The PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants 2024

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Deadline: August 1, 2024 11:59 PM EDT

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The PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants were established in the summer of 2003 by a gift from Priscilla and Michael Henry Heim in response to the low number of literary translations currently appearing in English. Their purpose is to promote the publication and reception of translated world literature in English.

Deadline: Submissions will be accepted from June 1 through August 1, 2024. Submissions will close at 11:59 p.m. (EST, end of day) on August 1.

Eligibility: Translations of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama, originally written by a single individual.

Translations should not have previously appeared in English in print or should have appeared only in an outdated or otherwise flawed translation.

Works should be translations-in-progress, as the grant aims to provide support for completion.
There are no restrictions on the nationality or citizenship of the translator, but the works must be translated into English.

Projects may have a maximum of two translators but are limited to one original author.

NOT eligible: Translations of works with multiple original authors, such as anthologies, translations of literary criticism, and scholarly or otherwise technical texts.

Note: Translations from Italian will be considered for the PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature.

Note: Translators may only submit one project per year. Projects that have been previously submitted and have not received a grant are unlikely to be reconsidered in a subsequent year. Translators who have previously been awarded grants by the Fund are ineligible to reapply for three years after the year in which they receive a grant–for example, grant recipients from 2021 are now eligible to reapply. 

ASF TRANSLATION AWARDS

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Deadline: September 1, 2024 by 11:59 pm EDT

The prizes are for outstanding English translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose originally written in a Nordic language.

Translations must be from the writing of one author, although not necessarily from a single work.

The online application will require the following materials:

• Your CV
• A brief description of the author whose work you are translating and the significance of the original work
• One copy of the translation, including a title page and a table of contents for the proposed book of which the submitted manuscript is a part. If prose, manuscripts must be 25-50 pages, double-spaced; if poetry, 15-25 pages. *Note: Manuscripts must have numbered pages, and the translator’s name should not appear on any page of the translation manuscript. Submissions containing the translator’s name will be disqualified
• A letter or other document signed by the author, the author’s agent, or the author’s estate granting permission for the translation to be entered in this competition and published in Scandinavian Review

Restrictions: The translation submitted in the competition may not have been previously published in the English language by the submission deadline. (If the submitted translation is also under consideration by a publisher, you must inform us of the expected publication date.)

Translators may submit one entry only and may not submit the same entry in more than two competitions.
The Translation Prize cannot be won more than three times by the same translator.

NOVA 2024

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Deadline: August 1, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

NOVA is a seed commission for writers of South Asian heritage or connections offered by Tara Theatre to submit and explore ideas inspired by the themes of Tara Theatre’s future seasons.
THEMES FOR OUR FUTURE SEASONS INCLUDE:

Climate Emergency “displacement & migration…”
“Political hypocrisy & agendas…”
“Climate justice & reconnecting with our natural world…

War and Protest “Post-colonial impact…”
“Radicalization…”
“Catalyzing change…”

Automation “Automation vs autonomy…”
“Virtual vs reality…”
“A.I and the future…”

If you have a piece of work that sits outside these themes but you believe to be politically activated, please feel free to submit.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

A window will open for submissions for writers to send us their work through an online submission form.

Writers can submit their ideas in the form of either: 

• A synopsis 
• A pitch 
• A script extract (no more than 10 pages long)

Please note: if you are submitting a synopsis or a pitch, please provide an example of your writing no more than 10 pages long.

This should be accompanied with thoughts around the following questions:

Q1. Tell us about yourself. Please briefly include information about your background and your location. (150 words)

Q2. Why is this work important now? (150 words)

Q3. Tara Theatre makes politically charged theatre. Why do you want to work with Tara Theatre to develop your work? (150 words)

These can be sent to us as either a written, video or audio submission. (3 minutes maximum).

WHAT CAN YOUR IDEAS BE?

Your ideas can be original ideas, adaptations or revivals.

WHAT IS OUR OFFER? 

• A paid seed commission of £1,500
• Writing Masterclass and dramaturgical support from acclaimed playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti and our in-house artistic team 
• Opportunities to speak to our marketing and producing team 
• In-kind space at Tara Theatre to write and develop your work 
• A period of development of your work from page to stage culminating in a public performance led by a team of professional directors and actors at Tara Theatre
• Facilitated audience feedback for future development of the work 
• Networking and producing opportunities 

NOVA SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN

We are excited to open our script submission window at Tara Theatre until Thu 1 Aug.

Due to current limitations with funding, we aim to use our resources in the best way possible to support writers.

At present we only have capacity to receive scripts during this window. Our team will aim to read every script submitted to us within this window and you will hear back on whether you were successful or not within 8-12 weeks of submission.

If you would like to have an informal chat about NOVA, please email our Associate Director, Gavin Joseph at gavin@taratheatre.com


SUBMISSION WINDOW

The window for submissions will open on Monday 1 July 2024at 10AM and close on Thursday 1 August 2024 at 11:59PM. 

KEY DATES

1 Jul Submissions Open
1 Aug Submissions Close
Oct 2024 NOVA Writers Announced
W/C 5th May 2025 Rehearsals and Showcase at Tara Theatre

Theatre Three's 26th Annual Festival of One-Act Plays (2025)

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Deadline: September 1, 2024

Since its inception in 1998, The Festival has received over 12,000 submissions from across the world and produced over 140 world premieres by more than 100 different playwrights. The Festival presents between five and eight plays each season.

Guidelines:

• Playwrights may only submit one play per Festival.
• Only unproduced works will be accepted. Please do not submit works that have been submitted for previous Festivals.
• Plays that have had staged readings or on-line productions are eligible.
• No adaptations, children’s plays, or musicals.
• Cast size maximum: 12
• Length maximum: 30 minutes (no minimum)
• Settings: Simple or suggested.
• All submissions should be emailed as PDFs with the title in caps followed by the playwright’s name. Example: THE BASKET WEAVERS Jamie Martin
• Play’s cover sheet must include the author’s information (name, address, telephone, email). A short synopsis is encouraged
• Any stage play format is acceptable.
• Submissions should be sent to Jeffrey@theatrethree.com
• Scripts must be received by September 1, 2024.

Selected plays will be presented for ten performances (dates to be determined in winter-spring 2025), at the Ronald F. Peierls Theatre, on THEATRE THREE’s Second Stage.

Playwrights will receive a $150 stipend.

Playwrights will receive a standard Dramatists Guild-approved contract and will receive four complimentary tickets to be used at any performances. Playwrights are welcome to attend any rehearsals or performances. Playwrights will receive copies of playbills, postcards, articles, and reviews, as well as a link to all publicity and production photos. THEATRE THREE is responsible for all elements of production; playwrights incur no expenses. THEATRE THREE retains no future production rights.

Playwrights of selected plays will be contacted by early December 2024.

Final selection of plays will be announced on THEATRE THREE’s website and Facebook page by December 15, 2024.

FLINT REPERTORY THEATRE NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2025

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Deadline: October 1, 2024

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Flint Repertory Theatre’s New Works Festival is an annual weeklong event featuring staged readings and workshops of new plays and musicals. Playwrights and composers from around the country are in residence in Flint during the process, where audience members experience these new works before anyone else and meet the artists working to bring the future of American theatre to life.

To be considered for a staged reading a playwright must submit an original, unproduced, full-length, fully realized script.

Rehearsal Dates: April 7 – 9, 2025
Festival/Performance Dates: April 10 – 13, 2025

Contact Emily Nichter (Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director) at enichter@flintrep.org with any literary questions or concerns.

The Braid - seeking short plays with Jewish stories

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Deadline: August 1, 2024

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2025 Submission themes

• Traveler's Prayer - Comical, heart-warming & shocking true tales of traveling the world as a Jew.

