Contests and Other Opportunities
Resources for playwrights
Contests, theatres seeking new plays, & other resources
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Note: For reference purposes, postings will remain visible after their application deadline, for the remaining days of that month.
| Name of Contest or Opportunity |
Category |
Deadline (Month & Day) | Deadline Year or Ongoing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Humana Festival | Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Majestic 8 10-Minute Play Festival | Contest | February 25 | Ongoing |
| View | National Playwriting Competition | Contest | November 1–April 19 | 2024 |
| View | Playhouse on the Square's NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition | Contest | January 1st - June 30th, annually | Ongoing |
| View | Central PA Playwriting Festival | Contest | May 31 | 2024 |
| View | Valhalla Wordwave Lake Tahoe | Contest | May-June, ongoing (see website) | Ongoing |
| View | 10:4:TENN | Contest | January 31 | Ongoing |
| View | Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival (#7) | Contest | January 19 | Ongoing |
| View | San Diego "Script Tease of Short Plays" competition | Contest | July 1 | Ongoing |
| View | SUMMER SHORTS - A 10 minute play contest | Contest | November 22-March 28, annually | Ongoing |
| View | Carlo Annoni Playwriting Prize | Contest | April 30 | Ongoing |
| View | British Theatre Challenge | Contest | November 1st - March 30th, annually | Ongoing |
| View | Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays | Contest | May 10th | 2024 |
| View | Playbytes by Playwrights - 10-Minute Play Submissions | Contest | May 31 | 2024 |
| View | TheatreWorks New Milford 10 Minute Play Competition/Festival | Contest | March 30, 2024 | 2024 |
| View | Kaplan New Playwrights/New Plays Competition | Contest | April 15 | 2024 |
| View | Brewster Theater Company Playwright Festival - 2024 | Contest | May 1 | 2024 |
| View | The Echo New Play Competition | Contest | July 1st, 2024 | |
| View | Brown Skinned Girls : An evening of short plays | Contest | September, 24th | 2024 |
| View | Woodward Newman Award | Contest | December 1 | Ongoing |
| View | The Chameleon Theatre Circle's Annual New Play Contest | Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Year-Around Submissions or Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition | Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Vermont Playwrights Award Seeks Submissions | Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Musical Theatre Submissions | Directory | October 16 - March 1; annually | Ongoing |
| View | San Francisco Bay Area Opportunities | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | 23 Miles South Theatre seeks plays with strong female roles | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | 10-Minute Plays Reading Series | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Podcast Play Production | Other Opportunity | No deadline | Ongoing |
| View | Audible Theater Emerging Playwrights Fund | Other Opportunity | Applications Accepted Year Round | Ongoing |
| View | Seeking Middle School Plays by BIPOC playwrights | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
