Below are play submission opps with September 2016 deadlines:í‚ You can’t get produced, if you don’t get your work out into the world, so you know what to do.í‚ Giddyup!
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| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Additional Info |
| Manhattan Rep Theatre | max 10 mins | Fully produced (cast, directed & ready to be performed by Mid-Sept) 1 act plays. | 8/29/16 | NYC | Fee: $30 once accepted, Prize: $250 |
| Qu (Magazine) | max 8000 words | Excerpts or full pieces written for stage. Unpublished works only. | 8/30/16 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Payment: $100 |
| American Blues Theater | Full Length | Original, unpublished plays. Adaptations ok. | 8/31/16 | Chicago, Illinois | Fee: $5 Prize: $1,000 |
| Image Theater | short play | Short plays for “adult only” audience – sexy, silly, scandalous pieces. | 8/31/16 | Lowell, Massachusetts | n/a |
| Marin Theatre Co | Full Length | Any genre. Emerging or established playwrights. | 8/31/16 | Mill Valley, California | No Fee Prize: $10,000 |
| Players Workshop | 8-12 mins | No theme. Must be unpublished. Previous prods ok. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/16 | San Miguel de Allende | No Fee Prize: $50 USD |
| The Dionysian Magazine | 1-10 pgs | Any content, style and theme. | 8/31/16 | n/a | No Fee |
| Villa Ruffieux | n/a | 1-4 months residency. Accommodation & travel covered by the residence. | 8/31/16 | Switzerland | Monthly subsidy of CHF 1,500. |
| Yellow Rose Prods | Full Length, One Act | Original works not yet produced or fully staged. Female playwrights only. | 8/31/16 | Knoxville, Tennessee | Fee: $28 |
| Boulder Ensemble Theatre Co | Full Length | 1-wk res. Plays written by a parent w/ at least 1 child under 18 yrs. old as of Sept 1. | 9/1/16 | Boulder, Colorado | Prize: $250 + $250 childcare stipend |
| Darkhorse Dramatists | One Act (10-25 pgs) | Theme: Halloween. Any genre except musicals & murder mysteries. Monologues ok. Previous prods ok. | 9/1/16 | Binghamton, New York | n/a |
| FWD Theatre Project | Full Length | Musicals only. Must be unpublished w/ no prior large-scale prod. | 9/1/16 | Chicago | No Fee, $200 honorarium |
| K.H. Nelson Center for the Arts | max 30 pgs | 2-8 week residency. One-act plays or excerpts from a longer work. | 9/1/16 | Nebraska City, Nebraska | Fee: $35. $100/wk stipend + lodging. |
| PLAYA | Full Length | 2 to 8-week residency. $100 deposit if accepted (refundable). | 9/1/16 | Lake County, Oregon | Fee: $35 |
| Santa Fe Performing Arts | Full Length | Unproduced new American plays only. | 9/1/16 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | n/a |
| WSC Avant Bard | Full Length | Submissions & proposals. Classic, contemporary & new plays. | 9/2/16 | Arlington, Virginia | n/a |
| The Players Theatre | max 15 mins | Theme: Boo! Horror plays & musicals incl. a great spoof. Playwrights must produce. | 9/5/16 | NYC | Fee: $150 if selected, $100 refundable |
| Manhattan Rep Theatre | 11-25 mins | Fully produced (cast, directed & ready to be performed by late-Sept) 1 act plays. | 9/7/16 | NYC | Fee: $30 once accepted, Prize: $200 |
| Ivoryton Playhouse | One Act (max 1 hr) | Women playwrights only. Musicals ok. | 9/15/16 | Ivoryton, Connecticut | n/a |
| MacDowell Fellowship | Full Length | 1-8 week residency. | 9/15/16 | Peterborough, New Hampshire | Fee: $30 |
| Milken Playwriting Prize | 40-100 mins | Plays written for teens to perform & have a majority of female roles. Prev. prods ok. | 9/15/16 | Los Angeles, California | No Fee Prize: $2,000 |
| Radcliffe Institute | n/s | Fellowship. Stipends are funded up to $75,000 for one year. | 9/15/16 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | See left. |
| Small Fish Radio Theatre | max 10 mins | Horror radio plays. Must be unproduced. | 9/15/16 | n/a | n/a |
| Guggenheim Foundation | n/s | Fellowship intended for midcareer artists incl. playwrights. | 9/19/16 | NYC | Unspecified grant |
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| Grant | $1,000 grant | ||||
| Contest | No Fee Prize: $35 | ||||
| Theater | No Fee | ||||
| Residency | n/a | ||||
| Residency | $5,000/month stipend | ||||
| Theater | Prize: $1,000 + royalties | ||||
| Arts Company | No Fee “small royalty” | ||||
| Print Magazine | n/a | ||||
| Theater Company | No Fee, $100 stipend | ||||
| Theater Festival | n/a | ||||
| Theater Company | n/a | ||||
| University | Prize: $250 | ||||
| Theater | n/a | ||||
| Theater | “small stipend” | ||||
| Theater Collective | n/a | ||||
| Residency | Fee: $25 | ||||
| Print Magzine | n/a | ||||
| Theater | Pays $50 to playwright. | ||||
| Writing Colony | App Fee: $35 | ||||
| Theater | Fee: $40 Prize: $5,000 | ||||
| Play Festival | Fee: $25 | ||||
| Playwriting Foundation | Fee: $20 $500 stipend, travel, housing | ||||
| Theater | Fee: $10 | ||||
| Residency | Fee: $40 | ||||
| Residency | n/a | ||||
| Theater | No Fee, “small royalty” | ||||
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