by PSH | May 8, 2023 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
In this post, I’m going to share a single word that can help improve your entire play. And not just this play, but every play you ever write. So what is this 1 amazing word? “But.” Stay with me here. This will take just a moment to explain. To do... by PSH | Apr 25, 2023 | Play Submissions, playwright submissions, playwriting competitions, playwriting contests, playwriting festivals
Dear Playwright, We here at PSH have been providing free monthly lists of submission opportunities to the playwriting community for years. As anyone who has tried to do this on their own knows, it is an enormous undertaking. This month, we have catalogued over 30... by PSH | Apr 8, 2023 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
Questions are a powerful thing. Questions engage the mind. People are drawn to questions. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that audiences love a play with a powerful MDQ (major dramatic question). Your MDQ could be anything, but frequently it’s some variation... by PSH | Mar 25, 2023 | 10 minute play contests, 10-minute play submissions, One-Act Play Submissions, Play Submissions, playwright submissions, playwriting competitions, playwriting contests, playwriting festivals, short play submissions, ten minute play contests
Howdy, Playwrights! This month, we have 35 play submission opps with April 2023 deadlines. Name Length Nature of Opportunity Deadline Location Add’l Info Garfield Center for the Arts 10 mins Short Attention Span Theatre. 3/27/23 Chestertown, Maryland n/a... by PSH | Mar 13, 2023 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
After our last month’s post on protagonists, we had someone write in with this astute observation: “If you think about it, the strength and ‘flavor’ of all characters you create is in the dialogue… Perhaps the criticism I have heard most...