Howdy, playwrights.í‚ Below is your August installment of 37 play submission opps!
| Name | Length | Description | Deadline | Location | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahatchie RiverFest | Max 60 mins | Original plays only. | 7/31/14 | New Albany, Mississippi | Fee: $10 Prize: $600 |
| Playwrights’ Round Table | 20-30 mins | Open to ALL playwrights. Limited production history ok. | 7/31/14 | Orlando, Florida | No Fee |
| Playwright’s Round Table | 90-120 mins | Any subject matter is acceptable; no nudity. | 7/31/14 | Orlando, Florida | n/a |
| Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre | 10-mins | “Send us your best work.” | 7/31/14 | Santa Cruz, California | Fee: $10 |
| Marin Theatre Co: Calicchio Prize | Full Length | Open to US professionally unproduced playwrights. Any genre. | 7/31/14 | Mill Valley, California | Prize: $2500 |
| A Room of Her Own Foundation | Full Length | Applicant must be a female playwright who has written at least one full-length play. | 7/31/14 | New York City, New York | Prize: $10,000 |
| Strange Bird Productions | 10-15 mins | Playwright must produce.___________________ | 7/31/14 | New York City, New York | n/a |
| Everyday Inferno Theatre Co | 15-45 mins | Theme: “Adventurous Women” Open to playwrights from the NYC area, & those able to travel there occasionally. | 8/1/14 | New York City, New York | n/a |
| WildClaw Theatre | max 10 mins | Seeking 10-min radio scripts in horror genre. No restrictions as to content or tone. | 8/1/14 | Chicago, Illinois | n/a |
| Overtime Theater | Full Length | Seeks original experimental & devised work. | 8/1/14 | San Antonio, Texas | n/a |
| Proscenium Journal | Any length | Accepts original plays of any length and style, original adaptations, and musicals. (Also accepts playwriting articles.) | 8/1/14 | n/a | n/a |
| UMass New Play Lab | Full Length | Bold, compelling stories about our world. 10-day residency. | 8/1/14 | Amherst, Massachusetts | Prize: $750 + accommodations |
| Tamasha: Scratch Nights | max 15 mins | Staged reading. Theme of í¢â‚¬ËœCommunity.í¢â‚¬â„¢ Open to all artists regardless of location. | 8/1/14 | London | ambiguous |
| Fourth Wall Review: Summer/Fall Issue | n/s | Online journal summer/fall issue. Intellectually and emotionally engaging work. | 8/1/14 | n/a | n/a |
| Vertigo Theater Company | max 20 mins | 4-week workshop w/ staged reading, so presumably must be local. Must be a work in progress. | 8/1/14 | New York City, New York | n/a |
Click here to become a member of Play Submissions Helper, and get access to our insane master-list of 400+ play submissions opps.í‚ (What you see on this blog is just a sample!) | |||||
| Just Theater | Full Length | Open to playwrights based in the Bay Area. | 8/1/14 | Berkeley, California | n/a |
| Ars Nova | Full Length | 2-year residency, s must be local. | 8/3/14 | New York City, New York | n/a |
| Portland Civic Theatre | Full Length | Staged reading. | 8/4/14 | Portland, Oregon | Prize: $200 |
| Skylight: Postscript | 60 mins min | Looking for full length scripts that have not been previously performed. | 8/10/14 | London | n/a |
| terraNOVA Collective | Not Specified | Writers group. Must be able to attend the 18 weekly sessions in NYC. | 8/11/14 | New York City, New York | Fee: $10 |
| Arena Stage | max 3 mins | Monologues must address or react to the American Civil War & its current reverberations. | 8/11/14 | Washington, DC | n/a |
| Yale Drama Series | Full Length | Prize: $10,000, publication of manuscript by Yale Univ Press, & staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater. | 8/15/14 | New Haven, Connecticut | Prize: $10,000 |
| London Horror Festival | max 15 mins | Entries must be in horror/thriller genre & must be written for radio. | 8/15/14 | London | Fee: í‚£2 |
| 2014 Bad Theater Fest | max 30 mins | Playwright must produce. | 8/15/14 | New York City, New York | n/a |
| Growing Stage Theatre | Full Length | Childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s plays. Staged reading, possibly followed by full production. | 8/15/14 | Netcong, New Jersey | n/a |
| Green Light Productions | One Act (15-30 mins) | Female playwrights in the Los Angeles Area. | 8/15/14 | Santa Monica, California | n/a |
| Thistle Dew | Short Play | Monologues and short plays. í‚ Theme: tall tales, lies, fibs etc. í‚ Comedy. | 8/15/14 | Sacramento, California | n/a |
| King’s Head Theatre | max 20 mins | Accepts submissions of new opera. Must be available to be in London in fall 2015. | 8/17/14 | London | n/a |
| Stay Awake! | max 10 mins | Preference given to socially conscience plays that engage the experience of Denver region. | 8/20/14 | Denver, Colorado | n/a |
| Nylon Fusion Collective | 10 mins | Play must have or relate to the theme of fear, disguises, and/or dia de los muertos. | 8/21/14 | New York City, New York | n/a |
| Fourth Wall Review: Winter 2014 Issue | n/a | Print journal, winter issue. Looking for intellectually and emotionally engaging plays. | 8/21/14 | n/a | n/a |
| TimeLine Theatre Company | Full Length | Chicagoland writers only. Seeks stories inspired by history that connect with today’s social and political issues. | 8/31/14 | Chicago, Illinois | n/a |
| American Blues Theater | Full Length | Mission: “illuminate the American ideas of freedom, equality, and opportunity.” | 8/31/14 | Chicago, Illinois | n/a |
| TLC Productions | max 15 mins | Playwright may direct, but this is not required. | 8/31/14 | Canton, Michigan | Fee: $15. “cash prize.” |
| Heiress Productions | Full Length | Scripts should be comedic (or with major comedic elements). | 8/31/14 | New York City, New York | n/a |
| Express Children’s Theatre | 25-90 mins | No age/geographic restriction. Submit up to six scripts. Family friendly. | 8/31/14 | Houston, Texas | Fee: $33-50/script. Prize: travel. |
| Marin Theatre Company: Sky Cooper Prize | Full Length | Open to emerging or established US playwrights. Any genre. Unproduced plays only. | 8/31/14 | Mill Valley, California | Prize: $10,000 |