Mini Plays Review: Call for Submissions

Deadline:  SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
Theme: Fleeting Connections
Format: 1-Minute Plays and Monologues
Length: Maximum one page  (A4  size).
Submission Email: miniplaysmag@gmail.com

Mini Plays Review is seeking bold, inventive, and emotionally resonant one-minute plays and monologues for our upcoming issue themed “Fleeting Connections.” We are looking for one-minute plays and monologues that capture the brief yet powerful moments of human interaction—those sparks of connection that may be gone in an instant but leave a lasting impression.

We invite playwrights, poets, and storytellers from all backgrounds to submit original, unpublished works that explore the theme through a variety of lenses. Whether humorous, haunting, romantic, or raw, we want your most compelling short-form writing.

Guidelines:

• Submissions must be original and previously unpublished (including personal blogs and social media). Previous stage/online performance are ok and do not come under this term.

• Each writer may submit up to three pieces (in a single email).

• Please include a brief bio (50 words max) in third person narrative with your submission.

• All submissions should fit within approximately 1 page keeping in mind they should be performable within one minute.

• Both comedic and dramatic pieces are welcome.

• Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

• There is no submission or reading fee. 

• If selected, after the publication of anthology the authors will hold the copyright, intellectual property right and performance rights of the work.

Mini Plays Review is dedicated to showcasing concise, impactful storytelling. This call is open to emerging and established writers alike. 

Don’t miss your chance to capture a moment that lasts a lifetime—in just sixty seconds.

Submit today and let your voice be heard in the space between hello and goodbye.