• Do The Right Thing - Stories about mitzvahs and mishaps, from the outrageous to the sublime, as we chase or run from doing right especially when doing wrong sometimes feels so good.

• For the Love of Animals - Wild or domesticated. Friendly or Fierce. These hilarious, harrowing and heartfelt true stories about brief encounters or long relationships with animals, as seen through a Jewish lens, will entertain and educate how species of the non-humankind touch us.

• This World Couldn't See Me - Jews with disabilities reveal in these true stories their fearless humor, deepest struggles, and unstoppable joy.

A is For Playwriting Contest 2024 for one-act plays

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Deadline: October 18, 2024 11:59PM EDT

SUBMISSION PROCESS HERE

You may submit as many plays as you wish. Each play requires a separate entry.

You may not edit an entry after submitting.

Please submit only one-act plays; Full length plays or plays with an intermission will be disqualified.

Plays must NOT be longer than 90 minutes. Plays longer than 90 minutes will be disqualified.

If you have a one-act or full length you would like to submit that is longer than 90 minutes, you may submit a scene, a section, or a cutting, but your submission must not be longer than 90 minutes.

Plays can be as short as they need to be. They can be as short as a single page if you feel that is sufficient to tell your story.

Please submit your files in PDF only.

Plays in languages other than English will be accepted as long as an accompanying English translation is also provided.

Plays should have a cover page that includes the name of the playwright and all relevant contact information.

You must fill out the demographic survey. It is required for entry. Please be assured that your answers will be completely anonymous, and will have no bearing on how your entry is received. A is For is dedicated to being an anti-racist, equitable, and inclusive organization. We need this information in order to hold ourselves accountable for making sure we are reaching the most diverse range of writers possible
Winners

A qualified Jury of accomplished theatre professionals and experts in reproductive justice will read and assess all entries.

Only the winner and runners up will be contacted directly by A is For once the jury has made its decisions.

Grand Prize will be awarded to one play which will receive $5,000

The Second Place winner will be awarded $3,000, and the Third Place winner will be awarded $1,500.

All three plays will be presented as rehearsed readings during our festival.
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If you have any questions about the contest or the entry process, please email: contest@aisfor.org

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Americans have endured a steady erosion of protections for our fundamental rights. Not just reproductive rights, but the entire lived experiences of any person who doesn’t neatly fit into a white, cis, male, heteronormative world view.

Are you a playwright wondering how the hell this has happened? Are you interested in exploring themes of stigma and shame, and how to make sense of it all? If you are, we want to hear from you!

Stigma and shame are tools of oppression. This is what A is For seeks to address. Art is the remedy. Theatre allows us to intimately envision ourselves without limitations. This playwriting contest and festival supports and promotes artists who speak truth to power, challenge entrenched narratives, and boldly reframe conversations about reproductive justice.

If this sounds like you, send us a play!

Your play does not have to be about abortion literally. (Although it can be!) If you are exploring the impact of shame and stigma as an obstacle to autonomy and liberation, we’re interested. The plays we hope to bring to the fore will be diverse in perspective as well as imagination. They may be personal and realistic, or they may be allegorical. They may be fantastic, sprung from dreams, or they may be grounded in naturalism. From the surrealist to the literal. From magical realism to documentary. Whatever form or shape they may take, we hope to receive a wide range of works from all over the country – and beyond!* – reflecting the great variety of experiences that reproductive justice and/or bodily autonomy demands we all recognize.While the bulk of our 2023 submissions were from the United States, we do accept plays from playwrights anywhere in the world. Last year we received plays from 14 countries! Reproductive justice and bodily autonomy are global issues.

The Quannapowitt Players Suburban Holidays 2024

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Deadline: July 31, 2024

Any questions, and all submissions, should be directed to producer Nick Gould at qpsuburbanholidays@gmail.com. We look forward to reading your work!

The Quannapowitt Players are seeking new plays for Suburban Holidays, our annual holiday-themed play festival and fundraiser. We are proud to be presenting our thirteenth year of this holiday tradition in 2024!

Play submissions should be between 10 and 20 minutes in length and focus on a holiday. All holidays are welcome! Past plays have focused on everything from Christmas to Arbor Day, and everything in between. Casts of varying sizes are welcome, as are shows that feature children. Please keep in mind that the festival is family friendly, so plays with excessive profanity or other inappropriate material are discouraged.

Five to six shows will be selected for production. All submissions will be kept on record and consulted for future years. Our selected playwrights will receive a 100 dollar stipend and will be produced as part of Suburban Holidays 13 in November 2024, with full production support (lights, sound, costumes, and minimalist set).

The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2024. Playwrights will be contacted by August 31, 2024, regardless of whether their play has been selected or not. If you have submitted a play in the past, please do not resubmit the same play unless there have been significant revisions.

US Embassy in Montenegro seeks American & Montenegrin Playwrights

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Deadline: October 1, 2024

Or until 75 submissions are received

DO NOT SEND - THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED THEIR 75 PLAY LIMIT

Are you a talented playwright looking for an exciting and unique opportunity to showcase your work in Europe? The University of Montenegro in Niksic with support from the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro will host a One Act Play Festival in April 2025, and we are seeking 2 or 3 new plays. 

We invite you to submit a 10–30-minute play written in American English. Enthusiastic university students who are nearing fluency in English and are eager to engage with American English-language drama will perform your play. Consider themes and scenarios showcasing the United States that resonate with young adults, university life, or those first few years “in the real world” after graduating from the university. 

 With that said, the play must also be appropriate for audiences as young as high school students. As the students will make the final selection of which of these plays to perform, we require the selected playwrights to be available for one video call to discuss the play with the students sometime in early 2025. 

 Playwrights will not be compensated financially nor receive royalties for this production, so please only send plays for which you own the rights. The benefit for you is that you will be able to count this production in your repertoire as being produced in Europe.

Guidelines for submission:

• Only one submission per playwright (if more than one is received, we will only review the first one).
• Include a brief synopsis of the play, a short bio of the playwright, and the production history of the play if applicable (it’s OK if it has never been produced or workshopped).
• Playwrights must be citizens of the United States or Montenegro, and the play must be written in English.
• By submitting a play, you confirm that if selected you will do one video call with the students to discuss your play sometime in early 2025.
• Playwrights will be notified around mid-December whether they were selected or not.
• No entry or submission fee.
• Have fun!

Cone Man Running Productions ‘Five Minute Mile – Theatre on the Run'

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Deadline: July 28, 2024

Please submit all the requested materials to conemanrunning5mm@gmail.com

Cone Man Running Productions is announcing open submissions for our series ‘Five Minute Mile – Theatre on the Run.’ The series will perform at Cone Man Running’s space at Spring Street Studios in Houston, Texas. The show will run from December 6th - December 22nd, 2024. Michael Weems will serve as Artistic Director.

We will be again staging this one-of-a-kind theatre festival. Each evening, twenty (20) plays will be performed off book by a core ensemble of actors. Eight (8) of those plays will be set for each evening, six (6) will be drawn at random by audience members and the last six (6) will be voted on by the audience (based on title, the blurb you provide, and word of mouth). Every night will be a different experience!

Requirements:

• This year we are only accepting plays and monologues that focus on holidays. Please interpret this as you will and create your own holiday if you choose. 

• Submissions will be accepted from: Friday March 22nd, 2024 – Sunday July 28th, 2024.

• This festival is open to writers from any corner of the globe. English language plays only.

• Five-minute plays or monologues - comedies or dramatic work. No scenes or parts of other plays. We’re looking for compact plays/monologues with a start, middle, and end.

