Howdy, Playwrights! í‚ Check out below to find your 58í‚ Play Submissions Opps w/ December+ deadlines. The clock is ticking and we’re nearing the end of 2016, but this could be your chance to get your first “yes!”
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Additional Info |
| Scripps Ranch Theatre | One Act (max 40 mins) | Dev’t opp. The play mustí‚ have something to do w/ San Diego. Musicals ok. | 11/28/16 | San Diego, California | “honorarium” |
| Any length | Six-month developmental support. | 11/29/16 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | í‚ stipend of $550 | |
| Lama Theater Co | max 8 pgs | Theme: “WHY HOPE?” | 11/30/16 | NYC | n/a |
| max 15 pgs | Plays celebrating female strength. | 11/30/16 | NYC | Fee: $5 Prize: $200 | |
| Book Pipeline Competition | Full Length | Plays appropriate for film or television adaptation. | 12/1/16 | Santa Monica, California | Fee: $65 |
| max 15 pgs | Standalone pieces or excerpts from a one-act or full-length play. | 12/1/16 | n/a | n/a | |
| Four Quarter Theater | 10 mins | Theme: FIRESIDE | 12/1/16 | NYC | n/a |
| See right. | Original 1-min, 5-min & 10-min plays. | 12/1/16 | Leesburg, Florida | Prize: up to $150 | |
| Manhattan Rep Theatre | 30-90 mins | Fully produced plays. | 12/1/16 | NYC | Fee: $575 if accepted |
| Full Length | 14-day residency. | 12/1/16 | Point Reyes Station, California | Fee: $40 | |
| Signature Theatre | first 25 pgs | New musicals. 2-week dev’t workshop culminating in public readings. | 12/1/16 | Arlington, Virginia | Fee: $35 |
| work sample | Arts & Literary Arts Residency. 2-4 weeks residency. | 12/1/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival | n/s | Open to anyone developing a new musical. Includes week-long residency. | 12/2/16 | Auburn, New York | Fee: $25 |
| One Act (5-10 mins) | Plays must be unpublished, not have had a full professional prod. | 12/4/16 | Lewisburg, West Virginia | “no financial award” | |
| Kitchen Dog Theater | Full Length | Scripts should be close to production-ready. No more than 1 prod. | 12/5/16 | Dallas, Texas | $100 honorarium |
| One Act (7-15 mins) | Fully produced, original, never-produced before plays. | 12/5/16 | NYC | $15 fee once accepted | |
| Darkhorse Dramatists | One Act (10-25 pgs) | Previous prods ok. Must be unpublished. Any genre. Theme: “Valentine’s Day/Love” | 12/6/16 | Binghamton, New York | No Fee |
| max 15 mins | Must be family-friendly. Any subject matter. | 12/9/16 | Paw Paw, Michigan | Fee: $10 Prize: $150 | |
| Secret Theatre | 10-20 mins | Playwrights must produce. | 12/9/16 | Long Island City, New York | Prize: $100 |
| max 10 mins | Female playwrights only. Theme: “Hot Mess” | 12/10/16 | Prescott, Arizona | n/a | |
| Live Girls! Theater | 10 mins | Women, genderqueer, transfem & non-binary writers. Theme: í¢â‚¬Å“LOST & FOUND.í¢â‚¬ | 12/11/16 | Seattle, Washington | n/a |
| 10 mins | Theme: The F Word | 12/14/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| Austin Playhouse | Full Length | Plays must be unproduced. | 12/15/16 | Austin, Texas | Prize: $500 |
| Full Length | Plays appropriate for film or television adaptation. *Late deadline | 12/15/16 | Santa Monica, California | Fee: $75 Prize: $5,000 | |
| East End Fringe Fest | max 90 mins | Fully-cast and stage-ready shows. Participation fee is $300. | 12/15/16 | Riverhead, New York | See left. |
| 15-50 pgs | All genres. Anyone who hasn’t previously published a full-length book. | 12/15/16 | Flagstaff, Arizona | Fee: $10 | |
| Emerging Artists Theatre | See right. | One-man shows & short plays (5-60 mins) AND musicals (15-210 mins). | 12/15/16 | NYC | n/a |
| max 10 mins | Previously produced or published works ok. Musicals ok. Theme: “More Courage” | 12/15/16 | Santa Monica, California | n/a | |
| Pallas Theatre Collective | Full Length, One Act | Musicals only. Must be unpublished w/ no prior large-scale prod. | 12/15/16 | Rockville, Maryland | No Fee |
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| max 15 pgs | Short plays & musicals. Playwrights must produce. | 12/15/16 | NYC | Fee: $10 | |
