential excerpts clearly noted. Pieces over 1,200 words must have a marked excerpt. | No deadline posted. | Jacksonville, Florida | n/a |
| Great Plains Theatre Commons | Full Length, One Act | Plays may not have had a professional production. | No deadline posted. | Omaha, Nebraska | Fee: $10, $750 stipend |
| New York Theater Festival | 5-90 mins | Plays or musicals. Any genre. Submissions accepted from a 30-mile radius outside of Manhattan and only run if the entire cast and crew are from NYC. | No deadline posted. | NYC | Fee: $75-$250 Prize: $3,500 |
| Camargo Foundation | max 20 pages (sample) | Fellowships, 6-11 weeks. Int’l submissions ok. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 10/1/22 | France | stipend of EUR 350 per week |
| Forward Theater Co | 2-10 mins | Monologues. Theme: Out in This World | 10/1/22 | Madison, Wisconsin | $100 royalty |
| Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival | Full Length | New American plays that provide dynamic performance opps for college-aged actors. | 10/1/22 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | n/a |
| Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival | 10-30 mins | Plays that have a cast of exclusively characters in their teens & twenties. | 10/1/22 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | n/a |
| Noosa Arts Theatre | 30-45 mins | Any subject matter, theme or style. Not restricted to Australian residents. | 10/1/22 | Australia | Fee: $A40 Prize: $5,000 |
| Stage Right Theatrics | max 20 mins | Submissions should adhere to the tenets of the Natural Theatre as defined on https://stagert.org/. | 10/1/22 | Dublin, Ohio | Fee: $10 (NO FEE FOR PSH MEMBERS) |
| Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival | One Act | New work from emerging artists. Int’l submissions ok. Must be original work & not published in any way. | 10/1/22 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Fee: $25 Prize: $1,500 |
| Caldera | n/s | 2 & 3.5 week residencies. Apps from playwrights accepted. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/3/22 | Sisters, Oregon | No Fee |
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| American Antiquarian Society | max 25 pages (sample) | Fellowships for creative & performing artists & writers, including 4 weeks residency. | 10/5/22 | Worcester, Massachusetts | $2,000 stipend |
| Moxie Arts New York | n/s | Dev’t program for new, unproduced plays. | 10/7/22 | New York | No Fee “stipend” |
| Shakespeare on the Sound | 10 mins | Plays inspired by the characters in Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy “As You Like It.” PROMPT: After the Curtain: Where are they now? | 10/7/22 | Norwalk, Connecticut | n/a |
| Art Omi | n/s | Residency for published writers & translators of every type of literature. All text-based projects — fiction, nonfiction, theater, film, poetry, etc. — are eligible. | 10/15/22 | Ghent, New York | No Fee |
| Brown Foundation | “sample” | 1-2 months residency. Int’l submissions ok. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 10/15/22 | France | Fee: $25 |
| Camino Real Playhouse | 10 mins | Plays can be on any subject. | 10/15/22 | San Juan Capistrano, California | Fee: $10 |
| Obsidian | max 20 pages (see right) | Publication opp. One act or a collection of short scenes no longer than 20 pages. Excerpts of longer works ok. Translations ok. | 10/15/22 | Normal, Illinois | n/a |
| Saranac Review | See right. | Publication opp. Short plays, one acts, riveting scenes, tiny musicals & all drama that makes characters & their actions & dialogue utterly visual & necessary. | 10/15/22 | Plattsburgh, New York | Fee: $3 |
| Seven Devils New Play Foundry | Full Length | Dev’t opp. Any genre or style. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/15/22 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $10 |
| Weathervane Playhouse | max 10 mins | The play must include an umbrella — a prop that must be incorporated into the play. It must be seen on stage. No characters under the age of 16. | 10/15/22 | Akron, Ohio | Fee: $10 Prize: $500 |
| The Sauk | Any length | Unproduced plays. Any style: comedy, drama, young audience and/or musical. Play dev’t opp including public staged readings. | 10/28/22 | Jonesville, Michigan | “royalty” |
| 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 | Plays that have great film or TV adaptation potential. Int’l submissions ok. Writers 18+. | 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 |
| The Stanley Drama Award | See right. | Original full-length play, musical, or one-act play sequence that has not been professionally produced or received trade book publication. | 10/31/22 | Staten Island, New York | Fee: $30 Prize: $2,000 |
| Wildacres Residency Program | n/s | 1 or 2-week residency. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 10/31/22 | Little Switzerland, North Carolina | App Fee: $25 |
| 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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