Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opportunities with October+ 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 |
| Eugene O’Neill Theater Center | Any length | Dev’t opp. All styles and genres of drama, including one-acts and solo pieces. | 9/26/24 | Waterford, Connecticut | Fee: $15 |
| Flint Repertory Theatre | Full Length | New plays and musicals. | 10/1/24 | Flint, Michigan | n/a |
| FRIGID New York | 10-15 mins | Themes of winter, the holidays, and the horrors. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/1/24 | NYC | $80 stipend |
| Golden Antelope Press | 20 pages (sample) | Publication opp. Plays accepted. | 10/1/24 | n/a | n/a |
| New Plains Review | max 12 pages | Publication opp. One-act plays. Any style or subject matter. | 10/1/24 | Edmond, Oklahoma | Fee: $3 |
| Short+Sweet Theatre | 10 mins | Any genre. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/1/24 | Australia | Fee: $13 |
| South Carolina Theatre Association | 10 mins | Submission is FREE for the first two submissions by a SCTA Member, $15 per additional script. $20 for non-members. | 10/1/24 | Greenville, South Carolina | n/a |
| Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival | max 1 hr | One-act plays. Emerging or previously unpublished playwrights. | 10/1/24 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Fee: $25 Prize: $1,500 |
| The Players Theatre | max 90 mins | Plays and musicals. Playwrights must produce. | 10/1/24 | New York City, New York | n/a |
| Millay Arts Playwriting Core Residency | max 20 pages (sample) | Playwriting residency. | 10/2/24 | Austerlitz, New York | App Fee: $45 |
| Obsidian Theatre Festival | See right. | New, short and full length plays by emerging Black playwrights. New, musical theatre pieces in dev’t. | 10/4/24 | Detroit, Michigan | n/a |
| Furious Gazelle | max 10 pages | Halloween-themed short plays. | 10/6/24 | n/a | No Fee Prize: $50 |
| Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre | max 10 mins | Submissions are welcome from anywhere! | 10/13/24 | Moorhead, Minnesota | Fee: $10 |
| Playwrights Foundation | Full Length | Writers of all ages, backgrounds, identities, national writers, and local Bay Area writers. | 10/14/24 | San Francisco, California | Fee: TBD |
| Great Plains Theatre Commons | 30+ pages | One-act or full length. | 10/15/24 | Omaha, Nebraska | Fee: $10 $750 stipend |
| Obsidian | max 20 pages | Publication opp. One act or a collection of short scenes. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. | 10/15/24 | Normal, Illinois | n/a |
| Santa Clara Review | max 6,000 words | Drama accepted. | 10/15/24 | Santa Clara, California | n/a |
| Seven Devils New Play Foundry | Full Length | Dev’t opp. Any genre or style. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/15/24 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $10 |
| Stage Right Theatrics | max 20 mins | Short plays. NO FEE FOR NPX OR PSH MEMBERS! | 10/15/24 | Dublin, Ohio | Fee: $10 |
| Wildacres Residency Program | “sample” | 1 or 2-week residency. | 10/15/24 | Little Switzerland, North Carolina | App Fee: $30 |
| A is For | max 90 mins | One-act plays about reproductive rights and ending stigma against abortion. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/18/24 | NYC | Prize: $5,000 |
| The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow Moondancer Fellowship | max 10 pages (sample) | Fellowship for authors who express their passion for the natural world and concern for the environment through their writing. Open to playwrights. | 10/21/24 | Eureka Springs, Arkansas | App Fee: $35 |
| Durango PlayFest | 90 mins | Dev’t opp. Dramas or comedies. US playwrights only. | 10/25/24 | Durango, Colorado | $500 stipend |
| Powerstories Theatre | Full Length | Women playwrights. Any theme. | 10/25/24 | Tampa, Florida | Fee: $10 |
| Powerstories Theatre | Full Length | Women playwrights over 40. Any theme. | 10/25/24 | Tampa, Florida | Fee: $10 |
| Arizona Theatre Company | Full Length, One Act | Latine playwrights residing in the US, its territories or Mexico. Scripts may be in English, Spanish, or a combination of the two. Any subject. | 10/31/24 | Tucson, Arizona | n/a |
| Dayton Playhouse | Full Length | Original work. Fee waived for Dramatists Guild members. | 10/31/24 | Dayton, Ohio | Fee: $20 Prize: $500 |
| Exist Otherwise | max 1,000 words | Publication opp. Scripts accepted. Theme: “…you should discover, handle, tame, make irrational objects yourself.” | 10/31/24 | n/a | n/a |
| ScreenCraft | max 150 pages | Plays that have film or TV adaptation potential. Int’l submissions ok. | 10/31/24 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $49.99 Prize: $500 |
| Actors Theatre of Louisville | Full Length | Unproduced plays. | Year Round | Louisville, Kentucky | n/a |
| MOXIE Theatre | Full Length | Playwrights who identify as women+. | Year Round | San Diego, California | n/a |
| New Fortune Theatre Company | Full Length | Unpublished, previously unproduced plays. | Year Round | La Mesa, California | n/a |
| New Georges | Full Length | Women (cis + trans) and nonbinary playwright. | Year Round | New York City, New York | n/a |
| PDX Playwrights | Any length | Plays of any style, any length, and in any stage of dev’t. | Year Round | Portland, Oregon | 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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