Howdy, Playwrights! Check out below to find your 60 Play Submissions Opps w/ October+ deadlines.í‚ Get a chance to see your play produced in NYC and even to as far as Milan!
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Additional Info |
| Full Length | Non-musical plays; unpublished & never had a full prod. Any subject. | 9/30/16 | Fort Worth, Texas | Fee: $10 | |
| Full Length | Dev’t conference incl. 2 staged readings. Travel, housing, stipend included. | 9/30/16 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | See left. | |
| 10 mins | Must be original & previously unproduced in Central Florida. | 9/30/16 | Orlando, Florida | No Fee, | |
| Full Length | Latino playwrights and/or scripts focused on the lives of Latinos. | 9/30/16 | Austin, Texas | n/a | |
| One Act, Full Length | Plays that have not received a Los Angeles premiere. | 9/30/16 | Los Angeles, California | n/a | |
| 10 mins | Theme: “Disability.” Previous prods ok. | 10/1/16 | Arkansas | n/a | |
| 10-20 pgs (sample) | 2 to 4-week residency. | 10/1/16 | East Jordan, Michigan | Fee: $25 | |
| max 2 pgs | Short plays. New, unpublished works only. | 10/1/16 | n/a | n/a | |
| Full Length | Must be unpublished. Previous prods ok. Pref. shows produced 2 times. | 10/1/16 | Iowa City, Iowa | $75/performance royalties | |
| max 8 pgs | Must be related to the question:í‚ “WHO CARES?” Also accepts 2-pg monologues. | 10/1/16 | NYC | No Fee | |
| max 10 mins | Unpublished plays, w/ 3 or less prods. | 10/1/16 | Morgantown, West Virginia | n/a | |
| 5-30 mins | Also accepts collections of shorts. | 10/1/16 | Columbus, Ohio | Pays $50 to playwright. | |
| n/a | 1-month residency. Room, board & studio space provided. No residency fee. | 10/1/16 | Austerlitz, New York | $35 app fee | |
| Full Length | Plays, musicals, translations, adaptations, TYAs. Hard copy submissions only. | 10/1/16 | Santa Barbara, California | Fee: $25 | |
| Full Length | Playwrights living in North America. Adaptations ok. | 10/1/16 | San Francisco, California | Fee: $20 | |
| Full Length | Unproduced plays & musicals. Note: Look at their mission statement. | 10/1/16 | New Harmony, Indiana | n/a | |
| Theatre Now New York | max 10 mins | Musicals only. | 10/1/16 | NYC | Fee: $10 |
| Full Length | Residency. Applicants must exhibit professional standing in their field. | 10/1/16 | Ucross, Wyoming | Fee: $40 | |
| Upstream Artistsí¢â‚¬â„¢ Collective | Full Length | Theme: Deception, the practice of í¢â‚¬Å“greenwashingí¢â‚¬ | 10/1/16 | Brooklyn, New York | n/a |
| One Act (11-25 pgs) | Theme: “Thank You í¢â‚¬” I Think.” Must be prod ready. Comedies only pref. contemporary. Submissions start Sept 29. | 10/2/16 | Sarasota, Florida | No Fee, “small royalty” | |
| One Act (7-20 mins) | TWO BLOCK play prods (cast, directed, ready to be performed by early Nov.) | 10/5/16 | NYC | $30 fee once accepted, Prize: $100 | |
| 10 mins | Theme: “Risk & vulnerability.” Any genre. | 10/5/16 | Bryan, Texas | Royalty of $10/performance | |
| Bindlestiff Studio | max 25 mins | Theme: “Time After Time.” Melodrama genre. | 10/7/16 | San Francisco, California | Prize: minimum of $50. |
| One Act (max 10 mins) | Fully produced (cast, directed, ready to be performed by late Oct.) plays. | 10/9/16 | NYC | $30 fee once accepted, | |
| One Act (15-40 mins) | Fully produced, (cast, directed, ready to be performed by Nov.) original, never-produced before plays. | 10/9/16 | NYC | $30 fee once accepted | |
| Any length | Any subject. Recently written & possibly never staged before. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/9/16 | Milan, Italy | n/a | |
| Full Length | Musicals, hasn’t received a commercial prod in NYC. Must be prod ready. | 10/10/16 | NYC | Fee: $55 | |
Do You Want to Quickly & Easily Submit Your Play to Over 400 Contests & Theaters?What you see on this free blog just a small sample of whatí¢â‚¬â„¢s available in the memberí¢â‚¬â„¢s area. | |||||
