Contests and Other Opportunities
Resources for playwrights
Contests, theatres seeking new plays, & other resources
< List a contest or opportunity here >Note: For reference purposes, postings will remain visible after their application deadline, for the remaining days of that month.
| Category | Name of Contest or Opportunity | Deadline (Month & Day) |
Deadline Year or Ongoing |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Contest | Soapbox Stageworks Winter One Act | December 1st 2023 | |
| View | Other Opportunity | Long Beach (Long Island) Short Play Festival 2024 | December 3 | 2023 |
| View | Contest | Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists | December 1st | 2023 |
| View | Other Opportunity | Adaptation Wanted: The Importance of Being Earnest | March 31 | 2024 |
| View | Other Opportunity | Manhattan Rep's Play Production Program | On-going | On-Going |
| View | Directory | Scriptsy.co.uk | N/A | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | 23 Miles South Theatre seeks plays with strong female roles | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Podcast Play Production | No deadline | Ongoing |
| View | Directory | Edgemar Center for the Arts | July 16 - August 16th, Annually | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Call For Submissions For New Voices: Original Plays At Hopewell Theatre | January 1-December 31 | ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Table Work Press Submissions Open | September 22-November 22, annually | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Manhattan Repertory Theatre Play Production Program | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Seeking Middle School Plays by BIPOC playwrights | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | 10:4:TENN | January 31 | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Production of Play, "N." | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Carlo Annoni Playwriting Prize | April 30 | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | SUMMER SHORTS - A 10 minute play contest | November 22-March 28, annually | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Seeking Plays for Kids and Teens for Use in Educational Settings | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | San Francisco Bay Area Opportunities | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence | Dec. 31 | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Infinity Stage accepting plays and musicals for online non-exclusive publishing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | San Diego "Script Tease of Short Plays" competition | July 1 | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize 2022/2023 | May 15th | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Woodward Newman Award | December 1 | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | The Chameleon Theatre Circle's Annual New Play Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | 10-Minute Plays Reading Series | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Vermont Playwrights Award Seeks Submissions | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Year-Around Submissions or Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Directory | Creative Center for the Arts - 2023 Season | OnGoing | OnGoing |
| View | Contest | Valhalla Wordwave Lake Tahoe | May-June, ongoing (see website) | Ongoing |
