Theatre BC - Juried New Play contest for Canadian professional and non-professional playwrights. Annual contest.
Lebanon Community Theatre Play Writing Contest - Annual one-act play writing contest on a different theme each year. Monetary and other prizes.
Moxie Films - Established to facilitate the work of under-served artists, including playwrights. Sponsors annual playwriting contest.
Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest - Annual national contest for full-length and one-act stage and radio plays. Administration fee charged.
Writing-World.com: Directory of Writing Contests - Including playwriting competitions.
VSA Art Playwright Discovery Award - Individuals with disabilities are invited to submit an original one-act script that documents the experience of living with a disability.
Drinking & Writing Festival and 10 minute Radio Play Contest - Top three winners are awarded cash prizes and winning plays are produced and recorded live at The Neo-Futurists Theater in Chicago and then aired on the Drinking & Writing Brewery Radio Show.
Creative Mechanics: Stage This! The Best 10-Minute Plays We Could Find - International playwriting and publishing competition, culminating with readings of the play finalists in New York City, an anthology containing the best plays, and one grand prize.
TrapDoor Ensemble Playwright Competition - Winner receives $500 and guaranteed production. Proceeds benefit the TrapDoor Ensemble Youth Outreach program.
Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival - Creating more opportunities for emerging female playwrights to produce their work.
New Works Of Merit Playwriting Contest - Seeks scripts that entertain and uplift, bringing new awareness and insights related to social, cultural, racial, religious, and ethnic issues.
TADA! Youth Theater - TADA!’s Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest encourages playwrights to create work for underserved theatrical demographic: teens
Daughters of Erin - Irish Theatre Project - The "Near and Far" 10-15 minute comedy playwriting contest runs from January-September.
Abroad Writers' Conference Spring Playwrights Contest - Winner will be a guest of honor at our Writers Conference in France, where your play will be performed by professional actors.
Ten Minute Plays Wanted - The BareStage Theatre seeks twelve original short plays for its "Six 10s @ Eights" original plays festival.
Arts Live Theatre - Non-profit, professional children's theatre located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sponsors Youth One-Act Playwrighting Contest. Cash prized offered.
Havemeyer Playwright Competition - Contest for plays up to 15 minutes in length, sponsored by The Acting Company of Greenwich.
Heller Theatre, Tulsa, Oklahoma - National playwriting contest detailed under "Theatre Around Town" button.
ShowOff! - The Camino Real Playhouse hosts this annual ten-minute playwriting festival. Playwrights world-wide submit their works and seven winners are given full production and three honorable mention winners are given staged readings during the nine performances in October. Deadline is June 15th.
Diverse Voices Playwriting Contest - HBTL's Diverse Voices highlights new and emerging playwrights representing the diverse, multi-cultural fabric of America.
McLaren Comedy Playwriting Competition - Annual playwriting competition, full length and one act plays accepted in January and February. Monetary prizes. Winner of full length category selected by audience vote after a reading. Progress of submitted scripts can be tracked online.
Helford Prize - $10,000 prize in playwriting, offered by Jackson University. Open to U.S. residents.
The 10-Minute International Play Competition - Conducted by Fire Rose Productions, a non-profit theatre company in Los Angeles.
E-Merging Writers Ten-Minute PlaywritingCompetition - Winning plays will be performed in a night of staged readings in New York City and published in "Stage This! Ten Minute Plays."
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