The Live Theatre in Newcastle has announced the inaugural North East Playwriting Award in partnership with The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust. This brand new venture seeks to award commissions to two playwrights who are either from or based in the North East of England. The commissioned plays will then be produced for the Live Theatre …
Edmonds Driftwood Players (Washington State, USA) has announced their theme and call for submissions for their 12th Annual Festival of Shorts. The festival provides an opportunity for playwrights to have their works brought to life on stage, as well as gain recognition and potential awards. Past winners have later been developed into full-length award-winning plays. The …
The Kirk Players is a non-profit theatre organization serving Mundelein and Lake County, Illinois, USA, and is excited to invite submissions for a Short Play Writing Contest! – Playwrights must be at least 18 years old to submit a script – All plays must be complete, one act comedic, non-musical works, running 15-20 minutes, with …
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The Eclipse Award aims to help UK Black artists and other artists who are also marginalised for their race, and who make boundary-pushing performance work, to undertake an Edinburgh Fringe run. The award is an initiative by Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall, and aims to support underrepresented artists presenting work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Who can apply? Artists based in the …
Play Submissions Helper Blog has a round-up of Play Submissions, they are are largely US based but often open to international writers. Check out their list for March here. Deadlines: various throughout March 2023 Source: Play Submissions Helper Blog
The 10-Minute Plays Festival in Durango, Colorado USA is taking international submissions of plays no longer than 10 minutes in length. The plays go through a tiered reading process (author names and hometowns are kept anonymous from the judges). The top 10 plays will be performed at a free reading in late spring where the …
The Carlow Little Theatre Society’s International One-Act Playwriting Competition will soon close submissions. The competition is open to all writers over 18 years old, both members and non-members, local and international. The play submitted must be in English and be an original work of the entrant that has not yet been published, nor performed on …
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There is less than three weeks left to submit to Cork Arts Theatre’s ‘View from a Window’ Short Play Competition. All entrants must bear the following in mind… The window, and the view from it, should be an integral part of the plot. The play shouldn’t just have a reference to a window ‘slotted in’ …
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Crazy Cats Theatre is launching a new flash fiction writing competition. Flash fiction stories must be between 75 and 400 words, and can be of any genre. Open to anyone over the age of 18. £5 entry, with a 10% discount until 31st January with code 10EARLYFICTION 1st prize: £50, 2nd prize £25, 3rd prize …
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Play Submissions Helper Blog has a round-up of Play Submissions, they are are largely US based but often open to international writers. Check out their list for December here. Deadlines: various throughout December 2022 Source: Play Submissions Helper Blog