• For plays, no less than 3 pages and no more than 4 pages (12 pt font and 1” margins), for monologues, no more than 1.5 full pages (12 pt font and 1” margins). There are no exceptions to this rule.

• Please include a short blurb (one to two sentences) describing your play, as well as which holiday you associate with your play. 

• No works that have been published by a licensed publisher. Academic or anthology publications for which you hold the copyright are okay. If your play is optioned for publication prior to the production dates, please contact us as this will make your play ineligible for our festival.

• Previous productions are okay if not staged within Houston, Texas. Previously submitted work is okay to submit, as long as it was not staged in one of our previous Five Minute Mile series.

• Minimal set and properties. Presume having no more than a few chairs and a table, very limited properties, and include no lighting cues other than ‘lights up/down’.

• No musicals, screenplays, adaptations, or theater for young audiences.

• Maximum of five (5) submissions per playwright - however no more than two (2) pieces by a playwright will be potentially staged. If you have co-authored a work, this counts as one of your five submissions for each writer.

•  Please submit all files in only: MS word or pdf. Please do not send Drop Box or other cloud based links. Email submissions only.

• Please note, all plays will be photographed and recorded for archival and marketing purposes. In submitting your work, you acknowledge and allow for your show to be recorded and photographed.

• We will not provide any feedback on scripts.

• From the submissions, 50-75 plays will be shortlisted as semi-finalists and will be read by our committee. The selected final thirty-two (32) plays will be listed on our Facebook page and webpage (both listed below) on July 31st, 2024.

• No submission fee.

• Cone Man Running reserves the right to decline scripts for any reason we see fit and any submissions that do not meet all guidelines will be ineligible and immediately deleted without response.

• If one of your plays is selected and you are able to attend, you will be provided with two complimentary tickets to the show. As a volunteer organization, we will be unable to provide any royalty or compensation/funding towards transportation or lodging, if you choose to attend. Your show will be guaranteed a minimum of two performances. If the playwright can attend, we will work with them to assure their play is one of the set plays performed that evening.

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Forward Theater Co. 8th Monologue Festival: Guilty Pleasures

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Deadline: September 1, 2024

Submit scripts via e-mail to monologues@forwardtheater.com

Fess up! For our eighth Monologue Festival, Guilty Pleasures, Forward Theater would like to challenge playwrights to send us new, original scripts about the secret indulgences we dare not admit. Indulge in the joys, embarrassments, and sweet reliefs that come from embracing our most private delights.

Monologues may take the form of comedy, spoken word, drama, farce, autobiography, or pure fiction. Our goal is to craft a delicious, diverse slate of pieces for the Monologue Festival. Call variety our own guilty pleasure. We look forward to hearing from you!

Playwrights of any age or residence may submit their work for consideration.

1. Monologues must be written for a single actor to perform.

2. We do not accept musical submissions, adaptations, or children’s plays.

3. Monologues must be standalone pieces. Please do not submit a monologue extracted from a larger play or piece of work.

4. Monologues should require very simple production values. Set pieces, props, or any other effects needing set-up, strike, or special technical support may disadvantage an otherwise excellent submission.

5. We are soliciting new work for premiere production. If the piece has previously received or been part of a fully realized production, do NOT submit.

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1. Submissions will be accepted starting JULY 1, 2024.

2. Monologues must be inspired by the Festival theme: Guilty Pleasures. We allow a lot of room for interpretation, but monologues that have clearly not been written with this festival in mind and/or do not fit the theme will not be considered. Please respect the time of our panel of judges and only submit monologues specific to this call for submission.

3. Monologues must be between two and ten minutes in length. A general rule of thumb for length of scripts is a maximum of five pages, double-spaced, using a standard format (twelve-point font). All lengths of up to ten minutes will be considered.

4. Each playwright may submit up to two scripts with no fee. 

For each additional script, there is a $5 reading fee, payable by check to Forward Theater Company. Checks may be sent to Forward Theater Company, PO Box 14574, Madison, WI 53708.

5. Submit scripts in PDF format. Include a title page with name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Please do NOT list your name anywhere on or within the monologue copy itself to allow for confidential panel review.

6. Submit scripts via e-mail to monologues@forwardtheater.com. Please use the subject line “Monologue Festival Submission.”

7. Entries will be acknowledged by e-mail once they have been received.

8. Playwrights will be credited in marketing and playbill materials and will receive a $150 total royalty for the Festival performances. Playwrights are also entitled to two complimentary tickets to the opening performance.


Deadlines and Notifications

1. Submissions will be accepted until midnight on September 1, 2024. Submissions received after September 1 will not be considered for the Festival.


2. Winning scripts will be announced on our website in February 2025. Winning playwrights will be notified via email or phone on or before this time.
Evaluation Process

Screening: Each application will be screened for eligibility (title page and script in requested format).

Evaluation: Each script is read and evaluated by at least two first-round readers. Based on evaluations, up to 30 monologues will be considered by a second panel of 12-15 readers.

Selection: Based on evaluations and reader discussions, twelve monologues will be selected for performance in the Festival.

Feedback: Due to the volume of scripts submitted, we are unable to offer feedback for this project.
Additional Information


For questions about submissions, contact monologues@forwardtheater.com.

Visit the Guilty Pleasures Monologue Festival page for more information.

You can also follow us on social media for future updates.

Clay & Water 2025 Seventh Annual Playwrights’ Retreat

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Deadline: July 26, 2024 at 5PM EDT

SUBMISSION FORM


Retreat Dates: February 22 – February 28, 2025

Clay & Water 2025 will be an in-person retreat (public health situation permitting) at Penney Farms, Florida (near Jacksonville.)

 Four selected playwrights will get accommodations, meals, a no-pressure developmental reading of their works-in-progress, a respite from the demands of their everyday lives, an opportunity to meet fellow writers, and a chance to see some of the points of interest of the surrounding area.

Clay & Water is not a production opportunity.

A small stipend of $100 will be provided to each playwright.

EXPECT TO PAY YOUR OWN WAY HERE. Fly into Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) where we’ll pick you up, or drive yourself to the accommodations we will book for you at PRC. (There’s also an Amtrak station in Jacksonville, if needed.)

Each playwright will get a developmental reading of a single work-in-progress.

We will provide local actors for readings.

The reading will be open to the public at no charge. We will schedule at least one, possibly two, private Zoom rehearsal(s) in the weeks before the Retreat, but the public readings will be fully understood to be minimally-rehearsed, cold readings for development and NOT performance.

There will be a moderated audience feedback session after your public reading. (Don’t worry! Our audiences are supportive.)

Please read and follow these guidelines and application material carefully. Plays that do not adhere to the guidelines in terms of length, format, cast size, etc. will NOT be considered.

ONE APPLICATION / SUBMISSION PER PERSON

In order to apply, you must:

Have a completed draft

– Draft of a full-length, unproduced non-musical play (60-120 pages) in PDF format and in a standard play script format (either the Modern Format or Traditional Format on the Dramatists Guild website: https://www.dramatistsguild.com/script-formats would be acceptable) in a 12-point standard font (Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, Courier are all fine). The play should require 2 to 4 actors to perform. (Plays that have had previous developmental readings are acceptable.)

– No monologues, please.

– No adaptations.

– No collections of short plays.

– The submitted script should have a character breakdown page immediately following the title page.

–You may have more than 4 characters as long as all characters can be played by a maximum of 4 actors and you specifically explain any double-casting options. Please note that offstage voices do count if an additional actor would be needed.

Please note: Scripts which do not follow the guidelines of length, format, number of characters will NOT be considered

What to Submit

Applications must be made through our online application form which will ask you to complete the following:

Name, email, cell phone # in the fields provided.

