Opportunity	Description	Length	Deadline	City, State	Country	Fees/Prizes
The Picture House	Tell a comedic story rooted in personal experience, cultural traditions, or community life — where laughter reveals deeper truths.	Under 30 minutes	N/A	N/A	US	Fee: $45 Prize: Professionally staged
Seeking Middle School Plays by BIPOC playwrights	Only accepting play submissions from playwrights whose work has been previously published by Theatrefolk.	N/A	Year Round	New York	US	N/A
New York Theater Festival – Spring/Summer 2027	Accepts plays and musicals of all genres from playwrights who live within 30 miles of Manhattan. Productions must use a local cast and crew. Early submissions are encouraged.	5–90 minutes	Open (no deadline posted)	New York, NY	US	No submission fee. Up to $3,500 for best play or musical.
Play Café	This Berkeley-based writers group offers scene nights, table reads for full-length plays, and workshops for Bay Area playwrights.	Full Length	Year Round	California	US	N/A
Mosaic Theater – 2027 Youth Playwriting Contest	Open to students in grades 6–12 attending school in the Washington, DC metro area. Plays may be on any topic and can have up to six characters.	7–10 minutes (middle school); 10–20 minutes (high school)	1/15/2027	Washington, DC	US	Prizes: $100 for middle school winners and $200 for high school winners.
Call For Submissions For New Voices: Original Plays At Hopewell Theatre	New Voices wants scripts that are both unique and universal, scripts that are authentic, funny, disruptive, and/or poignant in unexpected ways.	Full Length or short non-musical plays	Year Round	Ohio	US	N/A
Atlantic One Act Festival	Playwrights living in the Atlantic provinces are invited to submit short one-act play scripts. The best scripts overall will be selected to comprise two 90-minute shows, which will be performed at King’s Theatre in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.	1-30 min	1/8/2027	Nova Scotia	CA	Fee: None Prize: Winners will have their play produced.
Podcast Play Production	We embrace and encourage the submission of LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter, Senior Citizen, and all social perspectives and current issues.	10-minute plays 1 Act plays (45 min 50 max)	Year Round	Los Angeles	US	Fee: $5 - 10.00
Equity Library Theater of New York – Fall 2026 Virtual Play Festival	Welcomes short plays, monologues and musicals from playwrights worldwide. The festival hosts videos of performances for audience voting. One entry per playwright.	Plays: up to 10 pages or minutes; monologues: up to 5	12/31/2026	New York, NY	US	No Fee
23 Miles South Theatre seeks plays with strong female roles	23 Miles South Theatre is accepting submissions of full-length plays with strong female roles. Any genre. Especially interested in plays with roles for both adult and teen/tween aged actors or tween female leads. Plays with children's roles must be family friendly.	Full Length	Year Round	Illinois	US	N/A

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Opportunity	Description	Length	Deadline	City, State	Country	Fees/Prizes
Arkana Literary Magazine – Scripts Micro Issue	Accepts unpublished scripts for stage or screen. Writers affiliated with the University of Central Arkansas are ineligible, and alumni must wait five years after graduating.	Up to 5 minutes	Year Round	Conway, AR	US	No Fee
Seeking Plays for Kids and Teens for Use in Educational Settings	Plays or musicals for very young children or early readers. Plays of a timely or educational nature, such as: Christmas plays, Cinco de Mayo or Day of the Dead plays, plays that explain nature, geography, math, history or science, etc.	N/A	Year Round	Portland, Oregon	US	Fee: $25
The Caribbean Writer – Volume 41	Accepts unpublished one-act plays centered on the Caribbean or reflecting Caribbean heritage, experience or perspective. The volume theme is Routes, Roots and Returns: The Tides We Carry.	One-act plays	12/19/2026	U.S. Virgin Islands	US	No Fee
San Diego "Script Tease of Short Plays" competition	Scripteasers is always looking for new scripts from San Diego-area playwrights	Full Length, One Act, 10-Min	Year Round	San Diego	US	No Fee
Heartland Theatre's 2027 10-minute play competition: Book Club theme	"BOOK CLUB" is the theme for this year’s 10-Minute Play Competition with the eight winning plays to be performed May/June of 2027. This is Heartland’s 24th year of fielding hundreds of plays from all over the world.	10 minutes	2/1/2027	Normal, IL	US	No Fee
Stage Left Theater – Play Submissions	Considers nonmusical plays from around the world for production. Include the page count and cast size on the script cover page. Some festivals have separate regional eligibility rules.	1–2 hours	Ongoing (no deadline posted)	Spokane, WA	US	N/A
Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest	Pioneer Drama Service considers eligible scripts accepted for publication for its annual award. The publisher serves educational, community and children’s theater markets.	One-act and full-length plays and musicals	12/31/2026	Denver, CO	US	Prize: $1,000 royalty advance and publication.
Vermont Playwrights Award Seeks Submissions	Must be a full-length, non-musical play suitable for production by a community theater company. The play must not have been previously published or produced. The intent of the award is to promote the theater arts and to encourage and support the creation of original plays by residents of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.	Full-length	Year Round	Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine	US	Prize: $1000
Native Voices at the Autry – Open Submissions	Accepts previously developed and produced full-length scripts by Indigenous playwrights for general production consideration. Use the general production option in the submission form.	Full length	Year Round	Los Angeles, CA	US	N/A
The Collective NY – Play Submissions	Seeks original plays and screenplays of any length for review, development and possible production. Prior readings and workshops are eligible. Previously published or fully produced work is ineligible.	Any length	Ongoing (no deadline posted)	New York, NY	US	N/A

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