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.
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Theater Name / Festival Name |
Play Lengths Accepted |
Info |
Deadline |
State, City |
Country |
Prize / Fee |
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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 |
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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 |
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Under 15 mins |
Family-friendly. |
12/1/13 |
Paw Paw, Michigan |
USA |
Fee: $10; Cash prize. |
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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. |
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Full Length |
Any genre.í‚ Staged reading. |
12/1/13 |
New York City, New York |
USA |
n/a |
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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 |
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Full Length (60-90 mins) |
Prefers female playwrights and/or plays with strong female parts. |
12/1/13 |
Amsterdam |
Nether- lands |
n/a |
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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 |
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60-70 mins |
1-week development residency.í‚ Musical theater submissions only.í‚ |
12/1/13 |
Auburn, New York |
USA |
í‚ Fee: $25 |
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One Act |
Comedies, dramas, musical theater submissions, and experimental pieces are all welcome. |
12/1/13 |
Denton, Texas |
USA |
Prize: $2,000 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Full Length |
Open to established Australian writers only. |
12/2/13 |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Australia |
Commission: $12,500 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Metropolitan Playhouse |
30-Minute Play |
Theme: Justice |
12/27/13 |
New York City, New York |
USA |
n/a |
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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 |
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between 20-30 mins |
2-6 characters preferred |
12/31/13 |
Congleton |
UK |
Prize: í‚£150 |
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Full length preferred |
í‚ UK residents only, age 16+. |
12/31/13 |
Nottingham |
England |
n/a |
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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 |
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min 60 mins |
í‚ Australia citizens or perm residents only. |
12/31/13 |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Australia |
Prize: $10,000 |
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Full Length |
Seeks plays that are still in development.í‚ Staged reading, w/ talkback. |
12/31/13 |
Falmouth, MA |
USA |
n/a |
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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 |
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One Act |
Seeks unpublished, original plays for community theater performance. |
12/31/13 |
Danville, Illinois |
USA |
n/a |
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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 |
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10-35 mins |
Preferred theme: cultural/social diversity |
12/31/13 |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
Canada |
í‚ Fee: $25 |
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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‚
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