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| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Additional Info |
| Mabou Mines | n/s | Six month residency. Playwrights from NYC or MN. | 9/28/15 | NYC | n/a |
| Riverside Theatre | max 10 mins | Original solo works, preferably funny. | 9/28/15 | Iowa City, Iowa | n/a |
| City Theatre | 10 mins | Bilingual scripts & musicals ok. | 9/30/15 | Miami, Florida | Prize: $1,000 + royalties |
| Clubbed Thumb Commission | n/s | Accepting proposals. “Pls. consider the work of playwright Maria Fornes.” | 9/30/15 | NYC | $15,000 commission |
| Landing Theatre Co | 45+ mins | US playwrights only. | 9/30/15 | Houston, Texas | $100 stipend |
| Metropolitan Playhouse | Full Length, One Act | Playwrights must produce. | 9/30/15 | NYC | No Fee |
| PlayPenn | Full Length | Development conf. Prize: travel, housing, per diem & stipend. | 9/30/15 | Philly, PA | See left. |
| Playwrights’ Round Table | 10 mins | No prior Orlando prods. | 9/30/15 | Orlando, Florida | No Fee |
| Storefront Theatre | 10 mins | 5 characters, even gender breakdown. Recently produced ok. | 9/30/15 | Waxhaw, North Carolina | Prize: $100 |
| Theatre Southwest | max 10 mins | Monologues ok. Hard copy submissions only. | 9/30/15 | Houston, Texas | No Fee Prize: $100 |
| Theatre Three | max 40 mins | í‚ Multiple submissions ok. Hard copy submissions only. | 9/30/15 | Port Jefferson, New York | “small stipend” |
| Augsburg College | n/a | Job opp – Part-time Instructor. No deadline posted. | See left. | Minn’polis, Minnesota | n/a |
| Bennington College | n/a | Job opp – Drama Facultyí‚ No deadline posted. | See left. | Benng’ton, Vermont | n/a |
| CUNY Hunter College | n/a | Job opp – MFA Lecturer No deadline posted. | See left. | NYC | n/a |
| First Stage | max 30 mins | US writers only. Any genre. Hard copy submissions only. | 10/1/15 | LA, California | Fee: $15 Cash prizes |
| Henley Rose Competition | Full Length, One Act | Female playwrights. First 200 submissions only. Fee waived for DG members. | 10/1/15 | Knoxville, Tennessee | Fee: $27. Prize: stipend |
| MadLab | 5-30 mins | Multiple submissions ok. | 10/1/15 | Columbus, Ohio | n/a |
| Manhattan Rep Theatre | 40-120 mins | Playwright must produce. | 10/1/15 | NYC | $300 fee, if accepted |
| M.T. Pockets Theatre Co | max 10 pgs | 3 or fewer prods. | 10/1/15 | Morg’town, West Virginia | n/a |
| Noosa Arts Theatre | 30-45 mins | Not restricted to Australian residents. Hard copy subs only. | 10/1/15 | Noosa Heads, Australia | Fee: $A40 Prize: $5,000 |
| Nylon Fusion Theatre Company | 10 mins | Theme: Social, cultural or political happenings iní‚ 70’s-90’s.í‚ (See: Play submission tips) | 10/1/15 | NYC | n/a |
| PlayFest Santa Barbara | Full Length | Plays, musicals, translations, adaptations, and works for young audiences ok. Hard copy submissions only. | 10/1/15 | Santa Barbara, California | Fee: $25 |
| Playwrights First | Full Length | Original, unproduced plays. First 200 submissions only. Requires BOTH paper and electronic copies of the play. | 10/1/15 | NYC | $1,000 grant |
| The Fine Arts Association | 10 mins | Original, unpublished & unproduced plays. Comedy or drama. | 10/1/15 | Willo’by, Ohio | No Fee |
| The New Harmony Project | Full Length | Plays and musicals. Look at their mission statement. | 10/1/15 | New Harmony, Indiana | n/a |
| Ucross Foundation Residency Program | Full Length | Residency. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 10/1/15 | Ucross, Wyoming | Fee: $40 |
| Village Playwrights Prods | max 10 mins | Metro NYC playwrights only. Halloween theme from a LGBTQ perspective. Playwright must produce. | 10/1/15 | NYC | Prize: $100 |
| Lama Theater Company | max 10 pgs | Theme: WHAT IS YOUR ENEMY? | 10/3/15 | NYC & Israel | n/a |
| Bellarmine University | 10-min | Theme: OUR COMMON HOME. Plays should feature characters with ages ranging from 16-30 | 10/5/15 | Louisville, Kentucky | “Small stipend.” |
| The NY Musical Theatre Fest | Full Length | Any form of musicals that have not received a commercial production in NYC. Playwright must produce. | 10/11/15 | NYC | Fee: $55 |
| Camino Real Playhouse | 10 mins | Plays can be on any subject. Hard copy submissions only.. | 10/15/15 | San Juan Capistrano, California | Fee: $10 |
| Great Plains Theatre Conference | Full Length, One Act | Week-long conference, with a staged reading. | 10/15/15 | Omaha, Nebraska | Fee: $10. Prize: $500, travel & room/ board |
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| Theater | $20 fee if accepted. Prize: $200 | ||||
| Fellowship | Fee: $20 | ||||
| Theater | Fee: $35 | ||||
| Festival | Prize: $1,000 | ||||
| Project | n/a | ||||
| College | n/a | ||||
| Theater | Housing & travel | ||||
| Arts Ceter | n/a | ||||
| Theater Contest | Prize: $150 | ||||
| Theater | No Fee | ||||
| Project | Fee: $10. Prize: $1,000 | ||||
| Playwriting Contest | Fee: $20 Prize: $1000 | ||||
| Theater | n/a | ||||
| University | n/a | ||||
| Playwriting Production Company | n/a | ||||
| Theater | $75 royalty per perf. | ||||
| Community Theater | Fee: $20. Prize: $350 | ||||
| Playwriting Award | Fee: $30 Prize: $2,000 | ||||
| Theater | n/a | ||||
| Theater | Prize: $1,000 | ||||
| Playwriting Contest | Fee: $15 Prize: $3,500 | ||||
| Playwriting Commission | $1,000- 10,000 | ||||
| Theater | Fee: $10 | ||||
| Theater Group | Prize: $300 | ||||
| Theater Group | n/a | ||||
| Production Co. | Prize: í‚ $150 | ||||
| Theater | n/a | ||||
| Playwriting Competition | Fee: $25 Prize: $1,500 | ||||
| Musical Theater Festival | Fee: $75 | ||||
| Theater Group | n/a | ||||
| Festival | Fee: $20 | ||||
| Theater Organization | Fee: $20. $500 + travel, housing | ||||