Clockhouse opens for submissions for Volume 14 (summer 2027)

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Deadline: November 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM

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CLOCKHOUSE is a national literary journal published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, whose editors are MFA alumni of Goddard College.
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We accept works of poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and ​dramatic works for stage or screen. We also accept submissions for cover art. We encourage submissions from both established and emerging writers.

We’re looking for work that beckons us to listen, share, and engage. Send us your best!

Before submitting, carefully read the general AND genre-specific guidelines. 

• All submissions must be original, unpublished work written by the author or, if you are submitting artwork for cover consideration, original artwork created by the artist. We do not accept work generated in whole or in part by AI.
• Follow genre-appropriate formatting; Word documents preferred; double-spaced for fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction​
• Include a bio of approximately 100 words or less
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as you withdraw them if accepted elsewhere
• Submit only through Submittable. No email or mailed submissions will be accepted
• Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will be discarded unread.
• If your work has been published in CLOCKHOUSE, please skip one issue before submitting again.

Dramatic Work for Stage or Screen

• Short plays and screenplays in traditional and experimental styles
• Standalone work only (not part of a longer work); no monologues
• Submitted work should be written with the audience in mind
• Submit up to 10 pages plus cover page with title and character breakdown
• Follow the industry-standard formatting guidelines appropriate for the plays/screenplays including paginations

THE VAMPIRE: 2025 Theatre Aspen Solo Flights Advancement Grant Winner

THE VAMPIRE
A new play by Alec Silberblatt

A lonely, young man yearns for purpose and place in a society that doesn’t seem to want him. When both are offered to him by a mysterious man who has all the answers, he begins a descent into a dark world. 

One part pulpy horror story filled with getting ghosted, club beats, and buzzy Adderall induced fights; one part potent metaphor exploring the seductive draw of the manosphere.

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.theatre4thepeople.org/current/thevampire

Presented at IRT, October 30th and 31st at 7PM

Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Award 2027

Deadline: April 30, 2027

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Send to info@premiocarloannoni.eu

Carlo Annoni International Award is dedicated to plays addressing LGBTQ+ themes and diversity in the sphere of love in the time of gender fluidity.

Plays of any length are accepted, full-length as well as 10-minute short plays, including those already performed.

Two plays will be awarded, one in Italian and one in English, in September in Milan.

Eclectic Full Contact Theater Company 6th Annual Patchwork Play Festival - A One-Act New Play Festival

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Deadline: October 31, 2026

Email submissions to: Patchworkplayfest@gmail.com

To be presented at The Edge Theater, 5451 N Broadway, Chicago, IL.
Feb. 26, 2027 - March 7, 2027

We are currently accepting submissions of New One-Act Plays that embody this years theme of: Alienation

Nine finalists will have their play produced in our festival.

A $250 Award will be presented for best production as adjudicated by a panel of Chicago Theater professionals.

​A $250 Audience Award will also be presented to the festival favorite as determined by our audiences.

Submission Requirements:​

• Play must be previously unproduced. (Staged Readings are fine)
• Play length not to exceed 30 minutes.
• Play must reflect the yearly theme. This years theme is: Alienation
• Play must be received by October 31, 2026
• Playwrights cannot submit more than 2 scripts per year for Patchwork. If more than 2 scripts are submitted by the same playwright, we’ll pick 2 at random. Only one play per playwright may be featured per Patchwork Festival per season.
• Scripts cannot contain copyrighted music unless the playwright owns the music’s copyright, or has written permission from the music’s copyright owner.
• We are not accepting musicals at this time.

She/NYC Arts 2027 Festival

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Deadline: November 5, 2026 at 11:59pm PST

We accept full-length plays and musicals during our open submissions period for our Summer Theater Festivals. In order to apply, you must be a playwright or composer of a gender marginalized group (including cis women, trans people, and non-binary people), or a writing team that is made up of at least 50% people from a gender-marginalized group.

SheNYC (New York) – Festival dates TBD, in July/August 2027

You’ll apply for all the cities you’re interested in in one form — there will be an option to select which cities you’d like to be considered for.