| Full Length | New plays that speak to the current cultural & historical moment in time. | 10/15/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| 10 mins | Any subject. Hard copy submissions only. | 10/15/16 | í‚ San Juan Capistrano, California | Fee: $10 | |
| Centers for the Arts | 10 mins | Unpublished plays. Previous performances, prods and/or readings ok. | 10/15/16 | Bonita Springs, Florida | Fee: $15 |
| One Act (max 40 pages) | No restrictions. | 10/15/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| Great Plains Theatre Conference | Full Length, One Act | Week-long conference w/ a staged reading. | 10/15/16 | Omaha, Nebraska | Fee: $10, |
| Full Length (75+ mins) | Plays that deal w/ contemporary Jewish themes, never been produced in NYC. | 10/15/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| Manhattan Rep Theatre | 40-100 mins | New, never produced before play. | 10/15/16 | NYC | $325 fee once accepted |
| max 10 mins | Playwrights must produce. | 10/15/16 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $75 | |
| The Brown Foundation | max 20 pgs (2 samples) | 1-3 month residency. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/15/16 | France | Fee: $20 |
| Any length | All genres & styles. Month-long dev’t residency w/ 2 public readings. | 10/16/16 | Waterford, Connecticut | Fee: $35 | |
| Last Frontier Theatre Conference | 20 mins – 2 hrs | Any genre except musical. | 10/20/16 | Valdez, Alaska | n/a |
| max 50 pgs (sample) | 1 week to 2 months residency. Any language. | 10/20/16 | Ghent, New York | n/a | |
| Full Length | Plays by Native American writers addressing all themes & topics. | 10/21/16 | Los Angeles, California | “honorarium” | |
| Full Length | Musicals ok. Hard copy submissions only. | 10/31/16 | Bloomington, Indiana | Fee: $10 Prize: $1,000 | |
| Dayton Playhouse | Full Length | Original works, unpublished or unproduced. | 10/31/16 | Dayton, Ohio | Fee: $20 |
| Full Length | Plays, adaptations, musicals. Plays that address current social issues. | 10/31/16 | Cincinnati, Ohio | n/a | |
| One Act (20-50 mins) | Original, unpublished & unproduced plays. | 10/31/16 | Alexandria, Virginia | Fee: $20 Prize: $350 | |
| New York University – Steinhardt | Full Length | New, unpublished & unproduced play scripts for young audiences (ages 4-21). | 10/31/16 | NYC | n/a |
| 10 mins | The plays must be set on either a boardroom or a breakroom. | 10/31/16 | Chamblee, Georgia | n/a | |
| Actors Theatre of Louisville | max 10 pgs | í‚ Characters should be in the age range 18-28. Hard copy submissions only. | 11/1/16 | Louisville, Kentucky | Prize: $1,000 |
| See right. | Musicals, plays w/ songs, thematic revues or any comparable work. Hard copy submissions only. | 11/1/16 | NYC | n/a | |
| Cape Cod Theatre Project | Full Length | Play proposals, still in development. | 11/1/16 | Falmouth, Massachusetts | n/a |
| Full Length, One Act | Commission. Topics related to the “hard” sciences & technology. Musicals ok. | 11/1/16 | NYC | Awards: $1000 – $10,000 | |
| id Theater | Full Length | Any genre or style. Musicals ok. | 11/1/16 | NYC | Fee: $10 |
| max 10 mins | Original comedies. Hard copy submissions only. | 11/1/16 | Racine, Wisconsin | Prize: $500 | |
| One Act (max 20 pgs) | Original, unpublished plays. | 11/1/16 | Fredericksburg, Virginia | Prize: $150 | |
| One Act (max 1hr) | Unproduced, unpublished, unperformed, no formal staged reading. | 11/1/16 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Fee: $25 Prize: $1,500 | |
| Tree City Playhouse | One Act (8-15 mins) | Any genre or theme. Pref. family-friendly plays. Hard copy submissions only. | 11/1/16 | Sylvania, Ohio | Fee: $5 |
| Full Length | Plays, musicals, etc. written by a woman or a team that is at least 50% female. | 11/1/16 | NYC | Fee: $40, $750 if accepted | |
| Theatricum Botanicum | Full Length | Provocative, political & socially relevant material. | 11/1/16 | Topanga, California | n/a |
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