Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opportunities with August 2025 deadlines. This is just a small sample of what is in our mega-list available to paid members. Join now to get access!
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| William Faulkner Literary Competition | less than 1 hr | One-act plays. Open to all ages. | 7/31/25 | New Albany, Mississippi | Fee: $20 Prize: $600 |
| Free State Review | 1 min | Publication opp. One-minute plays. | 8/1/25 | n/a | Fee: $3.50 |
| I Came, I Saw, I Laughed | max 30 mins | One-act plays. Comedic story rooted in personal experience, cultural traditions, or community life. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/1/25 | Bronxville, New York | Fee: $45 |
| SPELLBINDER | max 5 pages | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Play extracts and monologues are welcome. | 8/1/25 | n/a | £3 honorarium |
| WILDsound Writing Festival | Any length | Horror stage play. 10-page play, one-act, or full stage play. | 8/1/25 | n/a | Fee: $45 |
| Mystic Players Revival | 8-10 pages | Spooky/Halloween themed one-act plays with a focus on comedies. Dramas will also be considered. | 8/3/25 | Medford, Massachusetts | No Fee $75 stipend |
| Caldera Artists in Residence | n/s | US-based creatives and cultural workers in any discipline. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 8/4/25 | Blue Lake, Oregon | $700 -$1200 stipend |
| L’Esprit Literary Review | max 7,000 words | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Translations ok. | 8/4/25 | n/a | Fee: $3 |
| New Dramatists 7-Year Residency | Full Length | Open to any playwright who is a US citizen or who resides in and has the legal right to work in the US. | 8/4/25 | NYC | n/a |
| WILDsound Writing Festival | Any length | Drama stage play. 10-page play, one-act, or full stage play. | 8/4/25 | n/a | Fee: $45 |
| Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild | n/s | Residency. Apps from playwrights accepted. | 8/4/25 | Woodstock, New York | App Fee: $30 |
| The Whole Picture Theatre at Brooklyn Bathhouse | 15 mins – 2 hrs | Accepts performance submissions including theatre. | 8/5/25 | Brooklyn, New York | n/a |
| Gather by the Ghost Light | max 17 pages | Horror genre only. Stage play or audio play format is fine. | 8/10/25 | Augusta, Georgia | Prize: $50 |
| New Art City Theatre | Full Length | Original comedies, dramas, or musicals. | 8/12/25 | Ventura, California | Fee: $25 |
| Hypatia-in-the-Woods | 10 pages (sample) | 1-3 weeks residency. Apps from women playwrights accepted. | 8/15/25 | Shelton, Washington | Fee: $20 |
| International Human Rights Art Festival | 10-20 mins | Performance work in any form – every discipline. Must be fully produced. | 8/15/25 | Long Island City, New York | No Fee $200 stipend |
| Qu Literary Magazine | max 4,000 words | Excerpts or full pieces written for stage. | 8/15/25 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Fee: $2.50 |
| Winters Theatre Company | max 10 mins | Original scripts. No theme. | 8/15/25 | Winters, California | No Fee |
| Yale Drama Series | Full Length | Int’l submissions ok. Plays written in the English language only. | 8/15/25 | New Haven, Connecticut | No Fee Prize: $10,000 |
| Fresh Words | 1 min | Comic plays. Short, sharp, and wildly creative one-minute plays that defy expectations and embrace the absurd, the darkly comic, the satirical, and the surreal. Solo performances are welcome. | 8/20/25 | n/a | n/a |
| New City Players | 10 mins | Prompt: Open lab! Submit a new 10 page or less play of your choosing. | 8/21/25 | Wilton Manors, Florida | n/a |
| The PlayGround Experiment | less than 2 mins | Monologues that represent America’s incredible diversity. Must include the word “To Be Announced” somewhere in the monologue. | 8/24/25 | NYC | n/a |
| Jan Michalski Foundation | n/s | 2 weeks to 3 months residency. Apps from playwrights accepted. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/27/25 | Switzerland | n/a |
| Planet Female Global StoryFest | max 10 pages | Plays written by female and female identifying writers. | 8/30/25 | Purchase, New York | Fee: $15-35 |
| Choeofpleirn Press | less than 90 pages | Publication opp. One-act plays. | 8/31/25 | n/a | n/a |
| Constellation Stage & Screen | Full Length | Plays must be unpublished at the time of submission (independently published is acceptable). | 8/31/25 | Bloomington, Indiana | Prize: $3,000 |
| Echo Theater Company | 60-150 pages | Non-musical stage plays. | 8/31/25 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $40 Prize: $1,000 |
| Seven Devils New Play Foundry | Full Length | Dev’t opp. Plays can be of any genre or style. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/25 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $10 |
| Storyknife Writers Retreat | max 10 pages (sample) | Two or four weeks residency. Applicants must be woman-identified, 21 years of age or older. | 8/31/25 | Homer, Alaska | App Fee: $40 |
| Ten-Minute Musicals Project | 7-20 mins | Any musical style or theatrical format. Max of 10 performers, 5 women and 5 men. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/25 | West Hollywood, California | $250 royalty advance |
| The Shrew Series | 3-5 mins | Monologues. Themes of womanhood & gender roles. | 8/31/25 | n/a | n/a |
| Theatre Oxford | max 10 pages | Int’l submissions ok. Only original plays, never before produced, are eligible. | 8/31/25 | Oxford, Mississippi | Fee: $12 Prize: $1,000 |
| Waxing & Waning | max 25 pages | Publication opp. Accepts play submissions. | 8/31/25 | n/a | Fee: $7 |
| Willapa Bay AiR | n/s | Month-long, self-directed residencies. Int’l submissions ok. | 8/31/25 | Oysterville, Washington | Fee: $30 |
| Trade A Play Tuesday | 10 mins | Send in 10-min play & get same-day feedback. You must also read 10 pages of another playwright’s work and give thoughtful feedback. Runs every Tuesday. Any subject matter. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
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