Deadline: December 31, 2026
Or once they receive 250 submissions (whichever comes first).
While we are known for producing our wonderful audio plays on the podcast, please note that this submission call is for "stage plays" for our annual short play festival. These will be fully staged performances at Le Chat Noir, NOT audio plays on the podcast.
IF ANY OF THE ABOVE GUIDELINES ARE NOT FOLLOWED, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE READ
SELECTED SCRIPTS:A total of 8 selected plays will be performed in April 2027 at Le Chat Noir Theatre.
Selected playwrights will each receive $50
Selected plays will be published in the 2027 Off Broad Street Short Play Festival anthology by Ghost Light Publications. (Non-exclusive, all licensing rights will still belong to the playwright).
"The Pareizs Award" - ONE slot will be reserved for a local writer who will receive the Pareizs Award. This award will go to the local script that has the highest score among the judges. "Local" includes all CSRA counties (Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, Edgefield, and McCormick). *All other slots in the line-up will be made up of the highest rated scripts regardless of where they are located.
Submit scripts to submissions@gatherbytheghostlight.com with the subject line "OFF BROAD STREET SUBMISSION"
The body of your email should look like this:
- Your Name
- Play Title
- Your Email Address (or other contact info)
That's it. That's all we need in the body of your email. We don't need a production history of the play. We don't need your playwright bio. I promise you that the admin receiving submissions isn't reading any of that stuff. They are just looking for Your Name, Play Title, and Email Address so that it can be transferred to our master spreadsheet for tracking. You are seriously wasting time by putting anything else in the body of your email. Just letting you know. And having only these three simple things listed makes it so much easier to find the info we actually need.
GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT'S 4th Annual Off-Broad Street Short Play Festival will take place in April 2027 at Le Chat Noir in Augusta, GA.
- Open to stage play submissions worldwide from playwrights ages 18 and older.
- One submission per playwright.
- 12 pages or less.
- No monologues or one-person plays.
- No musicals.
- Open to ALL genres (adult language and situations are allowed).
- Plays must be in English language.
- Previously produced plays are okay but plays must be unpublished (Your play may be published as long as you still hold the licensing rights).
- PDF files only.
- Submissions should have no author information on the script itself. BLIND submissions. We are serious about this.
- Playwrights of selected scripts will be notified in mid-February 2027.
While we are known for producing our wonderful audio plays on the podcast, please note that this submission call is for "stage plays" for our annual short play festival. These will be fully staged performances at Le Chat Noir, NOT audio plays on the podcast.
IF ANY OF THE ABOVE GUIDELINES ARE NOT FOLLOWED, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE READ
SELECTED SCRIPTS:A total of 8 selected plays will be performed in April 2027 at Le Chat Noir Theatre.
Selected playwrights will each receive $50
Selected plays will be published in the 2027 Off Broad Street Short Play Festival anthology by Ghost Light Publications. (Non-exclusive, all licensing rights will still belong to the playwright).
"The Pareizs Award" - ONE slot will be reserved for a local writer who will receive the Pareizs Award. This award will go to the local script that has the highest score among the judges. "Local" includes all CSRA counties (Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, Edgefield, and McCormick). *All other slots in the line-up will be made up of the highest rated scripts regardless of where they are located.