Submissions If you would like to submit a new play to Freshwater Theatre, please send an electronic copy (pdf preferred) to submissions@freshwatertheatre.com Surveying the Landscape: The New Play Ecology in CanadaAlberta Playwrights Network. We're always on the lookout for new scripts and new technical artists to work with. We support new and established playwrights and incubate new plays. The 2023 Pint-sized Plays competition is now open for short 5-10 minute plays able to be performed in the actual bar areas of pubs during Tenby Festival week in September. Entry fee of $10 per play. The National Arts Centre supports bold and ambitious work representing a diversity of disciplines, abilities, genders, ethnicities, languages, cultures, and regions. Submission details: Theatre Rocks National Playwriting Competition. Participation details: Dramatist Guild of America End of Play. This competition is open to writers of any ability or experience, and our new writing initiative will support you throughout your script development. It was first held in 1937 and has been won by a whos who of Canadian literary luminaries. Authors awarded a grant must be willing to participate in a brief rehearsal process culminating in an online video reading of their submitted work. Any Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine resident is eligible to submit one or more original, full length, non-musical plays for consideration, providing the play has not been produced on stage before and has not been previously published. Each playwright may only submit one play for consideration. Applications are reviewed by a selection committee consisting of professionals who specialize in the artistic discipline of the applicant. Submission details: The Bread & Roses Theatre Playwriting Award. Only musical theatre work will be considered. All holidays are welcome! INSPIRE also provides tailored talks by the country's best writers, one-to-one dramaturgical sessions and readings of new work. Plays that have had staged readings or online productions are eligible. Scripts not chosen in previous years may be sent again for consideration. The Canadian Writer-in-Residence is expected to spend 50% of their time working on their own writing, and 50% of their time on community outreach, including one-on-one consultations with the public and public lectures or readings. Submission details: Drip Action Theatre Trail 2022, Plays that are 10 30 Minutes in LengthPlaywrights of Middle Eastern Heritage. Entry must be a full-length original work or adaptation with a minimum running time of 85 minutes that has not been produced prior to the festival. The award is the leading award for Black British playwrights. Theatre 503 is a 63-seat theatre based in Battersea, London. 10 Minute Plays Competition. Amateur playwrights worldwide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays. Because Synecdoche Works accepts English-language plays from anywhere in the world. ToMP3.cc helps you convert any Youtube video to MP3 format then you can save it to your device. If your play is selected, your play will have a 20-25 hour developmental rehearsal process followed by 2 or 3 public readings with talkbacks. The Magnetic Theatre produces plays that have not been previously produced. Quannapowitt Players Suburban Holidays XI! Currently looking for plays based on popular works in the public domain, such as Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, The Jungle Book, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Anne of Green Gables, The Scarlet Letter, The Sword in the Stone, The Velveteen Rabbit, Swiss Family Robinson, and others. Family Friendly Submissions between 15 minutes and two hours. Thank you for your interest in working with the Asolo Rep. Submission details: Titchfield Festival Theatre Playwriting Competition. This first edition ofTGCPSinvites delegates to meet with each other and experience new frontiers on an epic journey of discovery. Scripts may be for plays, musicals, multimedia, video, film, TV, podcasts, or other writing for performance. The Retreat culminates in public staged readings of the plays at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. After each performance, there is a talkback that includes the playwright, the composer, the director and actors. In particular, they are looking for plays dealing with the themes of culture/social diversity. Because of their intimate performance space they are looking for shows with no more than 6 characters. No musicals or plays for children. Full-Length plays and musicals submitted by literary agents. This will be a hybrid conference offering opportunities for delegates to take part in-person or virtually. Any works submitted must not have had a prior professional production. Proposals are accepted throughout the year, and the curatorial team reviews them on an on-going basis. Submission details: Atlanta Shakespeare Co. MUSE OF FIRE BIPOC PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL. Since 2001, KHN has hosted more than 50 working artists each year which include a combination of visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists. Complete information about Drama Notebook and how the company works with authors can be found on their website. Scripts on Fire is open to all residents of Canada and scripts entered in other competitions that have received workshops or been given public readings are eligible, but scripts that have a planned production at the time of submission are NOT eligible. Submissions must be in a heightened version of the English language. (Note there is also a New American Theatre Full Length Competition). The Great Plains Theatre Commons was founded by Metropolitan Community College as the Great Plains Theatre Conference in 2006 and in 2020, the Conference became an independent theatre nonprofit organization, the Great Plains Theatre Commons, in order to expand its programming and service to the local and national community. Submission details: The Ten-Minute Musical Project. Submission details:The New American Theatre One-Act Play Competition. Drama Notebook is accepting play script submissions from playwrights, teachers, and actors who have written scripts or scenes for children and teens. Submission details: Three Rivers Theatre Company Faith-Based Family Friendly Play Competition. Cash prizes are awarded to finalists and semi-finalists too. Plays must contain at least 60% heightened language and be longer than 40 minutes. The contest is restricted to plays written in English. Last year was our first year running the International Scratchpad program. Each spring, six original one-act plays 15 pages or less are selected from submissions and then performed. 