| The Riant Theatre | Full Length, Short Play | Plays & musicals. Also accepts 5-30 min one-act plays w/ $1,500 prize. | 12/15/16 | NYC | n/a |
| Full Length | Plays must be unpublished and cannot have been professionally produced. | 12/16/16 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | No Fee Prize: $500 | |
| Claremorris Fringe Fest | 15 mins | New, unpublished & unperformed scripts. Int’l submissions ok. | 12/18/16 | Ireland | Fee: í¢”š¬5 |
| Any length | Plays for general audience. Previous prods ok. | 12/21/16 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $35 | |
| United Solo Theatre Fest | n/s | 1-person shows. Musical, tragedy, comedy, etc. | 12/30/16 | NYC | Fee: $59, $695 if selected |
| Any length | Plays about any of the 365 historical women (listed on the website). | 12/31/16 | n/a | n/a | |
| Arizona Theatre Co | Full Length, One Act | Latino playwrights in the US, its territories or Mexico. Scripts may be in English, English & Spanish, or Spanish. | 12/31/16 | Tucson, Arizona | n/a |
| Full Length | Unproduced plays & musicals. Hard copy submissions only. | 12/31/16 | Coldwater, Michigan | Prize: $200 | |
| Celtic Calling | max 1 hour | Original plays, vignettes, or one-acts. Must have a í¢â‚¬ËœCelticí¢â‚¬â„¢ theme. | 12/31/16 | Charleston, West Virginia | $100 stipend |
| n/s | Translated plays. | 12/31/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| Evergreen Museum & Library | n/a | Residency. Housing & stipend are covered. | 12/31/16 | Baltimore, Maryland | n/a |
| 10-30 mins | Plays must be unproduced. Hard copy submissions only. | 12/31/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| Hugh Gregory Gallagher Theatre | See right. | Short plays or monologues about “disability.” | 12/31/16 | Easton, Maryland | Prize: $500 or more |
| 45-75 mins | Playwright must produce, gets 100% of the box office. | 12/31/16 | Ithaca, New York | Fee: $25 | |
| Las Vegas Little Theatre | Full Length | New plays that will appeal to an age range of 18-30. | 12/31/16 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Prize: $150 |
| Full Length | Original, unproduced, high quality multidisciplinary plays. | 12/31/16 | NYC | No Fee | |
| Pulitzer Prize in Drama | Full Length | Plays dealing w/ American life. Hard copy submissions only. | 12/31/16 | NYC | Fee: $50 |
| One Act (10-20 pgs) | Plays w/ a Film Noir theme. | 12/31/16 | Los Angeles, California | n/a | |
| Sundog Theatre | One Act (15-25 mins) | Original plays about the Staten Island Ferries. Hard copy submissions only. | 12/31/16 | NYC | Prize: $100 |
| 30 mins | Int’l submissions ok. Radio drama, thriller/mystery genre. | 12/31/16 | West Sussex, UK | Fee: í‚£7 Prize: í‚£150 | |
| Towne Street Theatre | 10 mins | Theme: “It’s 1:24 a.m. Anything can happen.” | 12/31/16 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $10 |
| See right. | Any genre. Full-lengths, one-act plays, new works, workshop ideas (no fee). | 1/1/17 | Washington DC | Fees: $20, $25 | |
| The Dionysian Magazine | 1-10 pgs | Any content, style or theme. | 1/1/17 | n/a | n/a |
| Full Length | Plays about the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim, or the Pacific/Asian American experience. Hard copy submissions only. | 1/4/17 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Prize: $450 | |
| Full Length | Plays about Hawaií¢â‚¬Ëœi or the Hawaií¢â‚¬Ëœi experience. Hard copy submissions only. | 1/4/17 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Prize: $600 | |
| DivaFest | 45-60 mins | Plays written by women. No full prods in Indianapolis in the previous 6 months. | 1/6/17 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Fee: $25 |
| One Act (max 30 mins) | í‚ Theme: “Prosperity” as it relates to life in the East Village of today & in eras past. | 1/6/17 | NYC | n/a | |
| The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation | Full Length | Plays dealing with U.S. Marine Corps heritage or Marine Corps life. | 1/7/17 | Dumfries, Virginia | Prize:$1,000 |
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