Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 36 play submission opps with February+ 2026 deadlines.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Cast Iron Theatre | 10-15 mins | Plays or monologues. Any theme. Int’l submissions ok. | 1/30/26 | Brighton, UK | n/a |
| A is For | max 90 mins | One-act plays about reproductive justice, including the topic of abortion. Int’l submissions ok. | 1/31/26 | NYC | Prize: $5,000 |
| Athena Project | Full Length | Woman, trans or nonbinary playwright. | 1/31/26 | Denver, Colorado | n/a |
| Carlow Little Theatre Society | 20-50 mins | One-act plays. Int’l submissions ok. | 1/31/26 | Carlow, Ireland | Fee: €15 Prize: €500 |
| East Valley Children’s Theatre | 60-90 mins | Plays and musicals suitable for children to perform and for an audience of children. | 2/1/26 | Mesa, Arizona | No Fee Prize: $500 |
| Heartland Theatre Company | 10 mins | Theme: ROUTE 66 | 2/1/26 | Bloomington, Illinois | Fee: $10 |
| SPELLBINDER | max 5 pages | Publication opp. Plays accepted. Play extracts & monologues are welcome. | 2/1/26 | n/a | £3 honorarium |
| Spotlight New Works Fest | See right. | Plays for educational and community production. Full-length plays, plays with music, and musicals. 10 to 20-min musicals also accepted. | 2/3/26 | NYC | No Fee |
| Old Academy Players | 10-15 mins | One-act plays. Lighter fare recommended, comedies preferred. DO NOT SEND! THEY ARE ALREADY CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS! | 2/6/26 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | “stipend” |
| MacDowell Colony | Full Length | Residency. Int’l submissions ok. No residency fees. | 2/10/26 | Peterborough, New Hampshire | App Fee: $30 |
| Muskegon Community College | 10-15 pages | Comedic or dramatic plays of all types. Theme: CENTENNIAL | 2/14/26 | Muskegon, Michigan | Fee: $10 Prize: $100 |
| Eurodram | Full Length | Script must have been written originally in English by a European author within the last 7 years. | 2/15/26 | n/s | n/a |
| Live & In Color | 15 pages (sample) | Playwrights, composers, and lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical. | 2/15/26 | Salem, Connecticut | $1,000 stipend |
| Soapbox Stageworks | Full Length | Plays written by women and about women. Works that center on historical women and women who have made a difference. | 2/15/26 | Carmel, California | Fee: $15 |
| The Jesse L. Kearney Playwriting Initiative | 15-20 pages (sample) | Black Male-identifying playwrights (ages 18+). | 2/15/26 | NYC | honorarium of $1,000 |
| The New American Theatre | One Act (max 15 mins) | Int’l submissions ok. The plays must not have been previously produced in Los Angeles, CA. | 2/15/26 | Culver City, California | Fee: $15 |
| The Road Theatre Company | Any length | The work must remain unproduced on the West Coast and unpublished through July 1, 2026. | 2/15/26 | North Hollywood, California | Fee: $25, $45 |
| Third Coast Magazine | See right. | Publication opp. 10-min and one-act plays of no more than 20 pages. | 2/15/26 | n/a | Fee: $3 |
| Wild Imaginings | Full Length | Drama or comedy. Open to all playwrights. | 2/15/26 | Waco, Texas | n/a |
| Denver Quarterly | max 4,000 words | One-act plays and monologues. Excerpts from longer works are permissible. | 2/16/26 | n/a | n/a |
| Dreamscape Theater Company | max 15 mins | The setting should be a coffee shop. Preference will be given to playwrights from Oregon. | 2/18/26 | Corvallis, Oregon | No Fee |
| Southeastern Louisiana University | Full Length | Plays should be intended for a college-aged cast and audience. | 2/20/26 | Hammond, Louisiana | Fee: $10 |
| Verge Theater | Any length | Pieces at various levels of dev’t, from a first draft short to a fully-realized production. | 2/20/26 | Bozeman, Montana | n/a |
| WP Theater | Full Length | 2-year residency. Early to mid-career playwrights. | 2/20/26 | NYC | $4,000 stipend |
| Edmonds Driftwood Players | 10-12 mins | Theme: “MILESTONES: markers in time of significant achievements or events.” | 2/22/26 | Edmonds, Washington | n/a |
| Center Stage Israel | max 10 mins | Int’l submissions ok. Theme: Unexpected Connections | 2/26/26 | Israel | No Fee |
| Lazuli Literary Group | max 150 pages | Publication opp. Stage plays accepted. | 2/26/26 | n/a | Fee: $15 Prize: $500 |
| Strange Prescription Productions | max 10 mins | Plays should center around nightmarish situations. | 2/27/26 | San Francisco, California | n/a |
| Mine 4 God Productions | One Act (15-20 mins) | Theme: Still Going Strong: Voices of Triumph! | 2/28/26 | Dublin, Ohio | No Fee |
| Mine 4 God Productions | 5-10 mins | Monologues. Theme: Still Going Strong: Voices of Triumph! | 2/28/26 | Dublin, Ohio | No Fee |
| Sixty-Six Productions | max 30 mins | Dev’t workshop including production and a 2-week residency. | 2/28/26 | Los Angeles / Paris | n/a |
| Stageworks Studio | max 20 mins | One-act plays. One-person plays are accepted. Fee is waived for active members of the Dramatists’ Guild. | 2/28/26 | Pompton Lakes, New Jersey | Fee: $20 Prize: $250 |
| Durango Arts Center | max 10 mins | Theme: “The State We Are In.” Plays featuring Colorado or US-based subject matter. Must be suitable for 16 & up. Int’l submissions ok. | 3/1/26 | Durango, Colorado | n/a |
| Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts | See right. | Residency w/ a weekly $175 stipend. Submit up to 2 one-act plays or up to 2 excerpts from a longer work. | 3/1/26 | Nebraska City, Nebraska | App Fee: $35 |
| Millay Arts Playwriting Core Residency | max 20 pages (sample) | Playwriting residency. | 3/1/26 | Austerlitz, New York | App Fee: $45 |
| Waxing & Waning | max 25 pages | Publication opp. Accepts play submissions. | 3/1/26 | n/a | Fee: $7 |
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