Note that we only accept script submissions during our submission window. If you would like to be considered for our summer festivals, you must submit your work during that time period. Read on below for more details on what you’ll need to submit!

AI Information

Our mission is to support human writers. Therefore, while using AI for background research is okay, we won’t produce anything that was written by AI. On the application, we’ll ask you to describe if and how you used AI. 

Examples include:
Used AI to find and organize research about the subject matter (✅ this is okay!)
Used AI to fact-check or spelling & grammar check my writing (❎ we don’t love this, but it won’t necessarily disqualify your show. Give us more details about how you used it.)
Used AI to write scenes or music (❌ this is not okay)
Used an AI program to automate vocals in the demo recordings included in this application (❌ this is not okay)
Used an AI program to automate instruments in the demo recordings included in this application (❌ this is not okay)

READING/PERFORMANCE INVITATIONS

Unfortunately, we do not have the staff capacity to see readings or performances, so do not accept invitations. However, the only way we would choose to produce your show is through the open submissions process listed above – so, send us your materials that way if you’d like to be considered for a production!

What You Will Need To Submit

1. The full script to your show, in PDF form. It must be at least 75% finished. If the rest is not finished, you need to provide a “treatment” (a detailed outline of the scenes that remain to be written, in order) along with the script. Bear in mind that you will have to send us completed script if you’re selected as a finalist.

IMPORTANT: Your script PDF must not have your name on it!

Why do we ask this?

Our model is based on giving writers an opportunity based on the quality of their writing, free from the types of bias that the entertainment industry normally considers, such as connections, having an agent, etc. Having your script anonymized to our readers ensures we can fulfill our mission of evaluating scripts without bias.

2. A completed application form with some basic information (see below for FAQs).

3. If your show is a musical, recordings of at least 3 full songs from the show, in mp3 or m4a form. The more you have, the better! A simple recording with just you and your piano is fine, though obviously you want to make your music sound the best it can. Please do not submit Finale or Sibelius files (or any other automated vocals).

* Note that we do not require that you send us a score or sheet music with your submission.

4. If your show is a solo show, a video of at least 5 minutes of your solo performer performing a cut from the show. This can be a video from a prior production or staged reading, or it can be a self-tape of your actor recording themselves at home.


Why do we ask this?

We’ve found that it’s incredibly hard to evaluate the quality of a solo show without knowing the performer who will be carrying it.

2027 Submissions Timeline

September 28, 2026: Submissions open for NYC, DFW, ATL, and LA Festivals.

November 5th: Deadline for all submissions. Submit your show before 11/5 at 11:59pm PST!

February 2027: If you’re a semi-finalist, we’ll notify you in February.

March 2027: Finalists for NYC & LA are chosen. 

April: All our festival participants are notified, and you’ll be given a deadline to accept your slot in the festival! We will also notify you if you are not selected. 

*This is SUBJECT TO CHANGE based on the Festival dates given to us by our venues.*

May: All the fun stuff starts! We’ll have a meet and greet and info sessions to make sure you feel 100% ready to produce your show in the Festival.

June/July: Start rehearsals for your show!

July/August/September: The Festivals run! Each show will get two set performances during these two weeks, as well as a tech and dress rehearsal slot. We will also leave a few empty performance slots in the schedule so that any show that sells out its first two performances can add extra performances. 

Black Women On Broadway Reading Series Submissions

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Deadline: October 14, 2026

SUBMISSION FORM

The Black Women On Broadway Reading Series is a development reading series dedicated to early career Black Women Playwrights. This readings series offers ONE playwright the opportunity to have a relaxed approach to development with a full day of rehearsal culminating in a public reading that evening.

The reading series is scheduled for Monday, November 9th, 2026 with the generous support and partnership with WP Theater.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- Any early career Black Woman playwright is encouraged to submit (NOTE: Early career = TWO or less professional productions in their career. Productions must have been at a non-profit, regional, commercial off-broadway or non-union theater only. Playwright cannot have been produced on Broadway. )

- The play submitted CANNOT have had a professional or workshop production. (Other developmental readings are fine) 

- Only ONE submission per playwright. 

