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 | Humana Festival | 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 | Contest | The Chameleon Theatre Circle's Annual New Play Contest | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Woodward Newman Award | December 1 | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence | Dec. 31 | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest | Ongoing: Between March 1 and June 1, annually. | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | British Theatre Challenge | November 1st - March 30th, annually | 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 | Contest | San Diego "Script Tease of Short Plays" competition | July 1 | Ongoing |
| View | Contest | Playwright Invitational | June 5 | 2022 |
| View | Contest | Juice Box Organic One Act Play Competition | December 1st, 2022 for script submission. Contest May 25, 26 and 27th, 2022 | 2022 |
| View | Contest | 12th Jewish Playwriting Contest | June 15 | Rolling |
| View | Contest | The Bechdel Group's Fall 2022 Script Workshop Series | June 17, 2022 | |
| View | Contest | Spotlight Playfest 2022-'23 Young Playwrights' Competition | June 1-July 1, annually | Ongoing |
| View | Directory | Edgemar Center for the Arts | July 16 - August 16th, Annually | Ongoing |
| View | Directory | Scriptsy.co.uk | N/A | Ongoing |
| View | Other Opportunity | San Francisco Bay Area Opportunities | 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 | 10-Minute Plays Reading Series | Ongoing | 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 | 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 |
