Howdy, Playwrights! Here's a list of 39 play submission opportunities with September 2026 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 |
| Alabama Writers' Cooperative / Central Alabama Theater | One Act (max 12 mins) | Original and unpublished plays. | 8/31/26 | Mountain Brook, Alabama | Fee: $15 Prize: $150 |
| American Blues Theater | Full Length | Original, unpublished plays. Int'l submissions ok. Adaptations ok. | 8/31/26 | Chicago | No Fee Prize: $3,000 |
| Fat Squirrel | 10 mins | Original plays. Theme: lovely & temperate | 8/31/26 | New Orleans, Louisiana | n/a |
| Go Try PlayWrite | See right. | Aftermath prompt. Write a 10-page max scene about neighbors coming together after a hurricane. | 8/31/26 | Hawaii | Prize: $100 |
| L’Esprit Literary Review | max 7,000 words | Publication opp. Drama accepted. Translations ok. Honorarium of $10 per published work. | 8/31/26 | n/a | Fee: $3 |
| National Queer Theater | max 90 mins | Shows by queer artists from countries that censor or criminalize LGBTQ+ communities. | 8/31/26 | NYC | stipend of $2,500 USD |
| Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast | 8-10 mins | Audio plays. Comedy. Theme: Halloween | 8/31/26 | n/a | No Fee |
| Seven Devils New Play Foundry | Full Length | Dev't opp. Plays, musicals, TYAs. Any genre or style. Int'l submissions ok. | 8/31/26 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $13 |
| Storyknife Writers Retreat | max 10 pages (sample) | Residency. Applicants must be woman-identified, 21+. | 8/31/26 | Homer, Alaska | App Fee: $40 |
| The Bite-Sized Theatrical Spooktacular | max 10 mins | Original short plays. Comedic or spooky. Theme: Halloween | 8/31/26 | NYC | n/a |
| Wicked Cat Productions | 10-15 mins | Plays centered on or meaningfully engaging with kink, fetish, and/or desire. Any genre or tone. | 8/31/26 | NYC | $50 stipend |
| Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts | max 30 pages (sample) | Residency. Submit up to 2 one-act plays or up to 2 excerpts from a longer work. | 9/1/26 | Nebraska City, Nebraska | App Fee: $35 $175 stipend/week |
| Soapbox Stageworks | 10 pages | Original plays only. All genres welcome except musicals. | 9/1/26 | Monterey, California | Fee: $15 |
| Surel's Place | max 10 pages (sample) | Residency. Open to writers. Must be 25+ and non smokers. Stipend of $100/week + $300 travel stipend. | 9/1/26 | Garden City, Idaho | n/a |
| The Stanley Drama Award | See right. | Original full-length play, musical, or one-act play sequence that has not been professionally produced or received trade book publication. | 9/1/26 | Staten Island, New York | Fee: $32 Prize: $2,000 |
| Theatre Three | max 30 mins | One-act plays. Int'l submissions ok. | 9/1/26 | Port Jefferson, New York | $150 stipend |
| Exposition Review | max 4 pages | Publication opp. Complete scene. Theme: Quake | 9/6/26 | California | Fee: $5 "cash prize" |
| Waxing & Waning | max 25 pages | Publication opp. Plays accepted. | 9/6/26 | n/a | Fee: $7 |
| Seattle Public Theater | Full Length | Any genre. The play must pass the Macha Test. | 9/7/26 | Seattle, Washington | n/a |
| Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | 60-160 pages | Dev't opp. All styles and genres of theater, including one-acts and solo pieces. | 9/10/26 | Waterford, Connecticut | Fee: $15 |
| MacDowell Colony | Full Length | Residency. Int'l submissions ok. No residency fees. . | 9/10/26 | Peterborough, New Hampshire | App Fee: $30 |
| Prospect Musicals | 8-10 mins | Musical theater lab. The theme centers storytelling through the use of many voices. | 9/10/26 | NYC | "honorarium" |
| Simons Center for Geometry and Physics | 10 mins | Plays featuring a substantial scientific and/or technological theme. Int'l submissions ok. | 9/14/26 | Stony Brook, New York | Prize: $550 |
| The 46 Minutes Collective | max 15 mins | In-development work that has not yet premiered. Any medium including theater. Excerpts of longer works ok. Playwrights must produce. | 9/14/26 | Brooklyn, New York | n/a |
| American-Scandinavian Foundation | 25-50 pages | Translations of drama written by a 20th or 21st-century Nordic author. | 9/15/26 | NYC | Prize: $5,000 |
| Cape Cod Theatre Project | Full Length | The proposed play must still be in dev't. Musicals ok. | 9/15/26 | Falmouth, Massachusetts | n/a |
| Jentel Artist Residency | max 20 pages (sample) | Send your best writing completed in the past two years. | 9/15/26 | Banner, Wyoming | App Fee: $30 |
| John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | "samples" | Fellowship. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the US or Canada. | 9/15/26 | NYC | n/a |
| PlayGround Solo Performance Festival | 30-50 mins | Accepting proposals for solo performances. | 9/15/26 | San Francisco, California | $600 fee if selected |
| Ponder Review | 10-15 pages | Publication opp. Script excerpt or one-act play. | 9/15/26 | n/a | Fee: $2 |
| Sundog Theatre | One Act (10-25 mins) | Plays set on the Staten Island Ferry, set in contemporary time period. Comedies or dramas. Theme: Anniversary! | 9/15/26 | Staten Island, New York | No Fee Prize: $200 |
| Theatre Oxford | max 10 pages | Int'l submissions ok. | 9/15/26 | Oxford, Mississippi | Fee: $12 Prize: $1,000 |
| Ojai Playwrights Summer Conference & New Works Festival | Full Length | US playwrights age 18+. | 9/18/26 | Ojai, California | n/a |
| Qutub Minar Review | 1 min (see right) | Publication opp. Submit up to 3 one-minute plays at a time. | 9/20/26 | n/a | No Fee |
| American Academy in Berlin | 2 writing samples (max 60 pages) | Fellowship program. Open only to citizens and permanent residents of the US. | 9/25/26 | Berlin, Germany | monthly stipends of $5,000 |
| New Perspectives Theatre Company | 10-15 pages (sample) | Dev't lab for emerging and mid-career women playwrights. | 9/25/26 | NYC | n/a |
| Fresh Words | 2 pages | Plays that explore the absurdity and uncertainty of existence through theatre. Int'l submissions ok. | 9/30/26 | n/a | n/a |
| New York University - Steinhardt | Full Length | New, unpublished and unproduced play scripts for young audiences. | 9/30/26 | NYC | n/a |
| Stonecoast Review | max 12 pages | Publication opp. Monologues, 1-min scripts, 10-min scripts, and experimental works. | 9/30/26 | Portland, Maine | n/a |
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