Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 38 play submission opportunities with October 2019 deadlines.
Note: What’s written below is just a quick rundown of what the theaters are looking for. For complete submission guidelines, please go to their websites by clicking the theater’s name.
| Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| ScreenCraft | 20-120 pages | Original stage plays. Int’l submissions ok. | 9/30/19 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $39 Prize: $1,000 |
| Adirondack Theatre Festival | Full Length | Plays that have received previous readings, workshop or full productions ok. | 10/1/19 | Glens Falls, New York | n/a |
| Avante Garage Theatre Company | max 10 mins | Plays that demonstrate the frustrations that many Americans are having right now with the state of our country and the world at large. American playwrights only. Special consideration will be given to pieces that are comedic in nature. | 10/1/19 | Los Angeles, California | n/a |
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| Theatre | Fee: $A40 Prize: $5,000 | ||||
| Festival | Fee: $25 | ||||
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| Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival | One Act (max 1 hour) | Plays must not have been professionally produced, published, performed. Play content is NOT limited to Tennessee Williams or New Orleans-related themes. | 10/1/19 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Fee: $25 Prize: $1,500 |
| The Fine Arts Association | max 10 pages | Original plays. Previously produced scripts will be accepted EXCEPT those which had full productions in the state of Ohio. May be comedy and drama. | 10/1/19 | Willoughby, Ohio | No Fee |
| The New Harmony Project | Full Length | Unproduced stage play scripts and musicals. Note: Look at their mission statement. | 10/1/19 | New Harmony, Indiana | n/a |
| Village Playwrights Productions | max 10 mins | Playwrights must be from Metro New York area. Plays must be about Halloween, the supernatural or scary from a Gay perspective. Playwrights must produce the reading of their own play. | 10/3/19 | NYC | No Fee |
| The Sauk | Any length | Unproduced plays. Any style: comedy, drama, young audience and/or musical. Play dev’t opp including public staged readings. | 10/4/19 | Jonesville, Michigan | “royalty” |
| National Queer Theater | Full Length | Works that address the lives of LGBTQ people outside of the United States, written by playwrights from or living in those countries, will be considered. Plays must not have been previously produced in the US. | 10/11/19 | NYC | Prize: $500 |
| Caltech Theater | Full Length | New, unpublished, unproduced science-based plays. Open to playwrights in the Greater Los Angeles area, particularly women and playwrights of color. | 10/15/19 | Pasadena, California | n/a |
| Camino Real Playhouse | 10 mins | Plays can be on any subject. | 10/15/19 | San Juan Capistrano, California | Fee: $10 |
| Humanitas PLAY LA | two 10-page samples | Playwright must be based in Greater Los Angeles. | 10/15/19 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $25 Grant: $1,500 |
| Raven Performing Arts Theater | 10-20 pages / max 20 mins | Open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Original works only. | 10/15/19 | Healdsburg, California | No Fee Prize: $100 |
| She NYC and She LA Summer Theater Festivals | Full Length | Musicals, plays, or adaptations by any woman-identifying writer or writing team that is at least 50% women. | 10/15/19 | NYC & Los Angeles | Fee: $25, + $550 if accepted |
| The Little Theatre of Alexandria | One Act (20-50 mins) | Original, unpublished and un-produced (not staged for a paying audience as of the date of entry) plays. Comedy or drama. Scripts must NOT include nudity. Strong language and themes are allowed. | 10/15/19 | Alexandria, Virginia | Fee: $20 Prize: $350 |
| Tree City Playhouse | One Act (8-12 mins) | Open to all playwrights 18 years of age and older. Original dramatic works that have not been previously published. No restrictions on genre or theme. Prefers “family-friendly” plays. | 10/15/19 | Sylvania, Ohio | Fee: $5 Prize: $150 |
| Parity Productions | Full Length | Commission for women and trans and gender nonconforming playwrights. The selected playwrights will receive $2,500 each. Playwrights must submit one full-length play for award consideration, and a second writing sample, pref. a full-length play, or an unfinished play no fewer than 25 pages (or alternate form of writing). | 10/17/19 | NYC | No Fee |
| The Little Victory Theatre | max 20 mins | Plays or musicals. It can be a 20-minute cut of a full length play or musical. Playwright is responsible for hiring Director, Actors, and Stage Manager. | 10/20/19 | Staten Island, New York | Fee: $30 once accepted |
| Last Frontier Theatre Conference | 20 mins -2 hrs | Any genre except musical. The play should not have received a professional production; readings and amateur productions are acceptable. | 10/21/19 | Valdez, Alaska | n/a |
| Theatre Southwest | 5-10 mins | Original work that has not been published or produced. All genres are accepted with no regard to language or subject matter. | 10/21/19 | Houston, Texas | No Fee Prize: $100 |
| Stray Kats Theatre Company | short play | Plays pertaining to the lives of today’s Senior Citizens. Please avoid plays about the 3 Ds (death, dying and dementia), and plays that have been produced in CT. | 10/30/19 | Newtown, Connecticut | $3 donation per play (not mandatory) |
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| Award | Fee: $10 Prize: $1,000 | ||||
| Festival | Fee: $20 Prize: $1,000 | ||||
| Theater | Fee: $30 | ||||
| University | n/a | ||||
| Theatre | $75 honorarium | ||||
| Southwest Theatre Productions | Full Length | Only plays (dramas, comedies, musicals) with LGBTQIA+ or mental health themes will be considered. Open to all playwrights. | 10/31/19 | Austin, Texas | Fee: $25 |
| Ghostlight Ensemble | max 15 mins | Scripts with strong female characters that are geared toward young audiences (under 12). Open to playwrights in any geographic area. | 11/1/19 | Chicago | No Fee |
| FORGE Fuel | “sample” | Writers retreat. Open to writers of all kinds, including playwrights. | Year Round | Danbury, Connecticut | Fee: $80 |
| Playwrights Offering Free Feedback | Full Length | Full-length trade program. You must read a play and give feedback, and in return will have an opp to send a play and get feedback from other playwright. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
| Trade A Play Tuesday | 10 mins | Send in 10-min play and get same-day feedback. You must also read 10 pages of another playwright’s work, and give thoughtful feedback. Runs every Tuesday. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
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