Now in its 37th year, the Dubuque (Iowa) Fine Arts Players One-Act Playwriting Contest is accepting submissions for the 2014 season. Established in 1977, Dubuque Fine Arts Players’ one-act play contest is the oldest in the United States (according to their website). The contest now receives entries from around the country and around the world. How …
Fluff Productions is seeking submissions for their ‘No More Page 3’ writing competition. The task is to write a short play 30-40 minutes in length based on the No More Page Three campaign. This can be is literal or as abstract as you would like, you may want to write directly about the campaign or …
Ideastap has opened up its quarterly Editor’s Brief to submissions on the theme of LOVE. The brief: “You can’t buy it. It’s all you need. But where is it? And can you feel it tonight? We’re talking, of course, about LOVE. From Shakespeare’s sonnets to the bromantic oeuvre of Seth Rogan and our five-day festival, …
Creative competition on the theme of LOVE (£250 prize), IdeasTap Editors Brief Read More »
The 2014 Papatango New Writing Prize in association with the Finborough Theatre is now open for submissions until midnight 31 March 2014. What to submit: Papatango are not prescriptive in the plays they consider, asking only that they have never before been professionally performed, although musicals, adaptations and children’s plays are not eligible. They look …
Theatre503 has launched a prestigious new Playwriting Award, which will be open to submissions in February 2014. About the award: First prize of £6000 and guaranteed full production at Theatre503. All UK submissions become eligible for the next 503 Five Writer Residencies. The award will open for entries between 1st and 28th February 2014. Open …
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For the second year running the Oldham Coliseum Theatre has teamed up with Oldham Council libraries to run a writing competition linked to First Break, the Company’s annual showcase for new writing and emerging talent. This year they are inviting writers to send us dramatic monologues, (up to 2,000 words) exploring the theme of identity. …
The Sussex Playwrights’ Club has renamed their annual writing competition the Constance Cox Playwriting Competition; they are now accepting entries. (Note: All their playwriting competitions are listed on the same page, so you may have to scroll down a bit to find all the details.) What to submit: A stage play on any theme, up …
Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 Red Planet Prize, supported by Red Planet pictures and Kudos Productions. Eligibility: The competition is open to anyone in the UK and Eire. What to submit: Entrants must upload the first ten pages of an original 60 minute script for TV along with a short synopsis; this …
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David Winitsky (Artistic Director) and Jeremy Stoller (Contest Producer) of the jewish plays project (jpp) are excited to announce the return of their competition for full-length plays dealing with contemporary jewish themes. Using a curated jury process followed by a series of live selection events, the Contest will give equal voice to jewish audiences and …
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To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Nick Hern Books are teaming up with theatres to offer the chance of winning a pair of tickets to some of the shows they are involved in plus a copy of the play script. This month, they are giving away a pair of tickets to Unscorched by Luke Owen at the Finborough …
