Deadline: December 15, 2025
To submit your play, go to www.hepburnhooks.com/2025brownskinnedgirls or flash the QR Code.
For the second edition of our evenings of shorts, we are seeking out four female, BIPOC playwrights whose works we will fully produce and present at a London venue to be determined.
A clear element of inspiration for our very first endeavour is legendary superstar and timeless icon Beyoncé's 2019 song "BROWN SKIN GIRL", a gorgeous, heartfelt celebration of Black girl/womanhood. Its music video (which we enjoin you to watch, if you haven't already, features a plethora of Brown Skinned Girls and illustrates the broadness of this term!)
The plays may be set in any era, they may tackle whatever subject you desire, the stories may even not centre Black/Brown women at all!
We are quite simply looking to pick the brains of young, BIPOC female playwrights from all over the world and get a sense of how they feel about the world at large, or about very specific things in it. Let your imagination run wild, do not be afraid to be goofy, cringey, subversive or unapologetically militant - we want to see and hear it all!
- There is no entry fee for this opportunity.
- This year, we are happy to announce that all four selected playwrights will receive a 100 GBP stipend. The remaining three playwrights will be offered a free yearlong subscription to www.playsubmissionshelper.com, the most comprehensive and up-to-date online directory of play submission opportunities available anywhere.
- Playwrights must be aged (at least) 18 at the time of submission.
- Your play should have a running time of 10 to 15 minutes.
- Your play should require no more than 4 actors and minimal props.
- Your play should be in English (mainly).
- The play should be original, unpublished and it should not have been performed in the UK as of the day of submission.
- Submissions containing copyrighted material that does not belong to you cannot be accepted.
- Unfortunately, we cannot yet accept musicals.
- Your play should NOT BE BLIND.
- The document you submit should be a PDF.
- Unfortunately, written feedback will only be provided to short-listed writers.
- All submissions are final. No revisions to the text of a play will be accepted after it is submitted.