Dear Playwright,
We here at PSH have been providing free monthly lists of submission opportunities to the playwriting community for years. As anyone who has tried to do this on their own knows, it is an enormous undertaking.
This month, we have catalogued over 30 submissions opportunities… But this month only a handful are listed below.
Instead of listing all the September opps, we are running a membership drive this month, and asking that you signup as a full paid member.
Signing up will get you access to not only this month’s listings, but also to our entire database of 500+ play submissions opps. And, your support will also help us continue to be able to maintain and upgrade our services for all playwrights.
We call that a win-win.
So come signup now, and see your next play where it’s meant to be — on stage!
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add'l Info |
| Writing Contest | max 12 mins | One-act plays. | 8/31/26 | ||
| Theater | Full Length | Int'l submissions ok. Adaptations ok. | 8/31/26 | No Fee Prize: $3,000 | |
| Fat Squirrel | 10 mins | lTheme: lovely & temperate | 8/31/26 | New Orleans, Louisiana | n/a |
| Playwriting Contest | 8/31/26 | Prize: $100 | |||
| Literary Journal | 8/31/26 | ||||
| Festival | max 90 mins | 8/31/26 | NYC | ||
| Podcast | 8-10 mins | Audio plays. Comedy. Theme: Halloween | 8/31/26 | No Fee | |
| Seven Devils New Play Foundry | Full Length | Dev't opp. Plays, musicals, TYAs. Any genre or style. Int'l submissions ok. | 8/31/26 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $13 |
| Writers Retreat | 8/31/26 | ||||
| The Bite-Sized Theatrical Spooktacular | max 10 mins | Comedic or spooky. Theme: Halloween | 8/31/26 | NYC | n/a |
| Wicked Cat Productions | 10-15 mins | Plays centered on or meaningfully engaging with kink, fetish, and/or desire. Any genre or tone. | 8/31/26 | NYC | $50 stipend |
| Residency | 9/1/26 | ||||
| Festival | All genres welcome except musicals. | 9/1/26 | |||
| Residency | 9/1/26 | ||||
| Drama Award | 9/1/26 | ||||
| Theatre Three | max 30 mins | One-act plays. Int'l submissions ok. | 9/1/26 | Port Jefferson, New York | $150 stipend |
| Literary Journal | 9/6/26 | California | |||
| Literary Journal | 9/6/26 | ||||
| New Works Festival | Full Length | 9/7/26 | |||
| Playwrights Conference | 60-160 pages | Dev't opp. All styles and genres of theater, including one-acts and solo pieces. | 9/10/26 | ||
| Residency | Full Length | Residency. Int'l submissions ok. No residency fees. | 9/10/26 | ||
| Theater Lab | 8-10 mins | 9/10/26 | NYC | "honorarium" | |
| Playwriting Competition | 10 mins | 9/14/26 | Prize: $550 | ||
| Collective | max 15 mins | 9/14/26 | |||
| Translation Awards | 25-50 pages | 9/15/26 | NYC | Prize: $5,000 | |
| Theatre Project | Full Length | 9/15/26 | |||
| Residency | Send your best writing completed in the past 2 yrs. | 9/15/26 | |||
| Fellowship | Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the US or Canada. | 9/15/26 | NYC | ||
| Festival | 30-50 mins | 9/15/26 | San Francisco, California | ||
| Literary Journal | 10-15 pages | Publication opp. Script excerpt or one-act play. | 9/15/26 | ||
| Theatre | One Act (10-25 mins) | 9/15/26 | No Fee Prize: $200 | ||
| Theatre Oxford | max 10 pages | Int'l submissions ok. | 9/15/26 | Oxford, Mississippi | Fee: $12 Prize: $1,000 |
| Ojai Playwrights Summer Conference & New Works Festival | Full Length | US playwrights age 18+. | 9/18/26 | Ojai, California | n/a |
| Literary Journal | 9/20/26 | No Fee | |||
| Fellowship | 9/25/26 | monthly stipends of $5,000 | |||
| Theatre Company | 9/25/26 | NYC | |||
| Literary Magazine | Plays that explore the absurdity and uncertainty of existence through theatre. Int'l submissions ok. | 9/30/26 | |||
| University | Full Length | 9/30/26 | |||
| Literary Journal | max 12 pages | Publication opp. Monologues, 1-min scripts, 10-min scripts, and experimental works. | 9/30/26 |