- Playwrights CAN re-submit the same play if they have submitted to previous BWOB reading series

- Only FULL LENGTH PLAYS can be submitted. No musicals, no one act plays (i.e. 30 minutes or less,) no 10 minute plays. We are not accepting any solo/one person plays at this time. 

- Playwright must be available in person, in New York City for the full day of the scheduled reading series date: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026. We cannot make any exceptions or provide any hotel, flight or other travel arrangements or accommodations. 

- Playwright will receive $500 stipend

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS WEDS, OCTOBER 14TH, 2026.

THE SELECTED PLAYWRIGHT NOTIFIED BY WEDS, OCTOBER 21ST, 2026

Queens Theatre’s Unbound Voices: New Play Development Series seeks short plays

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Deadline: October 31, 2026

Submit your work to submissions@queenstheatre.org by October 31, 2026 with "Unbound Voices" in the subject line.

Queens (NYC) Theatre’s Unbound Voices: New Play Development Series (formerly New American Voices) is now accepting submissions for short plays for future readings. 

We are looking for original plays about characters experiencing a moment of change in Queens, NY. Let a Queens neighborhood, landmark, institution, event, or moment in the borough's history shape the characters’ journey.

We are looking for small cast plays (2-5), under 10 minutes running time. Compensation will be offered for the selected play.Submissions must be new, unproduced works. (Previous workshops and readings are permitted.)

One submission per writer.
Works in any theatrical style are welcome.
Bilingual works are encouraged.

Please submit files as PDF with the filename formatted "LastName_FirstName_PlayTitle.pdf" (please use only letters, numbers, and underscores in the filename omitting other punctuation or special characters.)

At Queens Theatre, we remain focused on plays which reflect contemporary issues from various perspectives including race, culture, language, disability, nationality and gender, and committed to providing opportunities for all writers, regardless of age or experience.

Season 2 of The Human Side of Health seeks short plays

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Deadline: October 31, 2026

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS! The submission window for Season 2 of The Human Side of Health is officially open! This Winter 2026, we’re focusing on Black Health: health concerns and wellness within Black communities.

We are seeking short plays (10 minutes maximum) written by Black playwrights and created specifically for virtual performance. 

For your play to be considered, it must be written specifically for a virtual platform as the setting in the script. We will NOT select plays that require reimagining a play made for the live stage. The setting must be written for the virtual setting. Virtual format = Zoom, FaceTime video call or similar using a virtual modality as the setting. Any work submitted that does not incorporate use of a virtual platform will not be considered.

Theme: Black Health
Length: 10 minutes maximum
Format: Written for a virtual setting

If selected, playwrights also participate in an artist community conversation and receive an honorarium.
Full eligibility requirements and submission details:

ellipsis… literature and art open for submissions for the 2027 issue

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Deadline: December 16, 2026 2:00 AM

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Please submit one English language drama piece per year, up to 8,000 Words. Use 12 point font.

ellipsis…is the annual literary journal published by the students of Westminster University since 1965. We sponsor a yearly poetry contest (all accepted poems are eligible for a $100 prize) as well as an annual student writing contest ($200 prize in each genre), judged by Laurie Ann Guerrero in 2021, Carolyn Forche in 2022, Brent Ameneyro in 2023, Matty Layne Glasgow in 2024, and Abraham Smith in 2025. 

Contributors to ellipsis... include well-known, up-and-coming, and never-before-published writers. We accept original English language submissions in poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, drama, and art. Submit poems in one document, please. 

Our submission period is August 1 through December 15 for poetry, short fiction, drama, and creative non-fiction. We accept art submissions from August 1 through January 31. 

Please include a 75 -word contributor’s note and your address, telephone number, and email address. 

Simultaneous submissions are welcome but withdraw your submission immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Note that we do not republish pieces, including work online.

 We usually pay $10 per poem and page of visual art, and $3 per page of prose, plus two free copies of the issue. We cannot pay international contributors. Submissions cannot be accepted via email.

