Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opportunities with May+ 2024 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 |
| Gallery Players | 30-60 mins | Must be the play’s world premiere. | 4/30/24 | Brooklyn, New York | n/a |
| New City Players | max 10 pages | PROMPT: Write a short play about anything OR submit 10 pages of a longer play you are working on. | 4/30/24 | Wilton Manors, Florida | n/a |
| Brewster Theater Company | One Act (max 30 mins) |
Plays must have been written after January 1, 2021. Any genre. Solo shows must be no longer than 20 mins. | 5/1/24 | Carmel, New York | Fee: $25 |
| Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award For Playwriting | Full Length | Plays addressing the question “What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world?” | 5/1/24 | New Hampshire & Vermont | $5,000 honorarium |
| New England Review | max 5,000 words | Short plays and monologues. | 5/1/24 | Middlebury, Vermont | Fee: $3 |
| SPELLBINDER | max 5 pages | Play extracts and monologues are welcome. | 5/1/24 | n/a | £3 honorarium |
| New Relic Theatre | “sample” | Theme: Myth | 5/2/24 | NYC | n/a |
| Central PA Theatre and Dance Fest | One Act (30-45 mins) |
The play must not have had a prior production. Published plays are not eligible. | 5/3/24 | Bellefonte, Pennsylvania | Fee: $15 |
| Boise Contemporary Theater | Full Length | Unproduced, original works. Previous workshops ok. | 5/5/24 | Boise, Idaho | $1,000 stipend |
| Mountain Community Theater | 90+ mins | Unproduced play/musical. | 5/5/24 | Ben Lomond, California | n/a |
| National Black Theatre | n/s | 18-month residency. Emerging Black US playwrights. | 5/8/24 | NYC | “stipend” |
| Olney Theatre Center | n/a | Developmental support for diverse teams of artists interested in creating theatrical works. US artists only. | 5/8/24 | Olney, Maryland | n/a |
| The Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays | 10-20 pages | Plays should only include characters ages 16+. Content must be PG-13 and not be excessively violent or very sexual in nature. | 5/10/24 | Beaumont, Texas | Fee: $8 “cash prize” |
| Hypatia-in-the-Woods | 10 pages (sample) | 1-3 weeks residency. Women playwrights. | 5/15/24 | Shelton, Washington | Fee: $20 |
| Out of the Box Entertainment | One Act (max 20 mins) |
Must be family friendly. | 5/15/24 | Newport, Washington | Fee: $10 |
| Ragdale Residency | “work sample” | 18-day residency. | 5/15/24 | Lake Forest, Illinois | n/a |
| The Studios of Key West | max 15 pages (see right) | Residency. Int’l submissions ok. Submit 1 one-act play or 1 excerpt (monologues, acts, or scenes) from a longer work. | 5/15/24 | Key West, Florida | App Fee: $45 |
| Virginia Center for the Creative Arts | n/s | Residency. | 5/15/24 | Amherst, Virginia | App Fee: $30 |
| Blue Institute | max 9 pages | Must be appropriate for an audience of all ages. Theme: Water | 5/20/24 | Harwich Port, Massachusetts | Fee: $10 (donation) |
| Austin Film Festival | Full Length | Full-length plays, original or adapted. Int’l submissions ok. | 5/24/24 | Austin, Texas | Fee: $35 Prize: $1,000 |
| M.T. Pockets Theatre | max 10 pages | Plays must be royalty-free, preferably never produced. Also accepts monologues (5 pages). | 5/25/24 | Morgantown, West Virginia | n/a |
| PLAYA | max 10 pages (sample) | 12 or 26 day residency. Int’l submissions ok. | 5/30/24 | Lake County, Oregon | App Fee: $30 |
| Central PA Theatre and Dance Fest | 5-10 mins | The play must not have had a prior production. Published plays are not eligible. | 5/31/24 | Bellefonte, Pennsylvania | Fee: $10 |
| Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence | 7-10 pages | Works that address plants, gardens, or landscapes in the broad sense. | 5/31/24 | Upperville, Virginia | $10,000 individual grant |
| Emerald Theatre Company | max 10 mins | Theme: Remember When… | 5/31/24 | Memphis, Tennessee | Fee: $15 Prize: $100 |
| LowellArts Theatre | 10 mins | Drama or comedy. Theme: No Idea is a Bad Idea | 5/31/24 | Lowell, Michigan | Fee: $25 Prize: $500 |
| Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition | 90-120 mins | Plays that dramatize the impact of low-probability, high-consequence events. Int’l submissions ok. | 5/31/24 | Victoria, Canada | Fee: $49 Prize: $10,500 |
| Emerging Artists Theatre | Any length | Solo shows, musicals, plays, etc.Participants receive 50% of the box office. | 6/1/24 | NYC | No Fee |
| LITE 2025 | 10 mins | Plays should cause the audience to laugh, think, or be encouraged. Must be PG-clean, nothing depressing, no therapy sessions (unless comedic), no pets getting hurt, etc. Previously produced plays are ok if they haven’t been produced recently in North Carolina. Note: No website. Email submissions to Jack J. Berry at carokann@nc.rr.com. | 6/1/24 | Cary & Apex, North Carolina | No Fee |
| Northport One-Act Play Festival | One Act (10-20 mins) |
Drama and comedy. Must be appropriate to be performed in a church. | 6/1/24 | Northport, New York | $75 fee if accepted |
| The Post-Meridian Radio Players | 50-60 mins, 25-30 mins |
Radio drama adaptations of the novels or short stories of H.G. Wells for Halloween 2024 anthology. Royalty of $15 per performance. | 6/1/24 | Boston, Massachusetts | No Fee |
| Broadway Play Publishing Inc | Full Length | Contemporary American plays. Adaptations of classics are welcome. | Year Round | NYC | n/a |
| Next Stage Press | 30+ pages | Drama, comedy, farce, children’s plays, thriller, short plays. | Year Round | n/a | n/a |
| Synkroniciti | max 4,000 words | Short plays. | Year Round | Houston, Texas | Fee: $3 |
| 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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