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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Creative Center for the Arts - Accepting Submissions | Directory | 2025 | |
| View | 2025 THINK FAST One-Act Festival | Contest | November 25 | 2024 |
| View | Majestic 8 10-Minute Play Festival | Contest | December 15 | 2024 |
| View | Holiday Spirits Short Play Readings | Other Opportunity | October 1 | 2024 |
| View | Spartan Theatre One Page Play Festival - "Haunting Holidays" | Other Opportunity | Oct. 20 | 2024 |
| View | NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship | Other Opportunity | October - November, annually | 2024 |
| View | CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) | Other Opportunity | November 4 | 2024 |
| View | LSU SciArts New Play Festival | Contest | November 22 | 2024 |
| View | Valhalla Wordwave Lake Tahoe | Contest | May-June, ongoing (see website) | Ongoing |
| View | British Theatre Challenge | Contest | November 1st - March 30th, annually | Ongoing |
| View | Podcast Play Production | Other Opportunity | No deadline | Ongoing |
| View | San Diego "Script Tease of Short Plays" competition | Contest | July 1 | Ongoing |
| View | Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival (#7) | Contest | January 19 | Ongoing |
| View | 10:4:TENN | Contest | January 31 | Ongoing |
| View | Seeking Middle School Plays by BIPOC playwrights | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Majestic 8 10-Minute Play Festival | Contest | February 25 | Ongoing |
| View | National Playwriting Competition | Contest | Nov. - April | Ongoing |
| View | Theatre Three's OFF-STAGE/ON-LINE | Other Opportunity | (none) | Ongoing |
| View | Audible Theater Emerging Playwrights Fund | Other Opportunity | Applications Accepted Year Round | Ongoing |
| View | San Francisco Bay Area Opportunities | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Transformation Theatre, Inc. | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | 23 Miles South Theatre seeks plays with strong female roles | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Carlo Annoni Playwriting Prize | Contest | April 30 | Ongoing |
| View | Short+Sweet International Submissions - 10min | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | One Act Play Festivals | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Woodward Newman Award | Contest | December 1 | Ongoing |
| View | The Chameleon Theatre Circle's Annual New Play Contest | Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | 10-Minute Plays Reading Series | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Vermont Playwrights Award Seeks Submissions | Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Emerging Playwright Award | Other Opportunity | Ongoing | Ongoing |
