Below are 50 playwriting contests with January, or late December, deadlines! í‚ The New Year is already upon us– if your resolution is to step up your playwriting contest submitting, now is the time to start off on the right foot! (Note that the only late December deadlines we added to this post are those that we did not already have included in the December playwriting competitions post published earlier.)

Theater Name / Festival Name

Play Length

Description

Deadline

Location

Additional Info

The Players Theatre

Max 15 mins

Plays must be inspired by or focused on Valentineí¢â‚¬â„¢s Day and similar topics.

12/21/13

New York City, New York

Prize: $100

Fluff Productions/No More Page Three

30-40 mins

Play should be anything that is inspired by the “No More Page Three” campaign — a campaign to stop The Sun from including pictures of topless models

12/23/13

London, UK

n/a

í‚ Pearl Savoy-Miniex Memorial Competition

Full Length (30+ pages)

Open to all playwrights. Original full-length plays only.

12/31/13

Alexandria, Louisiana

Fee: $35 – $50 Prize: $500

Ebell of Los Angeles Prize

90 – 105 mins

Open only to FEMALE RESIDENTS of the state of CALIFORNIA.í‚  Also accepts shorter solo shows.

12/31/13

Los Angeles, California

í‚ Fee: $50 Prize: $6,000

Arizona Theatre Company

50 pages min

Open to Latino playwrights residing in the US or Mexico. Scripts may be in English, Spanish, or a combination. Any subject.

12/31/13

Tucson, Arizona

Prize: $1,000

Las Vegas Little Theatre

Full Length (90+ minutes)

Plays should appeal to an age range of 18 í¢â‚¬“ 30.

12/31/13

Las Vegas, Nevada

Prize: $150

Gadfly Theatre Productions

One Act

Must contain queer or feminist themes in a sci-fi/fantasy genre

1/1/14

Saint Paul, Minnesota

n/a

Schreiber’s Shorts 2014

10-minute play

Plays that deal with the theme of identity (ex: immigrant experiences, cultural differences, national identity).

1/1/14

New York City, New York

n/a

Kitchen Dog Theater

Full Length

No restrictions on play content.

1/1/14

Dallas, Texas

Prize TBA.

StageQ

15 mins max

Seeks short LBQT plays and musicals.

1/1/14

Madison, Wisconsin

n/a

Young Playwrights Inc

Full Length

US writers, age 18 or below.í‚  Winners attend NYC conference.

1/2/14

New York City, New York

n/a

Kumu Kahua Theatre: Hawaií¢â‚¬Ëœi Prize

Full Length

The play must be set in Hawaií¢â‚¬Ëœi or deal with some aspect of the Hawaií¢â‚¬Ëœi experience.

1/2/14

Honolulu, Hawaii

Prize: $600

Kumu Kahua Theatre: Pacific/Rim Prize

Full Length

The play must be set in or deal with the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim, or the Pacific/Asian American experience.

1/2/14

Honolulu, Hawaii

Prize: $450

Kumu Kahua Theatre: Resident Prize

Any length

Open to the residents of Hawaií¢â‚¬Ëœi. The plays may be on any topic.

1/2/14

Honolulu, Hawaii

Prize: $250

HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP)

Full Length

Year-long development residency for mid-career NYC-area writers.

1/3/14

New York City, New York

$1,000+

Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte

Full Length

Seeks new plays by emerging American playwrights. Week-long residency.í‚  Winner will get full production.

1/3/14

Charlotte, North Carolina

$500 prize + festival travel/housing

Venus Theatre

Full Length

Seeks plays that have strong female characters; must be drama or comedy for adult audiences.

1/5/14

Laurel, Maryland

n/a

Manhattan Repertory Theatre

í‚ 40-120 minutes

Seeks fully produced original plays.í‚  Must bring 10 audience members avg, over 3 performances

1/6/14

New York City, New York

$300 security deposit

Yale Institute for Music Theatre

Full Length

Musical theater. Recent grads or grad students only.

1/7/14

New Haven, Connecticut

$1,000 + travel

TLW Lexicon 2014

20 mins max

Seeks plays or short stories that include the title and something about a book that was first published prior to 1930.í‚  Family friendly.

1/10/14

Faversham (near London)

Fee: í‚£3

Ball State University

Full Length

Musicals.í‚  Must attend 4-day musical theater staged reading festival.

1/10/14

Muncie, Indiana

n/a

Source Festival

10-minute play

Themes:í‚  Mortality/Immortality. Revenge, or Quests

1/10/14

Washington, DC

NA

King’s Theatre

max 10 minutes

í‚ Open to anybody. Any genre.

1/10/14

Annapolis Royal, Canada

Entry Fee: $10 Prize: $200

Jewel Box Theatre

Full Length

Plays should be of a strong ensemble nature with emphasis on character rather than spectacle………………

1/10/14

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Entry Fee: $5 Prize: $750

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24:7 Theatre Festival

40-60 mins

Anyí‚  theme or style. Original works only.