1 kicks off in Albertas hidden treasure of the north, Grande Prairie. Submission details: The Kennedy Center VSA Playwright Discovery Program Competition. Full-length, One-act, 10-minute scripts, musicals, adaptations, translations, virtual/Zoom plays. We look for new musicals at all stages of development from the broadest possible range of voices. Submission details: Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit Applications. Submission details: Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. International submissions are accepted. The Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition gives playwrights a chance to explore the film and television conference which providing film professionals a chance to discover storytellers who have mastered the art and craft of stage drama. We appreciate large casts (within reason), and also welcome smaller shows. With brand new adaptations, translations, video excerpts, education packs, essays and author's and translator's notes for each of the plays - delve into our huge, free online resource to diversify your cl . Submissions may be sent via e-mail or snail mail. The OOB Festival is one of Samuel French/Concord Theatricals primary initiatives to work with the next wave of emerging playwrights. Womens One Acts is an annual selection of short plays that are written and directed by women. The expedition takes place May 9 -12, 2023, when a hardy group of intrepid souls from across Canada and abroad meet to exchange perspectives, languages, cultures, and ideas. Theatre503 is the home of new writers and a launchpad for the artists who bring their words to life. Submission details: New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest. The prize is open for submissions from female and non-binary playwrights in the UK and Ireland. Submit plays to: Urban Stages 555 Eighth Avenue, RM 1800 New York, NY 10018 We prefer mailed submissions. TYA shows should have a complete running time of over 40 minutes. The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions of full-length plays a minimum of 65 pages in length for its 2022 playwriting competition. Submission details: Diversionary Theatre Submission Guidelines, 10 Minute Plays suitable for production in a pub. New and established playwrights are encouraged to submit. Submission details: Know Theatre Playwrights and Artists Festival. This mixed-media event draws inquisitive art and theatre lovers to the festival and it makes for an exciting night of theatre. Submission details: The Magnetic Theatre 4th Annual One Act Play Festival. We remain committed to discovering new voices and seek plays that are diverse, inclusive, challenging and provocative. The Summer Playwrights Festival is the largest staged reading festival in the nation, with playwrights from across the country and around the world participating. Since its inception in 1998, The Festival has received over 10,000 submissions from across the world and produced 132 world premieres by 102 different playwrights. How to apply: Scripts can be submitted by email to writers@thecourtyard.org.uk or sent as a hard copy to: Literary Department, The Courtyard Theatre, 40 Pitfield Street, London, N1 6EU (if submitting a hard copy, please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope to return your script and send you your feedback report). The competition is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK, for the best original, new full-length stage play in English. Playwrights, composers andlibrettists without representation are welcome. Submission details: The Premiere Play Festival, Full-Length Plays no longer than 120 minutesUK Writers. Long Wharf Theatre has a proud and rich history of forming meaningful relationships with artists, supporting the development of their work, and moving their projects towards production. Submission details: Green Man Theatre Troupe 10 Minute Play Festival for Midwestern Playwrights. The Foundation offers three months of rent-free and utility-paid housing to people who specialize in the creative arts. Submission details: Golden Thread Productions ReOrient Festival of Short Plays, Plays that are 10 to 30 Minutes in Length. In order to encourage the development of quality theatrical materials for the educational, community and childrens theatre markets, Pioneer Drama Service sponsors the annual Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest. Submission details: Vivid Stage Seeking Full-Length Plays. Investments provide the additional time and resources that bold, ambitious projects need to be successful on the national and international stage. The winner will also receive a professionally produced staged reading in The Blank Theatres Living Room Series new play development program. The winner of the 10-minute play competition will receive a $1,000 grant, the second-place finalist will receive a $750 grant and the third-place finalist will receive a $500 grant. * TGCPS offers playwrights a rare opportunity to circumvent hara-query and the dreaded slush pile. To be eligible, an artist must be a resident or citizen of Canada, although you may be pursuing your work outside the country. Submission details: Playwrights Guild of Canada Tom Hendry Awards. The 13th annual Summer Playwrights Festival will take place from Thursday through Sunday, starting from July 7 to 24, 2022, and is now open for submissions. The STAGE IT! Starting April 1, 2023, participating playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists will be challenged to write a brand new play or musical, or revise an old draft. 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