Raise the Page / Uplift the Word Festival

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Deadline: November 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM

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The festival will take place February 2-3, 2027 at AMT Theater (345 West 45th Street) NYC

Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays Playwright Submissions
Seeking BIPOC playwrights for Abingdon Theatre Company's seventh annual Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays in collaboration with AMT Theater. Abingdon Theatre Company continues to be committed to creating opportunities for all voices to be heard. With this in mind, ATC is thrilled to open submissions for our seventh annual festival of short plays; a festival shedding light on stories by people of color.

Please read the following in full before submitting.

Short play submissions should be unpublished and no longer than 40 pages, written by BIPOC individuals.

Plays should not have been previously presented to New York audiences.

Please limit your submission to one play per playwright. If you have submitted to Raise the Page, Uplift the Word in the past, please do not re-submit work unless there have been significant changes to the script.

We are accepting applications from artists from all experience levels, locations, and ages.

Should you have any questions, please email info@abingdontheatre.org. 

Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) is seeking theatrical productions

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Deadline: October 26, 2026

SUBMISSION FORM ON THEIR WEBSITE

DUAF is seeking theatrical works (plays, musicals, and solo performances) for its 25th Annual season to be held in June 2027 in Manhattan, New York City. We support diverse, new and emerging voices from America’s burgeoning multicultural landscape. Over 200 playwrights have participated in DUAF and some have gone on to greater success on Broadway and have claimed top prizes such as the Pulitzer, Tony and Obie awards and nominations.

Submission Categories:

• Short-length play (under 45 minutes)
• Full-length play (up to 70 minutes) 

Eligible Projects: 

• Plays do not exceed 70 minutes
• Plays should be new or existing work with minimal exposure 
• Plays should not have any other production in New York City during the 30-day period before and after the 2027 festival 

Playwright Supports:

• No submission or participation fees 
• $1,200 (short) and $2,000 (full) playwright stipends
• Mentoring with an experienced theatre professional
• Actor and director stipends
• Casting support 
• Technical design and operation 
• Reimbursed rehearsal space rentals
• Actors' Equity Showcase Code application administration
• $1,000 awards for best full, short and audience

THINK FAST A virtual short play competition 2027

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Deadline: November 16, 2026

Email your script to OneActFest@TheTheaterProject.org with the required acknowledgement:

You MUST include the following acknowledgement in the body of your email: “If my play is accepted and I choose to take part in the festival, I understand that I will be responsible for the casting and rehearsal of my play and that I will be charged a $100 participation fee. I also affirm that generative AI was not used to create my script.”

Title page should include author's name and email address/contact information.

One entry per writer ONLY.

Online submissions only.

Submission Requirements

Dramas and comedies accepted.

Maximum 15 minutes running time. Plays that exceed 15 minutes will not be considered.

Zoom Performances

Live talkbacks with playwrights follow the evening performances
All ticket buyers vote electronically for Audience Favorite Play at the conclusion of each performance and receive links to all talkbacks and the awards announcement.

Nominations and winners for Best Actor, Actress, and Director, Audience Favorite (Play), and Judges' $500 Prize are announced post-show Sunday afternoon at our virtual cocktail party (BYOB)

How It Works

If your play is selected, ​​​The Theater Project will supply a stage manager/technical director to oversee the Zoom recording process.
Individual playwrights supply the actors and directors and make their own agreements regarding actor and director compensation.

Production Fee: $100. Participating playwrights (finalists) will be charged a $100 fee to cover the $500 prize as well as the cost of hiring the stage manager/technical director.

Playwrights invited to participate must have plays that are ready to perform and supply their own actors and directors who are recorded via Zoom by The Theater Project.

Why a production fee?

The Theater Project does not charge a submission fee for its THINK FAST festival. We do, however, charge a $100 production fee to help cover the cost of the $500 prize as well as the hiring of a stage manager/technical director to work with the productions on their technical needs, supervise a rehearsal, and record the final performance on TTP’s Zoom platform.

While we’d rather not charge a fee, we would be unable to offer this showcase without help from participating playwrights. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility!

Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund

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Deadline: November 18, 2026 (11:59PM EST)

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The Emerging Playwrights Fund (the “Fund”) is calling theatrical visionaries who are ready to push boundaries and captivate audiences through the intimate, limitless world of audio drama.

This is storytelling without walls. Your words, world-class performers, and millions of listeners waiting to be transported.

Who Should Apply

We're seeking early-career theatrical writers who craft immersive fictional experiences that engage, entertain, and inspire. We value diverse perspectives, innovative approaches to form, and stories that harness the unique intimacy and immediacy of audio storytelling. Whether your work explores internal worlds through sound, creates vivid landscapes through language, or experiments with narrative structure—if it pushes boundaries and demands to be heard, we want it.

For this cycle, we're particularly interested in original audio dramas in the following genres:

Action & Adventure including Mystery, Thrillers, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Core Fiction including Contemporary Fiction, Romance, and Literary Companion Pieces


About the Fund

Audible is a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling. Since 2017, our theater initiative, which includes the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City, has been built on one mission: to radically increase access to exceptional plays and performances.

The Emerging Playwrights Fund sits at the heart of that mission. We invest in and nurture self-identifying emerging playwrights—some of the most inventive, creative, and provocative storytellers working today. Through the Fund, we connect extraordinary performers with remarkable original work, amplifying new voices and bringing them to millions of listeners. To date, Audible Theater has commissioned 50 projects through the Fund. We support the creation of original dramatic work written with audio in mind, but theatrical in spirit—stories that live and breathe in the listener's imagination.


What the Fund Provides

Audible will select up to five applicants to receive a fee of $25,000 each to write and develop an original audio play. In addition to the fee, Audible may provide the selected applicants with creative and logistical resources to assist each artist and project, including but not limited to: development and production fees, casting expertise and talent budget, access to Audible’s state-of-the-art studio and production equipment.

Audible is dedicated to commissioning, developing, and producing work that reflects the diversity of our listeners and our world. We actively encourage submissions from emerging playwrights of all races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and backgrounds.

Your voice, amplified.

Submission Guidelines

One full-length script for an original play (in English language only) that represents your voice ("Script”). Submitted as a pdf or word doc

A professional biography (up to 300 words)

A pitch or summary for an original audio play (Action & Adventure OR Core Fiction preferred)

Please note, by submitting an application you will be directed to a third-party website (hosted by Accubate) and you agree to the applicable Audible and Accubate privacy notice(s).


Eligibility criteria

Any applicant over the age of 18, resident in US or UK may submit an application. Employees or independent contractors, or immediate family members (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) or those living in the same household of employees or independent contractors of Audible Inc., including any of its affiliates (collectively, “Audible”), or any entity involved in any aspect of the administration of the Fund may not submit a Script for consideration, unless it is determined by Audible in its sole discretion in accordance with Audible’s then current policies and procedures that no conflict of interest exists in connection with accepting the relevant submission for consideration.

Spartan Theatre One Page Play Festival – “Haunting Holidays”

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Deadline: October 11, 2026 at 11PM PDT

Spokane WA

SUBMISSION FORM

Submit your one-page play in MS Word or PDF format 

Festival Date: Friday, December 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM

The Spartan Theatre at Spokane Falls Community College proudly announces our Third Annual Festival One Page Plays: Haunting Holidays!

We are seeking submissions from playwrights across the globe to be presented in a reader’s theatre format. Selected plays will be performed live at SFCC’s Spartan Theatre on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7:30 PM.

Last year’s festival received over 100 submissions from playwrights all over the world, making it a truly global celebration of creativity. We are excited to build on that momentum and see how playwrights will haunt the holidays this year!

What We’re Looking For:

We want one-page plays that creatively explore the theme Haunting Holidays. Whether it’s a ghostly gathering at a festive dinner, a spooky twist on a traditional celebration, or a chilling winter tale, we encourage all kinds of imaginative interpretations.

All holidays are welcome: New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Arbor Day, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, April Fools, Cinco de Mayo, or any other day of cultural or personal significance you’d like to haunt with your imagination.

