We’ve compiled an INSANE list of 40(!) playwriting competitions with December 2013 deadlines!í‚  With Thanksgivukha, Christmas, Festivus & the Winter Solstice right around the corner, this is a time of year where it’s easy to get distracted.í‚  To say the least.í‚  But if you want to do something nice for yourself, put a couple of these submissions on your to-do list.

Theater Name / Festival Name

Play Lengths Accepted

Info

Deadline

State, City

Country

Prize / Fee

Sundog Theatre

One Act (10-25 mins)

Setting: Staten Island Ferry.í‚  Must contain 2 alternate endings.

12/1/13

Staten Island, New York

USA

Prize: $100

Jewish Women’s Theatre

Under 10 mins

Female-centered. Theme:í‚ Jewish resonance & disconnect of relationships in the age of the Internet.

12/1/13

Santa Monica, California

USA

n/a

Paw Paw Village Players

Under 15 mins

Family-friendly.

12/1/13

Paw Paw, Michigan

USA

Fee: $10; Cash prize.

Everyday Inferno Theatre Company

Full Length (max 90 mins)

Plays that explore big ideas, epic journeys, and unexpected surprises and are theatrical in nature. BIG theatre.í‚  Plays w female roles preferred.

12/1/13

New York City, New York

USA

“Small” stipend.

T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre:

Full Length

Any genre.í‚  Staged reading.

12/1/13

New York City, New York

USA

n/a

Women Playwrights International Conference

One Act & Full Length

Playwriting conference open to women worldwide. Themes: “Beyond Words,” “In Other Words,” “Choice of Words,” & “Our Own Words”

12/1/13

Cape Town

S. Africa

n/a

Orange Tea Theatre Company

Full Length (60-90 mins)

Prefers female playwrights and/or plays with strong female parts.

12/1/13

Amsterdam

Nether- lands

n/a

Astoria Performing Arts Center

Full Length

Accepts new play and musical submissions. Open to tri-state area playwrights only.

12/1/13

Astoria, New York City

USA

n/a

Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival

60-70 mins

1-week development residency.í‚  Musical theater submissions only.í‚ 

12/1/13

Auburn, New York

USA

í‚ Fee: $25

Denton Community Theatre

One Act

Comedies, dramas, musical theater submissions, and experimental pieces are all welcome.

12/1/13

Denton, Texas

USA

Prize: $2,000

National Yiddish Theatre

Full Length

Plays or musical submissions, or mixed media projects. Must be written in Yiddish, or in English that creatively incorporates Yiddish.

12/1/13

New York City, New York

USA

n/a

Southeastern Theatre Conference

One Act

Open to High school students who reside in theí‚  southeastern ten-state SETC member region

12/1/13

Greensboro, North Carolina

USA

Prize: $250, plus travel.

MadLab: THEATRE ROULETTE 2014

í‚ 5-30 mins

Mission:í‚  “A laboratory where individuals and ensembles are free to experiment without censor.”

12/1/13

Columbus, Ohio

USA

$50 prize

Utah Shakespeare Festival

Full Length

Staged reading. Must attend week-long August Festival.í‚  Must fit 1 of 2 themes:í‚  American West, ORí‚  í¢â‚¬Å“classicí¢â‚¬ characters & subjects.

12/2/13

Cedar City, Utah

USA

í‚ Fee: $20

í‚ CJZ/Rock Surfers Theatre

Full Length

Open to established Australian writers only.

12/2/13

Sydney, New South Wales

Australia

Commission: $12,500

Native Earth Performing Arts & Ontario Arts Council

Not specified

Must live in Ontario.í‚  Play development. Seeks proposals based on: Courage, Generosity, Tolerance, Character, Patience, Humility or Wisdom.

12/6/13

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

Max Grant: $5000

Simpatico Theatre Project

Not specified

í‚ Completed play, or project ideas, both welcome. Mission: í¢â‚¬Å“plays that encourages dialogue about the problems concerning the Philadelphia community.í¢â‚¬

12/7/13

Philadelphia, PA

USA

n/a

Trinity College London

Full Length

Open to playwrights worldwide. Plays must either: (1) be performable by children, or (2) target audiences aged 12-16.

12/13/13

London

UK

Prize: í‚£1,000, + travel.

Monkeyman Productions

max 15 mins

Seeks light horror/monster plays, with a preference for female writers and/or featuring female leads.

12/13/13

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

n/a

Juilliard School

Full Length (or up to 2 shorter one-act plays)

1-year academic education program. Prefers applicants who hold an undergraduate degree.

