Deadline: July 15, 2026
In one document, please send:
• A PDF or Word document of your play with a logline, short summary, and production history
• A brief playwright bio (no more than 100 words)
• Playwright contact information
• Email submissions to: futureworksplays@gmail.com
• Subject Line: Future Works Submission – [Playwright Last Name]
This collection will gather 20-25 of the best performance-ready ten-minute plays exploring the possibilities of science fiction for the stage. With the success of plays like The Nether by Jennifer Haley, Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play by Anne Washburn and Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, science fiction has proved it can be a rich landscape for theatrical exploration. From intelligence and climate collapse to alien contact and time travel, this anthology seeks to highlight the ways science fiction playwrights engage with contemporary questions through speculative storytelling and theatrical invention.
Possible Themes and Subgenres:
• Artificial Intelligence / Robots• Time Travel• Alien Life / First Contact• Space Exploration / Space Adventure• Space Opera• Climate Futures / Environmental Collapse• Virtual Reality / Simulations• Dystopian or Utopian Societies• Cybernetics / Human Enhancement• Genetic Engineering / Cloning• Post-Apocalyptic Survival• Futurism / Speculative Technologies• Alternate Histories• And beyond
A wide variety of writing styles are welcome, including dramas, comedies, absurdist plays, and experimental works.
Please Note - What we are NOT Looking For:
This anthology is specifically seeking science fiction plays. We welcome a wide range of theatrical styles and approaches; however, submissions should engage meaningfully with science fiction concepts generally based in imagined science, technology, or societies.
This anthology is specifically seeking science fiction plays. We welcome a wide range of theatrical styles and approaches; however, submissions should engage meaningfully with science fiction concepts generally based in imagined science, technology, or societies.
Please do NOT submit:
• Fantasy plays centered on systems of magic, wizards, mythical creatures, or supernatural occurrences/quests
• Horror plays without a clear science fiction framework (i.e.: hauntings, demonic possession, purge-like scenarios)
• Fan-fiction or fandom-culture inspired works
• Medieval fantasy, high fantasy, or fairy tale adaptations
• Supernatural stories that do not meaningfully engage with speculative science or futurism
• Fantasy plays centered on systems of magic, wizards, mythical creatures, or supernatural occurrences/quests
• Horror plays without a clear science fiction framework (i.e.: hauntings, demonic possession, purge-like scenarios)
• Fan-fiction or fandom-culture inspired works
• Medieval fantasy, high fantasy, or fairy tale adaptations
• Supernatural stories that do not meaningfully engage with speculative science or futurism
If you have any questions, or need further clarification, please don't hesitate to email futureworksplays@gmail.com
• Plays should be approximately 10 minutes in length (no longer than 11 pages).
• Plays should be submitted in standard play format. Other formats will be rejected.
• Submissions must be original plays (no adaptations of classic science fiction stories, please).
• Submissions CAN have received previous productions. Please include a production history with your submission.
• Playwrights may submit up to 2 plays for consideration.
• Plays should be submitted in standard play format. Other formats will be rejected.
• Submissions must be original plays (no adaptations of classic science fiction stories, please).
• Submissions CAN have received previous productions. Please include a production history with your submission.
• Playwrights may submit up to 2 plays for consideration.