1/13/14

Manchester, UK

Submission Fee: í‚£27

Jewish Women’s Theatre

10 min max

Stories from our sacred texts are reinterpreted for the modern age.

1/15/14

Santa Monica, California

n/a

Southern Playwrights Competition

Full Length

Open to residents or products of southern US states only. Plays must deal with the Southern experience.

1/15/14

Jacksonville, Alabama

Prize: $1,000

Artemisia Theatre

Full Length

Open to all playwrights. Staged reading. The play must be about women, have 1+í‚  female leading character and challenge perception of women.

1/15/14

Chicago, Illinois

n/a

Cary Playwrights Forum

max 20 minutes

Original scripts about the abuse of power and control in domestic relationships.

1/15/14

Cary, North Carolina

n/a

Premiere Stages

Full Length

í‚ Playwrights who were born or reside in greater NYC metropolitan area. Contemporary issues.

1/15/14

Union, New Jersey

Prize: $2000

Theatre Arts West

See next column

Accepts submissions of 10-minute play, half-hour play, full comedy, drama, musicals, childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s theatre, and childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s musicals.

1/15/14

Fallbrook, California

n/a

Shakespeare in the í¢â‚¬ËœBurg

í‚ 25 mins – 1 hour

Plays in any style and genre are welcome (i.e. not a “Shakespeare festival.”)

1/15/14

Middleburg, Virginia

n/a

The Cabrini Repertory Theater

40-50 minutes

Only plays from NY & NJ will be accepted.

1/15/14

New York City, New York

Prize: $2,500. $250í‚  refundable deposit if accepted.

Fringe of Marin Festival

15-30 mins

Unclear if playwright must produce. 8-10 minute monologues also accepted.

1/15/14

San Francisco Bay Area, California

$15 fee.

Small Fish Radio Theatre

6-10 min radio play

í‚ Seeks 6-10 minute whimsy, fantasy (other than Sci-Fi), fable, fairy tale, melodrama, mystery types of radio plays. Theme: Intoxication of any type.

1/15/14

n/a

n/a

Unspoken Theatre Company

6000 words max

Adaptations of mythological, classical, traditional or sacred stories OR must feature characters drawn from these sources. Monologues welcome.

1/16/14

Toronto, Canada

n/a

SWAN Day Boston 2014

í‚ 10 mins

Women playwrights.í‚  Also accepts monologues.

1/27/14

Boston, Massachusetts

n/a

Jack Studio Theatre

Full Length

Seeks original works from playwrights who have a strong connection with south east London. The play does not have to be set in south east London.

1/27/14

London, UK

n/a

The Playwrights’ Center

N/A

“Offers significant resources intended to further a playwright’s career.” 2 Letters of reccomendation required.

1/30/14

Minneapolis, MN

n/a

Fresh Fruit Festival 2014

45 mins min

. Seeks theatre works that reflect any aspect of the LGBTQ community & culture. Playwright must produce.

1/27/14

New York City, New York

Fee: $10 unless submitted by 1/13/14.

Stage Left Studio

Full Length, or a “Short”

Open to LGBTQ artists. Playwright must produce & bring audience members.

1/30/14

New York City, New York

$400 refundable deposit if selected

Geva Theatre Center

Full Length

Staged reading.í‚  Work that explores and celebrates the human experience/

1/31/14

Rochester, New York

n/a

Plan-B Theatre

Full Length

Open to playwrights age 35 & younger who reside in Utah, are Utah natives, or have substantial Utah connection.í‚  Socially concious theater.

1/31/14

Salt Lake City, Utah

n/a

Sea Change Theatre Company

Full Length & One Act

May be in any form including Full Length, One Act, Childrení¢â‚¬â„¢s Show, Adaptions, Musicals, and the Avant Garde. Open to any subject matter, content, and themes.

1/31/14

Beverly, Massachusetts

Fee: $10 Prize: $100

Blue Orange Theatre

Max 35 mins

No theme, but the play must have an all woman cast of up to 4 actors.

1/31/14

Birmingham

n/a

Manhattan Repertory Theatre

30 – 60 mins

Playwright must be 14-18 years old. Seeks fully produced (i.e. playwright must produce/cast etc) one act plays.

1/31/14

New York City, New York

No submission fee

Santa Fe Musical Theatre Festival

Musicals

Prefers small casts. All genres and styles will be considered.í‚  Must attend August festival.

1/31/14

Santa Fe, New Mexico

í‚ Fee: $65

Bard’s Town Theatre

10-minute play

All genres accepted. Open to Kentucky natives or residents only.

1/31/14

Louisville, Kentucky

n/a

Toowoomba Repertory Theatre Society

One Act

Open to all playwrights.

1/31/14

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Prize: $2000

A-Squared Theatre

10 mins max

Seeks short plays, scenes, or monologues “inspired by any aspect of Asian Mom-ness.í¢â‚¬

1/31/14

Chicago, Illinois

n/a

 

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