Contests and Other Opportunities
Resources for playwrights
Contests, theatres seeking new plays
< List a contest or opportunity here >| Category | Name of Contest or Opportunity | Deadline |
Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Contest | #ShePERSISTED: a festival of staged readings | 10/01/2019 | |
| View | Contest | Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival One-Act Play Contest | October 15, 2019 | 2019 |
| View | Contest | ShowOff! Playwright | Oct 15th | 2019 |
| View | Contest | Metzler New Works Festival | August 15, 2019 | 2019 |
| View | Other Opportunity | Manhattan Rep's Play Production Program | September 5, 2019 | 2019 |
| View | Other Opportunity | Manhattan Rep's Play Production Program | September 5, 2019 | 2019 |
| View | Contest | On Stage! American Theater Festival in Rome, Italy | September 1st | 2019 |
| 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 | Other Opportunity | Publisher seeks new material for High School Market | 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 |