12/15/13

New York City, New York

USA

Application Fee: $60

Theatre Calgary – 2017: Canada Plays

Full Length

Seeks bold, new plays about national ideas and what it means to be Canadian. Full scripts, or proposals, both accepted.

12/15/13

Calgary, Alberta

Canada

n/a

Workhouse Theatre Company

75+ mins

Seeks scripts that are smart, daring and fundamentally entertaining. Playwright must “have ties” to Minnesota.

12/15/13

Minneapolis, Minnesota

USA

n/a

Seattle Playwrightsí¢â‚¬â„¢ Collective

Short Play (max 10 mins)

Open to Northwest playwrights. Any genre. Seeks plays that explore how technology affects our lives.

12/15/13

Seattle, Washington

USA

n/a

Playscripts / Intí¢â‚¬â„¢l Centre for Women Playwrights

20í¢â‚¬“40 mins

Open to women playwrights only. Seeks large cast, one-act comedies ideal for performance by high school students. Min 8 cast members.

12/15/13

New York City, New York

USA

Prize: $1,000

Kennedy Center – American College Theater Festival

10 mins – Full Length

Seeks new works by US university students that engage hip-hop as attitude of resistance & self-definition OR tell contemporary stories through the use of: B-Girl/B-Boying, graffiti, MC-ing, DJ-ing.

12/15/13

Washington DC

USA

Prize: $1,000

Ashland New Plays Festival

í‚ 90-120 mins

Accepts fullí¢â‚¬length drama or comedy. Must attend week-long play development process in October.

12/16/13

Ashland, Oregon

USA

Fee: $15; $1,000 stipend.

InspiraTO Theatre Festival

10-minute play

í‚ The staging of the play must involve two or more dimensions, i.e. fantasy & reality, fiction & history, past & present, living & dead, etc.

12/18/13

Toronto

Canada

$500 prize

Nylon Fusion Collective

10 – Minute Play

Play must have or relate to the theme of love or civil rights. See their play submissions advice.

12/26/13

New York City, New York

USA

n/a

Metropolitan Playhouse

30-Minute Play

Theme: Justice

12/27/13

New York City, New York

USA

n/a

Branch County Community Theatre

Full Length

Accepts Full length, unproduced plays and musicals also accepts Childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s play submissions.

12/31/13

Coldwater, Michigan

USA

Prize: $200

Congleton Players

between 20-30 mins

2-6 characters preferred

12/31/13

Congleton

UK

Prize: í‚£150

The Lace Market Theatre

Full length preferred

í‚ UK residents only, age 16+.

12/31/13

Nottingham

England

n/a

St. Louis Actors’ Studio

One Act

Open to both professional writers (45 mins max) and high school students (15mins max).í‚  Max 4 characters.

12/31/13

St. Louis, Missouri

USA

n/a

2014 Griffin Award

min 60 mins

í‚ Australia citizens or perm residents only.

12/31/13

Sydney, New South Wales

Australia

Prize: $10,000

Cape Cod Theatre Project

Full Length

Seeks plays that are still in development.í‚  Staged reading, w/ talkback.

12/31/13

Falmouth, MA

USA

n/a

Telluride Playwrights Festival

Not specified

Week-long development festival in late July. Looking for exciting plays that say something that reflect the times we live in.

12/31/13

Telluride, Colorado

USA

Fee: $10.í‚  $500 stipend + lodging

Red Mask Players

One Act

Seeks unpublished, original plays for community theater performance.

12/31/13

Danville, Illinois

USA

n/a

Mountain Playhouse

Not specified

“Each summer, the Mountain Playhouse produces a season of exciting shows ranging from the best of American musical theater to thought-provoking dramas and slapstick farce.”

12/31/13

Jennerstown PA

USA

í‚ $1,000 prize

Theatre In The Raw

10-35 mins

Preferred theme: cultural/social diversity

12/31/13

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

í‚ Fee: $25
Prize: $200

Texas Dramatists

Any length

Open to all Texas Playwrights. Any subject……………………

12/31/13

Tyler, Texas

USA

í‚ Fee: $25

 

We’ve been turning over every nook and cranny to find a ridiculous number of play submission opportunities.í‚ 

In fact, our members-only area has OVER 350 opps that accept year-round play submissions, PLUS every single contest with a deadline that we have found, including a ton with 2014 deadlines.í‚ 

So if you think this blog is helpful, then invest in your playwriting career and give yourself the gift of complete access to our members-only database.