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 | Spotlight Playfest 2021-'22 Young Playwrights' Competition | July 31, 2021 | |
| View | Contest | Stage Play Writing Competition by Screen Craft | June 1st to August 31st | 2021 |
| View | Other Opportunity | Quarantine Quarters | Ongoing | 2021 |
| View | Contest | 30 Minutes or Less Playwriting Contest | September 11, 2021 | 2021 |
| View | Contest | 30 Minutes Or Less Playwriting Contest | Early (Jun 1-July 31) Regular (August 1- August 31) Late (Sept 1-Sept 11) | 2021 |
| View | Contest | Yale Drama Series 2022 Playwriting Competition | August 15 | 2021 |
| View | Other Opportunity | PlayZoomers Seeks Scripts | August 31 | 2021 |
| View | Other Opportunity | Womxn Center Stage | July 21st | 2021 |
| View | Other Opportunity | San Francisco Bay Area Opportunities | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Humana Festival | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Emerging Playwright Award | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | NYC Playwrights | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Live Girls! | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Year-Around Submissions or Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Vermont Playwrights Award Seeks Submissions | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | 10-Minute Plays Reading Series | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | The Chameleon Theatre Circle's Annual New Play Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Woodward Newman Drama Award | March 1 | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Reva Shiner Comedy Award | Oct 31 | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | One Act Play Festivals | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Athena Theatre seeking full length plays | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Short+Sweet International Submissions - 10min | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Infinity Stage accepting plays and musicals for online non-exclusive publishing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence | Dec. 31 | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Manhattan Repertory Theatre Play Production Program | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Seeking Plays for Kids and Teens for Use in Educational Settings | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | 23 Miles South Theatre seeks plays with strong female roles | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Call for Submission - Tall Tales DC Productions | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | Transformation Theatre, Inc. | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest | Ongoing: Between March 1 and June 1, annually. | Ongoing |