Select whether you are US-Based or Non-US-Based so the form will show you the appropriate address fields.

Complete the address fields. Note that the Non-US-Based address field is more free-form due to variations among international address, but we do need your street address, city, province, country, and postal code if you are not a US-Based playwright.

Title of the play you are submitting

Select Tone of Play (Comedy, Drama, Serio-Comic)

Brief synopsis of the play

Brief description of what you think is/are the next step(s) in your revisions. We want to know your next writing steps, not your next business steps.

Enter the number of actors needed and a numeric breakdown of male, female, neutral/non-binary/any gender actors needed.

Enter the same breakdown for number of characters (these numbers may match the number of actors or may be different if double-casting can be done.)

Describe any possible double-casting. Please be as specific as you can.

Introduce yourself professionally (productions, workshops, readings, publications, education, any other theatre disciplines in which you participate).

Introduce yourself personally (hobbies, non-theatre interests, where you are from, survival job, etc.)

Upload your 60-120 page script in standard play format in a 12-point font. PDF ONLY!

Reminder: Scripts which do not follow the guidelines of length, format, number of characters will NOT be considered.

Questions may be sent at any time.

Kinsman Quarterly Holiday Playwright Contest

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Deadline: November 15,  2024 at 11:59 EST

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We are looking for holiday scripts for our upcoming collection Holiday Plays for Cultures Worldwide. Submissions should include one-act shorts with themes of holidays, especially from BIPOC and underrepresented cultures. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year, and Easter. Scripts must be original, unpublished works in English, ideal for families and low-budget organizations. Shorts should be between 10 and 20 pages with less than 6 main characters. Winning scripts receive up to $500 USD and publication. 

No fees required. Submissions open until November 15, 2024.

Selected submissions will be published on the Kinsman Quarterly website and promoted on its social media sites and printed advertisements. Copyrights of the individual submissions remain with the authors. Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc owns the copyrights to the collection as a unit.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, however submissions should be withdrawn if accepted elsewhere. To ensure that we are able to publish the unpublished work, winning contestants and finalists are asked to wait a full year after publication before they republish the work themselves or with another organization.

Those Eligible

• individuals 18 years or older
• authors of BIPOC and underrepresented communities preferred, but not restrictive
• must be able to receive award payment through Paypal 

Contest Guidelines

• Each entry should be an original, unpublished work by the submitting author, which does not infringe upon the copyrights of another individual or entity. 
• Scripts should be between 10 and 20 pages with less than 6 main characters.
• Submissions must be received by November 15, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.
• Submissions should feature holiday themes with rich cultural content
• Participants may enter more than one submission.
• Changes to the competition entry cannot be made once a work is submitted. However, a revised version may be resubmitted. In such cases, include the word "revision" in the file name. 

Formatting Guidelines (MUST READ) 

• Submission files must be named by Title_AuthorName. Example: "Missing Diamonds_DoeJohn".
• All entries must be submitted as an MS Word doc/docx or .pdf file. 
• All entries must be in 12-point courier font for in a standard play format. 
• Be sure to remove all track changes from edited text. 
• Entries that do not adhere to guidelines will not be considered. 

Prizes

Grand Prize = $500 cash prize and publication in the collection "Holiday Plays for Cultures Worldwide" and as individual scripts on the Kinsman Quarterly website.

1st Runner Up = $250 cash prize and publication in the collection "Holiday Plays for Cultures Worldwide" and as individual scripts on the Kinsman Quarterly website.

2nd Runner Up = $150 cash prize and publication in the collection "Holiday Plays for Cultures Worldwide" and as individual scripts on the Kinsman Quarterly website.

Top 6 Finalists receive a $50 Amazon gift card and publication in the collection "Holiday Plays for Cultures Worldwide" and as individual scripts on the Kinsman Quarterly website.

Announcements are scheduled for October 15, 2024. Kinsman Quarterly reserves the right to extend this deadline and announcements for up to 30 days.

Blackboard Plays' - Reading Series Submission

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Deadline: none listed

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

Founded in 2008, Blackboard Plays has been devoted to Black Playwrights throughout the African Diaspora. 

 Black Playwrights Submit up to 10 pages in consideration for a Feature reading.

A Feature and a Community Night are the two main ways to have your work supported by Blackboard.

Those not selected for a feature, are encouraged to attend a community night, which is structured like an Open Mic Night for Playwrights, where up to 10 pages is cold-read by Actors in person or on Zoom (During COVID-19 Social Distancing Practices).

THE PGE’S 6TH ANNUAL FACES OF AMERICA MONOLOGUE FESTIVAL

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Deadline: August 19, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

On November 23rd 2024, we will host the 6th Annual Faces of America Monologue Festival at The Marjorie S. Deane Theater in NYC.

To submit your monologue for consideration there are just a few simple rules:

Your monologue must be less than two minutes in length.
We can't stress this enough. If we think your monologue is longer it will not be considered.

Your monologue should represent America's incredible diversity. (BIPOC, AAPI, Latine, and LGBTQIA+ artists are all strongly encouraged to apply).

Monologues can be historical or futuristic, cultural or political, comedic or tragic, spoken or signed!

Include the word "GRACE" somewhere in your monologue.
If this word does not appear in the monologue it will not be considered.

Send your submission to us by the deadline of August 19th using the online form.

Submissions are limited to two per writer. Late entries will not be considered, no matter how much you beg.

We are incredibly excited to read your submissions!

A selection committee will read all submitted monologues that meet the above requirements and pick those that best reflect the many voices that make up America. Submitted monologues remain anonymous to our readers throughout the selection process.

If your monologue is selected for inclusion in the festival, you will be contacted by early October. We will then work with you to cast your monologue from The PGE casting pool and your monologue will be performed at the sixth festival in November 2024 as well as published into an anthology.

Anthologies of the monologues from the first five festivals are available for purchase on Amazon.

Black Sun Lit submission guidelines

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Deadline: none listed

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

Black Sun (generally) reads submissions for digital vestiges year-round, accepts only previously unpublished work, and allows simultaneous submissions in the good faith that the writer promptly notifies us if their work has been accepted elsewhere. 

For consideration, please submit—in one file—either 1–5 works of prose (no more than 5,000 words), up to 5 poems (no more than ten pages), or 1 essay (3,500–5,000 words). 

We are also open to hybrid works, translations, interviews, and/or works of drama, and enjoy debate on any artistic endeavor as it relates to our mission statement.

WHAT CHEER OPENS TOMORROW NIGHT!

Please join us for the powerful, heartfelt, and intimate staged reading (with blocking) at Studios 353! 

Set in the small Upstate New York town of What Cheer, the play examines how dark life can get in the aftermath of a mass shooting. Four moms struggle to function in an unlivable world of grief while the town supports even their most self-destructive coping mechanisms in an effort to just help the women navigate an incomprehensible and senseless tragedy. A young woman moves to What Cheer in search of belonging and connection, unaware she will be the one who shines light on a community stuck in a self-destroying cycle... for the last three years.

Performances: July 19, 20, 21 & 26, 27, 28

Details on the flyer above. 

Tickets available at Genoveva Productions Presents: What Cheer Written by Karen Campion Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

The 4th Annual Patchwork Play Festival

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Deadline: November 30, 2024

Eclectic Full Contact Theater Company announces the opening of submissions for the 4th annual Patchwork Play festival.

To be presented at The Edge Theater, 5451 N Broadway, Chicago, IL.
Feb. 21, 2025 - March 2, 2025

We are currently accepting submissions of New One-Act Plays that embody this years theme of: Redemption

Nine finalists will have their play produced in our festival. 

A $250 Award will be presented for best production as adjudicated by a panel of Chicago Theater professionals. 

