Howdy, Playwrights! Do you want to get your work out into the world? You know what to do! Just check out our list of play submission opportunities with October 2017 deadlines!

You can also check out this podcast for some advice and inspiration: A Theatre Trip to Texas with Laurence Wensel (podcast with Matt Ian Kelly)

Remember what we always say: Keep submitting!

*Name*	*Length*	*Nature of Opportunity*	*Deadline*	*Location*	*Add’l Info*
Fundamental Theater Project	10-20 mins	Prefers NYC-based playwrights, but encourages all to submit. Theme: FRIGHT NIGHT	9/26/17	NYC	No Fee
Collective Consciousness Theatre	Full Length	Plays must be unpublished, and with no previous (or scheduled) full productions.	9/30/17	New Haven, Connecticut	Fee: $10 “cash prizes”
Bravo Academy	60-90 mins	Canadian musicals, still in development. Suitable for performers ages 13-18 and/or emerging artists ages 18-30.	10/1/17	Toronto, Canada	n/a
Hardscrabble Theater	max 15 pages	One-act plays only. Any topic.	10/1/17	Farmingdale, New York	No Fee
InterAct Theatre Company	Full Length	Plays that are somewhere between a complete first draft and a production-ready draft. Must be written by a playwright who has had at least one professional production.	10/1/17	Center City, Pennsylvania	Prize: $1,000
Manhattan Repertory Theatre	30-90 mins	Fully produced plays.	10/1/17	NYC	Fee: $1095 once accepted
Millay Colony for the Arts	n/s	1-month residency. No residency fee.	10/1/17	Austerlitz, New York	App Fee: $35
Noosa Arts Theatre	30-45 mins	Any subject matter, theme or style. Not restricted to Australian residents.	10/1/17	Queensland, Australia	Fee: $A40 Prize: $5,000
Parish Players	max 10 mins	Any theme.	10/1/17	Thetford, Vermont	n/a
Competition	If you like these blog posts, you’ll LOVE members-only access to our 400+ play submissions opps (including the ones missing from this blog post)… As one of our member-playwrights says: “*Play Submissions Helper is THE go-to resource tool for playwrights everywhere.”* Click here now to learn more Already a paid member? login here				Fee: $25
Festival					Fee: $20 $500 stipend
Festival					n/a
Conference					n/a
Residency					App Fee: $40
Productions					No Fee
Fellowships					$1850 stipend
The Sauk	One Act, Full Length	Any style. Play dev’t opp, including public staged readings.	10/6/17	Jonesville, Michigan	“royalty”
New York Musical Festival	Full Length	Musical that has not received a commercial production in NYC. Must be production-ready.	10/11/17	NYC	Fee: $55
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center	Any length	All genres and styles of drama, incl. one-acts & solo pieces. Month-long dev’t residency, culminating in two public readings.	10/13/17	Waterford, Connecticut	Fee: $35
50 Playwrights Project	Full Length	Unproduced plays by Latin@ playwrights. The script can be in English or Spanish.	10/15/17	USA	n/a
Berkeley Rep	See right.	1 to 4 weeks residency. Projects may be anywhere along their dev’t path: from an idea to a complete draft of a text.	10/15/17	Berkeley, California	n/a
Brown Foundation	n/s	1-3 months residency. Int’l submissions ok.	10/15/17	France	Fee: $20
Camino Real Playhouse	10 mins	Plays can be on any subject.	10/15/17	San Juan Capistrano, California	Fee: $10
Cape Cod Theatre Project	Full Length	Play proposals, still in development.	10/15/17	Falmouth, Massachusetts	n/a
Empire Stage	10-30 mins	Play dealing with Christmas/Hanukkah Holiday theme.	10/15/17	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Fee: $10 Prize: $100
Great Plains Theatre Conference	Full Length, One Act	Week-long conference, with a staged reading.	10/15/17	Omaha, Nebraska	Fee: $10, $500 stipend
Jewish Women’s Theatre	One Act (max 10 mins)	Previously produced or published works ok. Monologues ok, 7 mins max. Theme: The Accidental Activist	10/15/17	Santa Monica, California	n/a
Shakespeare in the ‘Burg Theater Festival	One Act (25-60 mins)	Open to all playwrights. Any style and genre. Must be appropriate for audience of all ages.	10/15/17	Middleburg, Virginia	No Fee
Tree City Playhouse	One Act (8-12 mins)	Original works, unpublished. Any genre or theme. Prefers family-friendly plays.	10/15/17	Sylvania, Ohio	Fee: $5 Prize: $250
Omi International Arts Center	max 50 pages (sample)	1 week to 2 months residency. Any language.	10/20/17	Ghent, New York	n/a
Theatre Arts West	2-15 mins	California playwrights. Playwrights will create a piece of theatre in the form of monologue or 2 character scene inspired by their selected art piece from the EnSuite Gallery (see website).	10/20/17	California	n/a
Rover Dramawerks	10 mins	Comedies or farces. Plays may have been produced previously but not in the DFW Metroplex. Plays may not be published.	10/20/17	Plano, Texas	No Fee Prize: $150
Last Frontier Theatre Conference	20-120 mins	Any genre except musical.	10/22/17	Valdez, Alaska	n/a
Theatre Southwest	5-10 mins	All genres are accepted with no regard to language or subject matter.	10/25/17	Houston, Texas	No Fee Prize: $50
Festival	If you like these blog posts, you’ll LOVE members-only access to our 400+ play submissions opps (including the ones missing from this blog post)… As one of our member-playwrights says: “*Play Submissions Helper is THE go-to resource tool for playwrights everywhere.”* Click here now to learn more Already a paid member? login here				No Fee
Competition					Fee: $25 Prize: $500
Theatre					n/a
Award					Fee: $10 Prize: $1,000
Festival					Fee: $20 Prize: $1,000
Theatre					n/a
Theater					No Fee
University					n/a
Productions					n/a
Festival					$75 honorarium
Fellowship					Cash award of $15,000
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 & get same-day feedback. You must also read another playwright’s work & give feedback.	Year Round	n/a	n/a

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1 Comment

Vincent Harris on April 17, 2018 at 8:06 am
I am gathering, considering many of the announcements, that the future of playwriting will be geared toward women and those in the LBGQT
community.

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If you like these blog posts, you’ll LOVE members-only access to our 400+ play submissions opps (including the ones missing from this blog post)…

As one of our member-playwrights says: “Play Submissions Helper is THE go-to resource tool for playwrights everywhere.”

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