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24 August 23 · Opportunities
Scriptwriters & Co’s Summer Scratch Night will take place online at 7pm GMT on Tuesday 26 September 2023. Submissions are open to writers anywhere in the world. This time they’re looking for original plays, screenplays or audio plays of 5-6 pages, on the theme published on their
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for short audio plays, to feature in SEASON FOUR of The Scene Podcast. The Scene Podcast is a collection of tiny plays – little pieces of portable theatre. They are fanatical about giving new writing a life outside the walls of fringe theatres and scratch nig
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
Inviting submissions from playwrights internationally. Plays should be written in English. Plays running 10 to 15 minutes considered. All genres except musicals. Aimed at adult audiences. Plays are performed as enhanced stage readings. Simplified sets, innovative staging. Please
Read with a free account →01 July 23 · Opportunities
INK is again welcoming new short plays for stage and radio. Selected submissions will be professionally produced and performed multiple times at the 5-day INK Festival in April 2024. Find full submission and category details on the INK website. Submissions open: Tuesday 1st Augus
Read with a free account →25 June 23 · Opportunities
EFCT announces Crashbox! A new festival of short plays presented in the style of Old Time Radio. They are opening submissions for short genre scripts written to be heard but not seen, which their creative teams will then turn into a night of reader’s theatre, augmented with spect
Read with a free account →19 June 23 · Opportunities
The Santa Cruz Actor’s Theater is accepting international submissions for its annual short play contest. A panel of judges consisting of local writers, directors, actors and theater enthusiasts selects the top 16 plays, which are then assigned to directors and rehearsed for sever
Read with a free account →19 June 23 · Opportunities
The Titchfield Festival Theatre is receiving script submissions for its New Playwright Competition. Your submission must be a brand new full length play that has not been previously performed. All genres are welcome. Maximum length of 2 hours. Scripts must be submitted anonymousl
Read with a free account →15 June 23 · Opportunities
The 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative welcomes submissions for full-length, unproduced plays by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) playwrights in accordance with the mission statement of the Crossroads Project. A diverse panel of judges including Illinois Sta
Read with a free account →08 June 23 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper Blog has a round-up of Play Submissions, they are are largely US based but often open to international writers. Check out their list for June here. Deadlines: various throughout April 2023 Source: Play Submissions Helper Blog
Read with a free account →29 May 23 · Opportunities
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. The Festival presents between five and seven plays each season. Guidelines: Playwrights may only submit one play per
Read with a free account →20 May 23 · Opportunities
With its 2023 applications currently in reading, the Scribe Playwriting Competition (partnered with Play Submissions Helper) is currently taking submissions for its 2024 competition. They invite playwrights from around the world to submit new full length and one-act plays or musi
Read with a free account →17 May 23 · Opportunities
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2024 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series’ current judge, Jeremy O. Harris. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of their
Read with a free account →11 May 23 · Opportunities
From 2024, Transient Arena are planning to produce and stage a number of plays every year. The theme for the 2024 season is ‘Life & Death’. Whether you’re an experienced playright, of fancy trying your hand at writing a play, you may submit a script for consideration. The company
Read with a free account →27 April 23 · Opportunities
City Fox Books is a radical indie publishing press based in East London who are looking to publish a limited series of 6 full-length plays written for stage this summer. They would like to see plays which are unconventional, and are particularly interested in plays which are: sur
Read with a free account →27 April 23 · Opportunities
FRESH WORDS-AN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE is open for submissions for its Special One Minute Horror Plays Anthology titled titled ‘SHHH! BREATHE SLOW!’ . Please send all submissions to dramaanthologyfreshwords@gmail.com as per the following guidelines: 1. The play should be
Read with a free account →20 April 23 · Opportunities
Troy Foundry are currently accepting submissions of new plays (never before produced) for the 2023 MAY session of our DARK DAY MONDAYS FREE READING SERIES. The selected plays will be presented in staged reading format with a director and actors from the Troy Foundry Theatre compa
Read with a free account →14 April 23 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper Blog has a round-up of Play Submissions, they are are largely US based but often open to international writers. Check out their list for April here. Deadlines: various throughout April 2023 Source: Play Submissions Helper Blog
Read with a free account →06 April 23 · Opportunities
London Independent Story Prize is a 5-year-old creative writing competition. They are now open for Stage-Play submissions. Writers can apply via FilmFreeway or their Website (links below). https://www.londonindependentstoryprize.co.uk/ https://filmfreeway.com/LondonIndependentSto
Read with a free account →06 April 23 · Opportunities
The Queens of Cups (@thequeensofcups) are looking for Playwrights, Poets, Drag Artists, Songwriters Comedians and Sketch Groups to join them for a variety night of Comedy, Music, Theatre and more for New Moon Monologues! They are looking for acts of any kind between 5-30 minutes
Read with a free account →20 March 23 · Opportunities
The 3-2-1 Writing Commission is a brand new opportunity for Buckinghamshire-based writers looking to get their work onto the stage as a paid playwright. Writers are invited to send in their play submissions, along with an extract from the proposed script, to be in with a chance o
Read with a free account →13 March 23 · Opportunities
Edmonds Driftwood Players (Washington State, USA) has announced their theme and call for submissions for their 12th Annual Festival of Shorts. The festival provides an opportunity for playwrights to have their works brought to life on stage, as well as gain recognition and potent
Read with a free account →13 March 23 · Opportunities
The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester is now accepting open submissions for scripts from playwrights based in the North-West of England. The Royal Exchange Theatre aims to build long-term, supportive relationships with writers and invest in their talent. While it is unlikely t
Read with a free account →07 March 23 · Opportunities
The Kirk Players is a non-profit theatre organization serving Mundelein and Lake County, Illinois, USA, and is excited to invite submissions for a Short Play Writing Contest! – Playwrights must be at least 18 years old to submit a script – All plays must be complete, one act come
Read with a free account →04 March 23 · Opportunities
Scriptwriters & Co’s Spring Scratch Night will take place online at 7pm GMT on Tuesday 21 March 2023. Their submissions window is open to writers anywhere in the world. This time they’re looking for original plays, screenplays or audio plays of 5-6 pages, on the theme of Truth or
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