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Name

Lengths Accepted

Details

Deadline

Location

Additional Info

Chameleon Theatre Circle

10 mins, One Act, Full-Length

All styles and genres are welcomed (i.e. one-acts, musicals, full length dramas, etc.).

4/30/14

Apple Valley, Minnesota

No fee
Prize: up to $100

Dewey Decimal Festival

max 10 mins

Comedies about libraries. Open to all playwrights.

4/30/14

New Castle, New York

Prize: $5 plus snacks.

Magnolia Arts Center

max 10 mins

Open to playwrights of all ages. Play may not have been previously published.

4/30/14

Greenville, North Carolina

Fee: $7
Prize: $50

Center of the World Fest

8 – 12 mins

Seeks plays with an Eco-Drama, Peace, Justice or other social issue theme.

4/30/14

Frazier Park, California

Award: $500

American Actors UK

One Act & Full Length

The play should have primarily North American roles.

4/30/14

London

15 pounds

Black Rabbit Theatre

5-10 mins

Theme: one of the five stages of grief (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance).í‚ 

4/30/14

Toronto, Ontario

n/a

Boston Childrens Theatre

between 45-90 mins

í‚ Scripts may be plays or musicals, and must meet certain criteria related to young audiences — see website

4/30/14

Boston, Massachusetts

n/a

Golden Thread Productions

between 10-30 mins

Playwrights of all backgrounds writing about the Middle East.

5/1/14

San Francisco, California

n/a

North by South Theatre

Short pieces

Looking for proposal for a collection of companion short pieces w theme of: any holiday or winter theme.

5/1/14

Glendale, California

Commission: $200

Matchbox Childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s Theatre

60 mins preferred

í‚ Plays must be suitable for children and adults to perform for children. Musicals are okay.

5/1/14

Austin, Minnesota

Prize: Unspecified “royalties”

New England Theatre Conference

Full Length

Seeks submissions of new plays for young audiences. Open to all playwrights.

5/1/14

Hamden, Connecticut

Fee: $10
Prize: $1000

Nightwood Theatre

Full Length

Open to emerging women playwrights.í‚  Though not stated, since this is a development program, you presumably must be Toronto-based.

5/2/14

Toronto, Ontario

Fee: $15

Bare Fiction Magazine

10 pages

Seeks submissions of exciting plays for publishing in magazine.

5/3/14

n/a – Literary Magazine

n/a

Semicolon Theatre Co

25-70 pages

playwrights under 21 years of age.

5/4/14

New York

n/a

Little Pieces of Gold

max 10 mins

Open to UK writers only. Theme: Social Media

5/5/14

London, UK

n/a

Tampa Bay Theatre Fest

max 90 mins

Playwright must produce. Material must be original. Doesní¢â‚¬â„¢t matter if already published.

5/9/14

Tampa, Florida

Submission Fee: $25.í‚  $200 fee if chosen & you keep 100% of tix sales.

Tampa Bay Theatre Fest

max 15 mins

Playwright must produce. Plays must be original works.

5/9/14

Tampa, Florida

Fee: $15

Card Table Theatre

10 – 90 mins

Playwrights residing in the Midwest.Theme: Midwestern culture, values, or issues.

5/15/14

Lawrence, Kansas

No Fee
Prize: $200

The Riant Theatre

15-30 mins

Accepts drama, comedy, and musical.í‚  $350 partcipation fee if selected.

5/15/14

New York City, New York

Prize: $1,500

Turkish American Rep Theater

30 mins max

í‚ Playwright must produce. The set should be very simple.

5/15/14

New York City, New York

Fee: $20

Ragdale Residency

N/a

18-25 day writing residency.í‚  $35/day fee if accepted.

5/15/14

Lake Forest, Illinois

Residency Application Fee: $40

Rover Dramawerks

10 mins, or full-length

Seeks full-length comedies or farces, and 10-minute comedic plays. No musicals.í‚  Prev production ok.

5/15/14

Plano, Texas

Prize: $500

Something Marvelous Happens

Any length

Staged reading series seeks 10-15 minute plays or excerpts from new works.

5/15/14

Chicago, Illinois

n/a

Center for Spiritual Living

15-20 mins

Open to playwrights from NY, NJ and PA. Theme: “A decision or choice that changes everything”.

5/15/14

Princeton, New Jersey

n/a

Nylon Fusion Collective

10 mins

Theme: Freedom (e.g. independence, dependence, patriotism, freedom, being stuck).

5/16/14

New York City, New York

n/a

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5/16/14

Akron, Ohio

Fee: $10
Prize: $350

Theatre Company

5/16/14

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$5,000

Festival

5/16/14

San Diego, California

n/a

Community Theatre

5/25/14

Emerald, Victoria

Fee: $5

Prize

5/30/14

Liverpool

Fee: í‚£20
Prize: í‚£10,000

Theatre

5/30/14

San Diego, California

n/a

Festival

5/30/14

Vancouver, British Columbia

Travel funding possible

Playhouse

5/30/14

Memphis, Tennessee

Fee: $15
Prize: $500 + travel

Theatre

5/30/14

Hayward, California

Unspecified “grand prize”

Theater

5/31/14

Napa, California

Fee: $15 (may be waived).
$100 prize

Theatre Co

5/31/14

New York City, New York

n/a

Contest

5/31/14

Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Fee: í‚£5.50

Theatre

5/31/14

Cork

Fee: í¢”š¬25

Festival

5/31/14

Baltimore, Maryland

Fee: $10

Theater Group

5/31/14

New York City, New York

n/a

Theatre

5/31/14

St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

Fee: $10
Prize: $100

Festival

5/31/14

Chicago, Illinois

Fee: $10

Contest

5/31/14

Seoul, South Korea

Fee: USD $5