Deadline: March 1, 2026 11:50 PM EST
Or after 300 entries are received
All entries should be sent to: 10minuteplayfestlex@gmail.com with "10-min Play Fest" in the subject line.
The 13th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival will accept submissions beginning at NOON EST on February 21, 2026. Submissions received before this time will not be considered.
This competition is open to any playwright. There is NO submission fee, NO production fee. The judges will be members of the Studio Players theatre community: board members, directors, and patrons. The rules are simple and are as follows:
1. Any playwright may enter; please submit only ONE play per playwright. If a playwright submits more than one script, only the first one received will be considered and the others will be discarded.
2. The play must be a 10-minute play (meaning it will be approximately 10 pages of dialogue). If it’s a monologue/one-person piece, it should come in under 10 pages.
3. All emails should include TWO attachments: 1) a separate cover page containing the following information: play's title, author's name, email address, mailing address and phone number, and 2) a blind copy of the play. The play itself should only have the title and a brief synopsis; no other identifying information should be contained in or on the 10-page script. PDF or DOCX files are preferred.
4. To be considered, each script must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST March 1, 2026.
5. The contest is open to the first 300 entries received.
6. Winning entrants agree to a full production of their scripts and video recording and presentation of their scripts. Video recordings are used for marketing/promotional purposes only.
That's it! The top 7 scripts (as determined by the judges) will be performed by active members of the Bluegrass theatre community. Each play will be a fully realized production; each performance will contain all the winning scripts. The 7 selected playwrights will each receive $250 in prize money.
The script selection process is anonymous and therefore we won't be posting notifications during the deliberations. We will announce the 15 finalists and 7 winners after the selection process is complete.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/studioplayers for more information.
All entries should be sent to: 10minuteplayfestlex@gmail.com with "10-min Play Fest" in the subject line.
The 13th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival will accept submissions beginning at NOON EST on February 21, 2026. Submissions received before this time will not be considered.
This competition is open to any playwright. There is NO submission fee, NO production fee. The judges will be members of the Studio Players theatre community: board members, directors, and patrons. The rules are simple and are as follows:
1. Any playwright may enter; please submit only ONE play per playwright. If a playwright submits more than one script, only the first one received will be considered and the others will be discarded.
2. The play must be a 10-minute play (meaning it will be approximately 10 pages of dialogue). If it’s a monologue/one-person piece, it should come in under 10 pages.
3. All emails should include TWO attachments: 1) a separate cover page containing the following information: play's title, author's name, email address, mailing address and phone number, and 2) a blind copy of the play. The play itself should only have the title and a brief synopsis; no other identifying information should be contained in or on the 10-page script. PDF or DOCX files are preferred.
4. To be considered, each script must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST March 1, 2026.
5. The contest is open to the first 300 entries received.
6. Winning entrants agree to a full production of their scripts and video recording and presentation of their scripts. Video recordings are used for marketing/promotional purposes only.
That's it! The top 7 scripts (as determined by the judges) will be performed by active members of the Bluegrass theatre community. Each play will be a fully realized production; each performance will contain all the winning scripts. The 7 selected playwrights will each receive $250 in prize money.
The script selection process is anonymous and therefore we won't be posting notifications during the deliberations. We will announce the 15 finalists and 7 winners after the selection process is complete.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/studioplayers for more information.