What to Expect:

• Selected plays will receive a staged reading in a reader’s theatre format, focusing on the script and storytelling.
• Playwrights will be notified of their selection by November 25, 2026.
• There is no submission fee, and no participation fee if selected.
• Length of Plays:Plays should be one page only (roughly 1–2 minutes of performance time).
• Guidelines:Open to all playwrights worldwide. There are no restrictions on age, nationality, or gender. All are welcome!
• Only ONE submission allowed per playwright. Send us your best work!
• Previously produced or published works are welcome, however scripts submitted to last year’s festival is ineligible.
• Plays must be primarily in English.
• No Musicals.
• Strong language is acceptable. 
• No Self-Production Required!

If your play is chosen, SFCC will handle all aspects of the production. You do not need to self-produce or cover any costs.

For questions, please contact our Festival Director, Rebecca Cook: racook321@gmail.com

Request for Proposals: *snap* Festival 2027

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Deadline: October 16, 2026 by 11:45pm

Burlington VT

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The Flynn is committed to using the arts to build connections and strengthen communities. The *snap* Festival is a celebration of the power of first-person narratives. We believe everyone has stories to tell and that sharing these stories teaches empathy by allowing us to recognize commonalities and learn about each other’s unique experiences.

From January 22 - 24, 2027, the Flynn will celebrate the power of storytelling and solo performance with a weekend-long festival that will include workshops and solo performances by professional and emerging artists.

Through a series of performances and workshops, we will create a dialogue between performers and the audience and provide opportunities for the community to join and support the conversation. Performances will include meaningful time for questions and thoughts from the audience. Our expectation is that performers will listen to audience feedback and have it shape their work and that our audiences will develop a deeper understanding of this important art form.

All writers, poets, rappers, songwriters, storytellers, and other solo performers from New England and New York are invited to apply and submit a proposal for a performance to be showcased in the 2027 *snap* festival. Selected works will be performed by the artist and told from the first-person perspective. We are interested in stories about your experience told from your perspective. 

Artists and Projects will be chosen based on the following criteria:

1. The work you submit illuminates your unique perspective.

2. Works must be new, original, and must not be previously produced. This festival offers the opportunity to showcase a piece that has not yet been performed in front of an audience. Scripts or the equivalent must be submitted as part of this application.

3. You will be performing your own work and will perform it with no other performers.

4. Your piece must be written and performed in the first person.

5. Performance length will be approximately 15 minutes. The performance may be a complete work, or a section of a longer work.

Resources

1. An honorarium of $500 will be provided.

2. Accommodations will be provided for the duration of the festival.

3. Up to $200 in travel costs will be reimbursed, upon submission of receipts.

4. The Flynn will cover the production costs of the festival including stage labor, sound equipment, security, ushers, and box office. All final production costs and expenses will be decided by the Flynn Center at its discretion. This festival is primarily about the development of a new work and requests involving other production elements (set, lights, costumes, etc.) may not always be accommodated.

5. The Flynn will actively market and publicize the festival and the public showing of your work on January 23, 2027 in FlynnSpace.

6. Your work may be selected for further development with an invitation to serve as an artist in residence.

Timeline

1. ‎September 21 – October 16, 2026: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

2. Final date to submit an application is Friday, October 16, 2026. Submissions close at 11:45pm.

3. A brief in-person or zoom interview will be scheduled as part of the selection process with select applicants. Interviews will take November 4-6, 2026.

4. Proposals will be chosen by the Flynn and a panel of judges.

5. Artists will be informed of their acceptance no later than November 10, 2026.

6. The *snap* festival takes place January 22 – 24, 2027 with performance of new works on January 23, 2026. You will arrive in Burlington on or around January 21 for a group dinner!

Schedule
The festival will take place at The Flynn Center from January 22 – 24, 2027. The performance of your 15-minute piece will be on January 23, 2027 in FlynnSpace.

Big Idea Theatre 2027 One-Act Festival Submissions

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Deadline: October 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM PDT

SUBMISSION FORM

This is your chance to see your work come to life on stage and connect with new audiences. Writers of all backgrounds and experience levels are encouraged to submit.