​A $250 Audience Award will also be presented to the festival favorite as determined by our audiences.

Submission Requirements:​

• Play must be previously unproduced. (Staged Reading are fine)
• Play length not to exceed 30 minutes.
• Play must reflect the yearly theme. This years theme is: Redemption
• Play must be received by November 30, 2024
• Playwrights cannot submit more than 2 scripts per year for Crashbox! If more than 2 scripts are submitted by the same playwright, we’ll pick 2 at random. Only one play per playwright may be featured per Crashbox! Festival per season.

Scripts cannot contain copyrighted music unless the playwright owns the music’s copyright, or has written permission from the music’s copyright owner.
Email submissions to: Patchworkplayfest@gmail.com

Good River Review publishes 10-minute plays

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Deadline: none listed

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

Good River Review is the literary journal of the Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University. We publish two issues a year. Between issues, we regularly feature book reviews, interviews, essays on the practice of writing, and other important literary news.

Dramatic writers may submit scripts for 10-minute stage plays or short films, including TV. We will also consider publishing video of produced scripts.

Go Try Play Write July 2024

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Deadline: July 31, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

We're proud to announce a new monthly playwriting contest in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press. Every month, Kumu Kahua's artistic director Harry Wong III will select a writing prompt on the first day of that month. We're looking for 5-page monologues or 10-page scenes based on that prompt; the due date for submissions are always the last day of the month. 

All entries must be written in traditional play format; instructions on this format can be found here (https://www.dramatistsguild.com/script-formats), courtesy of the Dramatists Guild.

There will be one winner each month. Scripts will be submitted to the judges anonymously. Winners will receive $100 and a subscription to Bamboo Ridge Press. Woo!

The prompt for July 2024 is:

A road rage prompt. Write a 10-page maximum scene or an 8-page maximum monologue of someone having road rage. It could be two or more people going at it, or someone raging in their car. Definitely think about a conclusion to the episode.

Best of luck!

Ridgefield Theater Barn Evening of One-Acts 2025

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Deadline: August 15, 2024

Or when they receive 250 submissions


We are now accepting submissions for our Evening of One Acts 2025.

Plays should be unpublished and roughly 10 minutes in length. 

Longer plays (no more than 15 minutes) will be considered, and micro-plays (1-2 minutes) are also welcome.

Plays selected are usually comedic in tone, light, and quirky, but plays with deeper themes are also welcome, provided they are not too serious. Each playwright may submit no more than 2 plays. The submission window will close on August 15th or once we have reached our cap of 250 submissions, whichever comes first.

Playwrights of all backgrounds and gender identities are encouraged to submit. 

Please email your original, unpublished one-act play(s), or any questions, to oneacts@ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org with the subject line “OA 2025 Submission.” 

Playwrights will receive a $50 honorarium if their play is selected for our production.

NY THEATER FESTIVAL SPRING/SUMMER and FALL/WINTER 2024

  NY THEATER FESTIVAL

SPRING/SUMMER and FALL/WINTER 2024

25TH CONTINUOUS SEASON

 

THE NEW YORK THEATER FESTIVAL COMPETITION 

for PLAYS and MUSICALS

 TOTAL PRIZES $8,000 • FIRST PRIZE $3,500 • FULL LENGTHS • ONE ACTS • SHORTS • SOLOS

Producing your play or musical is the best way to review and develop your work.

 

TESTIMONIALS

https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/testimonials/

 

ALL PRODUCTIONS CAN OBTAIN A VIDEO RECORDING OF THEIR SHOWS

 

 

WE MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING OF THE PRODUCTION AVAILABLE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS – WE USE FOUR CAMERAS SO PARTICIPANTS HAVE FOUR CAMERAS ANGLES WITH WHICH TO EDIT INTO A COHESIVE CUT.

 

THE FESTIVAL OFFERS RAW FOOTAGE FROM 4 CAMERAS OR CAN SIMPLY DELIVER THE RAW FOOTAGE FROM THE CENTRAL CAMERA’S WIDE ANGLE WHICH CAN FUNCTION AS A RECORDING WITHOUT ANY EDITING REQUIRED.

 

PARTICIPANTS CAN USE THE RECORDING OF THEIR SHOWS AS AN ASSET FOR FUTURE MARKETING AND TO PROVIDE REEL MATERIAL FOR FUTURE INDUSTRY MANAGERS 

 

FURTHERMORE, FILMING THE SHOW MEANS THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAN PURCHASE TICKETS TO ATTEND OVER ZOOM - SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHO CAN'T TRAVEL TO SEE THE PERFORMANCES. THIS MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD

 

When you stage your work, you discover ways to enhance and improve your presentation and story.

This is a unique opportunity to invite people from the industry to see your production! People are more likely to go see a show than to read an unsolicited script - some industry people receive on average thousands of submissions per month. They understand that the journey for a show to be successful often goes through several productions and this is your chance to show that you can start that process! 

Our dedicated team is here to help you get your work out. We are with you from the moment you begin tech rehearsals, all the way through to your closing performance.

You will never be left alone during the process. We will help you choose from the 85 set/furniture pieces we offer to dress your stage for your run, and we will give you a complete crash course on how to use the audio/light/video system in just 3 minutes, which are intentionally designed to be very user friendly. 

 

After we show you how to use the tools we provide and how to best utilize the space, The Festival’s team will provide prime responses to every inquiry, as well as a telephone # you can call anytime during relevant hours throughout the run of your show

 

In 12 years and 22 seasons we have successfully hosted 1,400 plays and 300 musicals, as well as rewarding over 300 participating artists cash prizes.

 

Yours could be the next production onstage!

 

AMERICA'S LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS PLAYWRIGHT-MUSICAL FESTIVAL-COMPETITION

 

To submit to the Festival, go to:

https://NewYorkTheaterFestival.com/ 

Send your submissions now – we only accept submissions from playwrights who lives within 30 miles of Manhattan.

 

Lucky Lighting 15 Minute Play Festival Looking For Playwrights, Directors, and Actors.

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Deadline: none listed

Send to lucky@luckyslightinginc.com

Rehearsals will be Week of August 19th
Tech will be Week of August 26th
Show August 29th-31st

8 plays will be picked to perform and compete in the Festival.

Winner of Festival will earn a Week of Performances of a Developed full length version of the winning piece at later time of their choosing.

To apply, please email us the following:

-Your Name
-Choose (Playwrights, Director, Actor)
-15-20 minutes Script (For Playwrights [pdf. or wrd.] )
-Your Resume/Reel (For Directors and Actor's [pdf. or link] )
-Synopsis of Script (For Playwrights)
-Instragram, YouTube, and/or Facebook handles
-Do you need a Director and/or Actors (For Playwrights)

Chosen Plays will receive an Email the Last Week of July, Early August if you are to be picked to have your play sponsored for the festival.

Directors and Actors will be Contacted the beginning or August.

Before you apply please confirm you are available for the dates of the festival above.

Looking forward in working with you all, see you out in the field.

Sundog Theatre in NYC is seeking one-act plays for “Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry II Autumn 2024”

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Deadline: September 6, 2024

This is Sundog Theatre’s 23nd presentation of new and original, one-act plays about our favorite boats.

This year’s theme: SECRETS EXPOSED.

Plays can be comedies or dramas. However, humor is always appreciated.

Writing Guidelines:

-Original plays not previously produced or published, with a signed note affirming that.

-10-25 minutes in length and set on the Staten Island Ferry.

-Set in a contemporary time period. Strong priority will be given to plays with 2 characters, however, 3-character plays will be considered. No special set pieces other than benches or railings found on the Ferry, as well as limited and easily accessible props/costumes, and no unusual sound or lighting effects.

