Deadline: February 16, 2026 2:00 AM
SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE
Denver Quarterly is interested in texts intended to be performed in some capacity-- including one-act plays, flash mobs, performance art, monologues, scripted choreography-- or work that is meant to be performed solely on the page but bears in mind certain conventions of the theater/stage. Poems and short stories are not accepted under this category.
Policies:
Excerpts from longer works are permissible.
If you are submitting performance texts with particular formatting, we recommend saving your file as a PDF.
Please submit only one piece to one category for our consideration, and please wait until you have heard back from us before submitting again.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted, and please notify us promptly if your work has been accepted elsewhere by adding a note withdrawing your piece in Submittable. We do not read previously published work.
Denver Quarterly is interested in texts intended to be performed in some capacity-- including one-act plays, flash mobs, performance art, monologues, scripted choreography-- or work that is meant to be performed solely on the page but bears in mind certain conventions of the theater/stage. Poems and short stories are not accepted under this category.
Policies:
Performance submissions should generally consist of no more than 4,000 words, but may be much shorter as the project requires.
Excerpts from longer works are permissible.
If you are submitting performance texts with particular formatting, we recommend saving your file as a PDF.
Please submit only one piece to one category for our consideration, and please wait until you have heard back from us before submitting again.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted, and please notify us promptly if your work has been accepted elsewhere by adding a note withdrawing your piece in Submittable. We do not read previously published work.