Some Guidelines:

• Unit Sets work best in our space
• We aren't equipped to do musicals or children's theatre
• Plays that run somewhere around or between 20 to 60 minutes are ideal
• We will choose 6 plays via committee of theatre lovers to be presented as part of the festival from 
• January 22rd - February 7th, 2026 in Sacramento, CA.

We have produced scripts from all over the world! However, since we are a community theatre, we do give special consideration to works from or connected to the Sacramento Region.

Please only submit one script.

We receive HUNDREDS of scripts! Please be patient while we read them all and get back to you!

Sesame Street Writers Room 2027

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Deadline: October 5, 2026 12PM EDT

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Fresh new writing talent that reflects our vast audience. Emerging storytellers who are selected to join the Writers’ Room will receive hands-on writing experience guided by Sesame Street veterans and other children’s entertainment and media industry leaders. Each participant will develop and write a pilot script for their own original kids’ concept.

• Up to 6 writers will be selected 
• Sessions are expected to take place virtually from February 2027 to June 2027.
• Learn from industry writers, producers, agents and executives 
• Learn and complete all steps of creating an original pilot episode script
• Learn and complete all steps of creating a 3-5 minute speculative script based on Sesame Street
• Includes 8 three-hour instructive sessions with an accomplished industry professional, 3 one-hour mentoring sessions with Sesame Street writer, and 15 one-hour office hours sessions on creating original children’s content.
• Up to two writers will have the exciting opportunity to see their script brought to life in a live table read featuring Sesame Street performers

Original script sample: 12-page maximum; should NOT contain Sesame Street elements, characters, or intellectual property;  can be an excerpt from a larger piece  wholly written by the applicant; must model a 3 act story structure; and be kid-friendly content for viewers up to age 12…we’re looking for great characters and stories that inspire kids to be smarter, stronger and kinder! 

Please submit only one script with your initial application. If you advance to the second round, you may receive an email with instructions on submitting a second script sample at that time.

Resumes: 2-page maximum. Anything longer will be disqualified.

More info on your script: what’s the bigger picture/idea of your script sample? (up to 100 words)

Personal statement: tell us about yourself, for example, why you want to write for children’s educational media, and how your lived experiences influence the stories you want to tell in children’s media, etc. (up to 250 words)

Eligibility Check List

• Participants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent residen
• No extensive media writing experience, such as having written more than six episodes for a produced network or streaming scripted/narrative series
• Participants must be 21+ years old Participants must be able to attend and complete writing assignments for all 11 sessions, and attend the 15 office hours sessions, which will be held virtually from February 2027 to June 2027. The final session and showcase will be held in-person in New York City.

Smith & Kraus 2027 Annuals seeks 10-minute plays and monologues

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Deadline: December 1, 2026

They have hit their limit for 10-minute plays -THEY ARE ONLY ACCEPTING MONOLOGUES NOW.

Submissions open October 1st-December 1st for the Smith & Kraus 2027 Annuals.

MONOLOGUE GUIDELINES

For The Best Men & Women’s Stage Monologue 2027

Monologues MUST BE FROM PLAYS. They cannot be stand-alone pieces.
They must be from plays produced between August 2025 through November 2026

*Monologues from plays that only had Virtual Productions are NOT eligible.

Monologues should be 1-3 minutes long.

Monologues should be pieces that have onstage action and work well for auditions.

**You may submit to both the Women's and Men's Anthology, but only ONE submission per book.

Do not submit any monologue that has been submitted previously in the past year.

IF YOU SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE MONOLOGUE PER ANTHOLOGY, THEY WILL NOT BE READ!

To submit for Men's Monologues, CLICK HERE.

To submit for Women's Monologues, CLICK HERE.

They have hit their limit for 10-minute plays - do not send.