-Avoid overt and unnecessary sexual/violence situations and language since we cater to a broad audience.

-No musicals, long monologues, poetry, rants or verse

Submission Guidelines:

Please send two hard copies, bound or stapled, blind submission (removable cover page with title, author and all contact information) with page numbers and the name of the play on each page to:

Sundog Theatre, “Scenes 2024”, PO Box 10183, Staten Island, NY 10301.

-Submissions should include a brief play synopsis (2-3 sentences at most), a 70-word bio, and a full resume of the writer.

-We are not accepting plays electronically. Reasons: hard copies are easier to pass around/make notes on; protects your work; can’t get lost in email chains; and…easier on reading eyes. We will let you know by email that we have received it.

-NO SUBMISSION FEE

-Questions: info@sundogtheatre.org/Susan Fenley, Producer.

6 plays are chosen by a reading team; writers each receive $200 and plays are produced in five October/November 2024 performances in Staten Island, NY. Plays are cast in NYC, rehearsed, and performed on stage.

Playwrights of selected plays will be contacted in September and their names/play titles listed on Sundog’s website in Autumn 2024.

Nomad Theatre seeks 'By the Fireside' Submissions

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Deadline: September 15, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

Nomad Theatre seeks 2-4 new, unproduced one-acts to be a part of our upcoming show, By the Fireside in February 2025 in Normal, IL.

Nomad's mission is to provide an immersive theatre experience by exposing audience members to eclectic and moving stories, taking theatre outside of a traditional theatre space and into site-specific locations.

What happens inside a cozy cabin by the fire in February? Step inside the Davis Lodge on the shores of Lake Bloomington for one-act plays that take place in this warm and inviting cabin. Within the rustic walls of a secluded retreat, characters grapple with their pasts, secrets and unexpected encounters. The cabin transforms into a character itself, whispering stories of love, loss and redemption.

Selected plays must take place at in a cabin with a fireplace. We encourage you to use the space creatively. They must be unpublished and unproduced at the time of submission.

A picture of the space has been included for your reference.

This call is open to all playwrights in the United States. Selected playwrights receive a $40 honorarium, full production of their show and a ticket to attend. We encourage anyone to submit, even if you’ve never written a play. We want to support underrepresented playwrights, including women, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, disabled, neurodiverse, etc, and encourage you to submit.

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

How well it meets the theme of 'By the Fireside'

Overall writing quality (Plot - we like different or quirky, weird, out-of-the-box theatre; Character Development; Dialogue)

Suitability for our actors and space - low tech, 1-4 characters, flexible casting

Submissions will open on May 5th and close on September 15th, 2024. Selected playwrights will receive notification by January 8, 2025. If you have not received notification from us by that date, we did not choose you for the production.

Submission Guidelines:

1 submission per playwright.

a running time of 30-45 minutes long

A cover page should include the title, the playwright’s name, contact information, a brief synopsis, and character descriptions.

Pages should be numbered.

Minimum of 1, maximum of 4 characters

Label your document as TitleOfPlay_LastName

Must take place in a cabin around a fireplace.

No musicals.

We suggest formatting similar to the Dramatist Guild Guidelines: https://www.dramatistsguild.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/General-SFI-Formatting-Guidelines-Complete.pdf


If you have questions or need any accommodations for submission, please email nomadtheatresubmissions@gmail.com

Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Science Playwriting Competition 2024 ~ 10-minute plays

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Deadline: September 15, 2024

The Science Playwriting Competition brings science and theatre together for the dissemination of scientific knowledge through an intriguing lens — providing inspiration for plays that lead to exciting ways of learning about science. Rooted in artistic expression, the best science plays can be exceptional works of art that aesthetically convey scientific concepts, potentially resulting in further explorations in both disciplines. In this way, science and theatre may learn from each other, through their common goals of investigating and gaining an understanding of the significance of science and how the world works.

The competition commenced in 2012 with the assistance of an NSF grant awarded for scientific outreach projects initiated by Professor of Physics Christopher Herzog with additional support from the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics. The competition draws playwrights from all over the world who submit 10-minute plays with compelling stories and innovative expression of science and theatricality.

The preferred topics in hard sciences and technology include, but are not limited to: Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Computer Science, Space Exploration, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Anthropology and Archaeology.

-A public staged reading of the winning entries will be performed during the Spring 2025 semester at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.

Guidelines:

– Plays should be approximately 10 minutes in length (usually around 10 pages).
– Winning playwrights will receive a directed, live-staged reading of their work in the spring 2025 semester.
– Plays must include a title page that includes the playwright’s name, address, phone number, and email address.
– Plays must be original unpublished work and must not be created with the assistance of any form of AI.

*Note: please submit electronic entries as a pdf file. Submitting your play implies permission to have your play performed in a staged reading in the fall semester; all submissions remain the property of the playwright.

QUESTIONS? CONTACT US AT scienceplays@scgp.stonybrook.edu

This competition is made possible by the generous support of the Simons Center of Geometry and Physics and the C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University.

Echoes Writers Group at Primary Stages 2024

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Deadline: July 22, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

The Echoes Writers Group at Primary Stages is a year-long, educational program focused on finding, nurturing, and amplifying the voices of women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists. Echoes will be a place for writers to find and develop their voices in a supportive and creative community that grows together. The group is composed of 8 writers who are just starting to discover their voice and are ready to commit to the craft of playwriting.

The Group participates in playwriting classes with guest mentors as a cohort in the Fall In the Spring, the Group will continue as a cohort with weekly sharing sessions, and also enroll in a class of their choice at the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), selecting a class in conjunction with the Primary Stages team that will best move their writing forward. In both semesters, writers will have the chance to create and develop their own work with professionals who represent a vast array of fields and writing styles. Past Mentors include Cusi Cram, Brittany K. Allen, Tina Satter, Chisa Hutchinson, Madhuri Shekar, Migdalia Cruz, and Mfoniso Udofia. ESPA classes include such offerings as The First Draft, Rewriting Your Draft, Comedy Writing, 10-Minute Plays and One Acts, The Dramaturgy of Playwriting, and more.

Program meetings will happen via Zoom, with the option of taking ESPA classes either on Zoom or in-person at ART/NY at 520 8th Avenue in NYC. Each Group member will receive a $500 honorarium.

We are looking for people who love to write but have not had the chance to fully explore their passion in a professional or academic setting. Women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming writers have faced many barriers to pursuing and developing their writing, and this is meant to be a supportive and creative space that will offer mentorship, support, and community to those who are seeking to develop their voice. Whether you’ve stepped away from your writing and wish to reinvest in your passion, want to expand the scope of your writing, are discovering a new creative interest, or anything in between, we’re looking for undeveloped and undiscovered voices who need room to grow.

Primary Stages strives to reflect the story of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, classes, ages, and abilities, and hopes for this group to reflect the America around us as opposed to what has historically been taught and represented.

All applications are due Monday, July 22. All applicants will be contacted by the end of August regarding their selection status, and finalists will be asked for a virtual interview.

If you have any issues uploading your application materials, please reach out to echoes@primarystages.org.

BREAK A LEG PRODUCTIONS ~ One-act Slam

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Deadline: July 15, 2024

BREAK A LEG PRODUCTIONS seeks plays up to 25 pages (no musicals) to be performed in our annual One Act Slam on September 28th at 2:00 pm at the Unity Center (213 West 58th Street.)

The Slam is a one act play competition. The audience votes for their favorite play, and the winning playwright receives a $100 cash prize

Please email plays in PDF form to plays.balproductions@gmail.com with the title of the play and author in the subject line.

Limit one play submission per playwright.

Call for Submissions - People’s Theatre Project Playwright Unit 2024

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Submission Deadline: July 15, 2024

APPLICATION LINK:

https://forms.gle/PxxGg3dJfeCo3RS49

For any questions regarding People’s Theatre Project Playwright Unit 2024, please email sinny@peoplestheatreproject.org.

SUBMISSION MATERIALS A resume 
A brief artist statement (250 words max): Tell us who you are as a writer.
A 10-page excerpt of an in-progress play The excerpt can be any part of the play but be sure context is clear. Make sure it shows off who you are as a playwright.
The play is unpublished and unproduced but still in progress.
Cast Size: Maximum 6 actors.
The play is written primarily in English.
We are not accepting musicals or adaptations at this time. 
You will develop this play into a one act (65-80 pages) for PTP’s One Act Reading Festival.

Calling all vibrant voices from the Latiné, Black, Queer, and/or immigrant playwrights to share your powerful narratives!

People’s Theatre Project (PTP) Playwright Unit 2024 invites established playwrights to submit a work-in-progress. Three playwrights will be chosen to develop One Act plays each under the mentorship of award-winning playwright Marco Antonio Rodriguez. The culminating plays will be showcased at PTP’s One Act Reading Festival in December 2024.

About PTP

Over the last 15 years, People’s Theatre Project has been creating theatre with and for the immigrant community to create a more just and equitable world and doing this through Productions, Education, and Advocacy. Over the last 5 years, we have specifically been producing plays created by and about the immigrant experience in NYC. The Playwright Unit is an integral part of PTP’s mission to support Latiné, Black, Queer, and immigrant playwrights in promoting innovative theatrical works. During the next artistic season, PTP will present a Staged Reading Festival featuring three original one act plays in December 2024.

YOU WILL RECEIVE:

Ongoing Support to Develop Your Play: Develop your work-in-progress into a one act in bi-weekly workshops led by award-winning playwright Marco Antonio Rodriguez.

Actor Readings and Feedback: Have actors read your latest writing during workshops and receive supportive feedback.

Insight on the business of show business and resources to access: Gain show business insights and resources from well-recognized industry members to advance your career.
Director and Actors for Staging: Have your one act play directed and staged by professionals.
Showcase your work: Present your play at People’s Theatre Project One Act Reading Festival.
Shared Dinner: Enjoy meals provided during each in-person workshop.

$1,000 Stipend for your participation.

PTP will receive

The right of first refusal to produce the selected plays within a specific time period.

ELIGIBILITY:Latiné, Black, Queer, and/or immigrant playwrights.
Established playwrights who have had at least one professional production.
Local NYC and its surrounding areas. If not living in the NYC metropolitan area, you must be willing to travel to NYC for bi-weekly in-person sessions.
Must be available to attend in-person workshops and Reading Festival.

SCHEDULE: Developmental WorkshopsWed, Aug 28, 6-8pm
Wed, Sep 4, 6-8pm
Wed, Sep 18, 6-8pm
Wed, Oct 2, 6-8pm
Wed, Oct 16, 6-8pm
Wed, Oct 30, 6-8pm
Wed, Nov 13, 6-8pm
Wed, Nov 20, 6-8pm

Location: PTP Office, 700 W 192nd St Suite 2, New York, NY 10040

One Act Reading Festival Dec 2- Dec 8

Each play will have a one day rehearsal that culminates in a public staged reading.

Venue: TBA

Reflection meeting Wed, Dec 11, 6-8pm. Online

SUBMISSION SCHEDULE July 15, 2024: Submissions Close, or when 100 submissions are received
Aug 5, 2024: Finalists invited to online interviews
Aug 16, 2024: Participants Selected

Red Umbrella Theatre Company offers workshops for new and undiscovered or beginning playwrights

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Deadline: none listed

SUBMISSION FORM

Red Umbrella Theatre Company's (RUTC) goal is create a space of cultivation for new and undiscovered or beginning playwrights. Through this program, participants agree to meet (whether in person or Zoom, depending on the group) to share new pages, give feedback, and help each other to create new work over the course of a few months. These will be rolling groups that can continue throughout the year, in segments of 3-6 months, depending on the goal length of the play or musical.

If each group is filled out, we hope to create a cultivating groups for musicals, full length plays, and short plays.

Connor Kopko, RUTC's Artistic director, has a passion for developing new work, and is committed to producing 2 new plays each year. He also hopes to help push multiple short plays into the festival circuit. The ultimate goal is for you to see your work come to life on stage. While joining this group is not a guarantee of that, you will be given the opportunity to submit your work for consideration for production in a black box theatre in New York City.

We can't wait to see what you write!

GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT HORROR AUDIO PLAYS

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Deadline: July 31, 2024

GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT will be doing a live recording of horror audio plays in October at Le Chat Noir Theatre in Augusta, GA! And we want you to submit your scripts!

GUIDELINES: (please read carefully)

- Open to audio play submissions worldwide from playwrights ages 18 and older

- Multiple submissions are okay

- 20 pages or less

- No monologues or one-person plays

- No musicals

- ONLY Horror genre scripts, adult language and situations are allowed.

- Produced scripts are okay but no published scripts

- Playwrights of selected scripts will be notified in early September.

- THERE IS NO SUBMISSION FEE!

- MOST IMPORTANT GUIDELINE! - We want scripts that allow for immersive sound fx - chainsaws, monsters snarling, jump scares, gore, haunting ghosts, etc. Creepy dialogue is fun and all but we have a foley guy. Make us use him.

IF ANY OF THE ABOVE GUIDELINES ARE NOT FOLLOWED, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE READ

SELECTED SCRIPTS:

- Selected plays will be performed on October 12 at Le Chat Noir Theatre in front of a live audience and later released on the Gather by the Ghost Light podcast.

- Selected playwrights will each receive $50

- Publication in the Year Five Gather by the Ghost Light companion book

Send scripts to submissions@gatherbytheghostlight.com

Deadline: Entries must be submitted by July 31, 2024.

Can Elaine face her Demons?

Can Elaine face her Demons?
Coming in August... The play, "Elaine' by Julia Genoveva will be performed at The Producers from August 8/22-8/24

GENOVEVA PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

FROM THE MIND OF JULIA GENOVEVA

ELAINE

WRITTEN, PRODUCED, DIRECTED

BY JULIA GENOVEVA

Fate puts Elaine and her daughter Vivian back together. Elaine, is a drifter moving around from place to place—in Florida, and then ends up in New York City. She has struggled with substance abuse for most of her adult life. Her childhood friend Ricardo, gives her a place to crash. But to no surprise to him, Elaine doesn’t have two pennies to rub together, and can’t even hold down a job-As bad days and bad nights keep piling up on Elaine, she ends up in the rehab clinic of Vivian’s husband, Charles—so their unexpected reunion becomes inevitable. 

 

Charles, with a heart of gold wants the best for everyone, and for everyone to settle their differences, so they can all be a big happy family. But things take a turn for the worse. Sometimes Fate only gives you one opportunity to make things right. And when it slips through your fingers, everything gets out of whack…until years later, perhaps things fall into place..

THE PRODUCERS CLUB-THE ROYAL THEATRE
358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

SOLD ONLINE ONLY VIA BELOW EVENTBRITE LINK:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/genoveva-productions-presents-the-play-elaine-tickets-936573846587?aff=oddtdtcreator

New Eyes Festival 2024 - Call for Submissions

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Deadline: July 21, 2024

OR when they receive 75 submissions

SUBMISSION FORM

This series of staged readings of new works from Asian American playwrights is an artistic incubator for thoughts and ideas looking to be born onto the stage. For the 2024 festival, Theater Mu invites playwrights to submit their work for consideration.