10-MINUTE PLAY GUIDELINES

• Submissions will close when we reach 250 scripts or end of day on December 1st, whichever comes first.
• Plays must be produced between August 2025 through November 2026.
• Plays with only virtual productions are not eligible.
• Plays produced as staged readings are eligible ONLY if the reading was performed LIVE in front of an audience, not virtually.
• No Radio Plays. No Musicals. No Children's Plays. No solo shows. No Zoom plays.
• Plays should run approximately 10 minutes.
• Please include a cover page with a brief synopsis.
• Please include a page with Character Breakdown, Setting/Place, and Time.
• Only ONE submission is permitted per playwright. If you submit more than one play, they will not be read.

Call for Submissions for the Making It Happen Festival of 10 Minute Plays

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Deadline: October 12, 2026

SUBMISSION FORM

Making It Happen: 10 Minute Plays is a new play festival presented by The Theater Center, created to give writers, and creative teams the opportunity to present original theatre work on an Off-Broadway stage in the heart of Times Square.

We are now accepting submissions for fully original 10-minute plays. Selected plays will perform at The Theater Center on one of three preliminary performance nights: Wednesday, November 4, Wednesday, November 11, or Wednesday, November 18. Each evening will feature 4 plays, with audiences and judges voting to determine one winner from each night. The three nightly winners will advance to the Finals on Wednesday, December 2.

All submitted material must be fully original. Teams must have the rights to perform all submitted material.

This is a non-union festival. All casts, creative teams,, and production personnel must be non-union.

We strongly urge that your cast size is 6 or less.

Play must be 10 minutes or less.

Selected teams will be responsible for providing their own cast, director, and stage manager. If you don't have a director, one can be provided. No microphones will be used or provided, so plays must be able to be performed acoustically in the space.

Productions should be simple, flexible, and festival-ready. Selected teams will receive performance space, basic technical support, box office services, festival-wide marketing, and a technical rehearsal slot on the day of their performance.

Please only submit if you and your team are available for the preliminary performance dates and, if selected as a finalist, the final performance on December 2.

NYPSI's Horowitz-Sondheim Clinic ~Affordable Treatment For Theater Artists

THE HOROWITZ-SONDHEIM CLINIC FOR THEATER ARTISTS at  New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute offers affordable treatment to playwrights, composers, and lyricists of the theater. *

The Horowitz-Sondheim Clinic was launched in September 2025, and offers affordable treatment to playwrights, composers, and lyricists of the theater. *

This clinic owes its creation to a generous grant from the Stephen Sondheim Foundation, reflecting the profound gratitude Sondheim held for his psychoanalyst, Milton Horowitz, an esteemed NYPSI member. As Sondheim himself expressed: "to find you're not the only one in the world, which is of course what everybody goes through... Every time I would tell Milton something I'd expect him to be shocked and he'd say, Yes...' And after about five sessions I realized, He's heard everything!

And I'm just another ordinary neurotic fellow." (Secrest,1998, p. 229)

The Horowitz-Sondheim Clinic offers psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and psychological testing.

The Clinic does not provide psychotropic medication. Psychotherapy and psychological testing are provided by a variety of licensed mental health practitioners, Clinical Psychology Doctoral students, and Licensure-Qualifying trainees in Psychoanalysis, all under the supervision of highly trained psychoanalysts. Psychoanalysis is conducted by psychoanalytic candidates, all of whom are supervised by psychoanalysts especially qualified for the training of psychoanalysts. On occasion, psychoanalysis is offered by a graduate psychoanalyst.

Theater playwrights, composers, and lyricists interested in sliding-scale treatment at the Horowitz-Sondheim Clinic are encouraged to apply (link below). While treatment is not free, no one will be turned away as a result of financial limitations. The fee will be mutually agreed upon after a review of the individual's financial situation. Please indicate whether you are interested in obtaining psychotherapy (once or twice a week, typically), psychoanalysis (four or five times a week), oi psychological testing. Note that for psychoanalysis, at least two of the sessions must be conducted in person.

You may download a printable application for Adult Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, and/or Psychological Testing.

DOWNLOAD THE PDF

[1] Secrest, Meryle. (2011). Stephen Sondheim: A Life. Penguin Random House.

* Those who are not lyricists, composers, or playwrights of the theater can still receive affordable treatment by applying directly to the NYPSI Treatment Center at https://nypsi.org/find-treatment/