Submission Guidelines

Playwrights must be 18+ to submit.

Limit one submission per playwright. Writers may submit as co-writers, but a co-writer may not submit an additional script as a solo playwright or as part of another team.

Scripts need not be in their final form, but they should be complete enough to share with an audience. Please do not submit a script with missing scenes or pages.

While we prefer scripts that require fewer actors, we are accepting scripts that have any number of actors. It would be helpful to include in your submission any information about doubling, if possible. Please include a stage direction reader in your numbering.

New Eyes Festival features work from both Minnesota and out-of-state playwrights. We encourage playwrights from Minnesota, and/or the Midwest to apply. Writers from all geographic regions are considered, including international writers.

Theater Mu cannot pay for travel at this time. If your script is selected and you would like to travel to the Twin Cities yourself, you would be more than welcome! Mu staff would be happy to assist you by making recommendations for local accommodations. We would also be happy to set up a Zoom for a playwright to attend rehearsal and performance remotely, if desired.

Scripts for New Eyes Festival should follow the following criteria:

New scripts - Priority is given to scripts that have not been widely professionally produced, and/or are early in their life cycle. Maybe the script has never been read out loud; maybe the script has had one or two non-professional productions; maybe there has been a production but not in the Midwest. The script also need not be recently written– perhaps you wrote the script a long time ago but never shared it and are curious about giving it a new life. If you are unsure whether your script follows these guidelines, feel free to reach out.

Visionary, mission-focused scripts - Theater Mu's was founded on three core tenets: 

1) Asian American stories, 

2) exemplary theater, and 

3) social justice. 

If you have a point of view that intersects with this mission, we want to hear from you.
Questions? Review our FAQ. 

Further questions can be directed to Literary Manager Jane Peña at jane@theatermu.org.

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship 2024

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Deadline: September 12, 2024 (11:59 PM Eastern Time)

Based in Radcliffe Yard—a sanctuary in the heart of Harvard University—fellows join a uniquely interdisciplinary and creative community. A fellowship at Radcliffe is an opportunity to step away from usual routines and dive deeply into a project. With access to Harvard’s unparalleled resources, Radcliffe fellows develop new tools and methods, challenge artistic and scholarly conventions, and illuminate our past and our present.

The applications office staff will be available to answer your emails and phone calls until 5:00 PM Eastern Time on those days. We can be reached at HarvardRadcliffeFellowship@radcliffe.harvard.edu.

Playwriting: Applicants in this discipline must have a significant body of independent work in the form. This will include, most typically, plays produced or under option.

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2024 MODERN WORKS FESTIVAL

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Deadline: July 18, 2024

Or when 300 scripts are received

SUBMIT YOUR PLAY

Back for the fifth year and taking place at Urbanite Theatre, The 2024 Modern Works Festival is a five-day playwriting contest, reading festival, and celebration of women in theatre.

Three finalists will be selected by a panel of play readers to present their work as a staged reading during the Festival. The Festival will culminate in an audience roundtable discussion, and Festival Passholders will have the opportunity to cast a vote for their favorite of the three works, awarding the winner a prize of $3,200!

Seeking new work from emerging and established female playwrights. Playwrights must be available to attend all festival rehearsals and talkbacks, in Sarasota, FL. Rehearsals will take place September 2 - 4, 2024. Staged Reading performances will take place Sept 5 -8.

Interested playwrights are encouraged to read Urbanite’s mission statement and production history to get an idea of the type of work we produce.

No Entry Fee
Festival Awards:
Winner: $3,200 (1)
Finalists: $650 (2)

Submission Rules & Requirements

Submissions must be from female playwrights
Playwrights must reside in the United States
Plays must be unproduced and unpublished with limited development
Plays that have been previously submitted to Urbanite Theatre or the Modern Works Festival are not eligible to be submitted again
No musicals or translations
Full length plays only (defined as 60 minutes or more)
Must require three performers or fewer
Must include quality, female roles that are well-represented
Must include a contact page and character breakdown
One submission per playwright

Playwright must be available to attend the festival in person (September 4-8, 2024), including rehearsals (Rehearsals: September 2-4, 2024)

Festival Rules & Requirements


Festival Rules and Guidelines:-Three finalists will be chosen to participate in the Modern Works Festival

Each finalist will receive the following: a female professional director and stage manager, stage directions reader, professional actors, a table read, 15 rehearsal hours, a staged reading with a total of three staged reading performances and facilitated post-show talkbacks

Staged readings will have some lighting support, an intro and outro song if wished, music stands, chairs provided, costumes or additional internal music is not allowed as the readings are text focused

Actors, stage managers, directors will be comprised of local and non-local artists, AEA and non AEA

Winner of festival will receive a $3200 prize

The two remaining finalists will each receive an award of $650

All Finalists will receive an additional stipend of $250 to assist with daily food expenses

Housing, Travel to/from Sarasota will be provided

Finalists will be selected by panel of readers and notified by Urbanite Theatre on July 29, 2024

Submissions will be capped after the first 300 scripts are received

The volume of submissions will prevent us from providing individual feedback

Sixth Annual International Human Rights Art Festival

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Deadline: August 15, 2024

December 9th - 15th, 2024
The Tank
312 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018

Results announced by September 8, 2024

The submission window is now open for performance work in any form - every discipline!
Work may not have been produced within the last year in NYC, or be scheduled in the next six months of December 15th, 2024.

Please note:

the performances must be fully produced by you; IHRAF is a presenting platform.
Considering performances 10-20 minutes long!
We accept just one proposal for each application.

Submit all work to costanza@humanrightsartmovement.org

We are jurying work with the following interests, for performance blocks:

• Climate Change Action
• Immigration
• LGBTQIA
• Celebration of Women/Women in Power
• Celebration of Black Men/Undiscovered Women
• Shalom/Salaam
• With Love from Africa

Any other social justice concerns you might have!

Plus: Two Ten Minute Play Festivals

All accepted performers will receive:

• Performance stipends
• PR and marketing support
• 30-minute tech rehearsal
• Festival TD and SM
• Free photographic documentation of their performance
• Free video documentation of their performance

…and bragging rights as participants in this vital and growing NYC creative-activist institution!

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Please email our Festival Assistant Producer Costanza Bugiani at costanza@humanrightsartmovement.org with the following:

A brief description of your piece, including approximate running time - we’re accepting 10-20 mins works.

A cover letter, including details regarding the piece’s discipline, issue of concern treated and a brief summary of your artistic goals

Your bios or resumes and the names of any collaborators already on board

A sample of work (scripts, pics, videos, songs, any other links or file that could help us to know more about your project)


As email subject, please type IHRAFestival 2024, then add Association-Company-your name (i.e. IHRAFestival 2024, Joan Doe)

Please note:

Work may not have been produced within the last year in NYC, or be scheduled in the next six months of December 15, 2024.

The performances must be fully produced by you; IHRAF is a presenting platform.

We accept one proposal for each application.

Also, let us know if you already had part of our previous festivals as a performer or in the audience!

We are encouraging New York and Tri-state area based artists. Unfortunately we cannot cover any travel/lodging expenses.

And, remember, there are NO fees for submission!

We are seeking artists who use their creativity as their weapon of justice, and operate under our signature values of

• Beauty as a fundamental artistic principle; 
• Sincerity and Vulnerability of presentation; 
• Celebration of Diversity, and opening doorways of engagement with all members of society.

We believe that creative engagement with all members of the society is the surest path toward social justice and positive change.

The International Human Rights Art Festival, New York City’s pre-eminent arts and human rights performance event, is looking for performers in all media to present work during the week of events and workshops in one of the most welcoming venues for emerging artists in New York City: The Tank!

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