Website Deadline: May 31, 2024 SUBMISSION FORM We accept any kind of written work: poetry, prose, essays, fiction, creative non-fiction, scripts, hybrid, experimental writing, whatever. The amount of work you may submit each month is determined by length. Maximum word count is 1000. 500 Words or Less: You may submit up to three (3) per month. 500-1000 Words: You may submit up to one (1) per month. Please only submit original, works. We accept work that has been previously published, but please let us know. Simultaneous submissions are fine. If we publish original work, we ask you to ..read more

 NY THEATER FESTIVAL SPRING/SUMMER and FALL/WINTER 2024 25TH CONTINUOUS SEASON   THE NEW YORK THEATER FESTIVAL COMPETITION  for PLAYS and MUSICALS  TOTAL PRIZES $8,000 • FIRST PRIZE $3,500 • FULL LENGTHS • ONE ACTS • SHORTS • SOLOS Producing your play or musical is the best way to review and develop your work.   TESTIMONIALS https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/testimonials/   ALL PRODUCTIONS CAN OBTAIN A VIDEO RECORDING OF THEIR SHOWS     WE MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING OF THE PRODUCTION AVAILABLE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS – WE USE FOUR CAMERAS SO PARTICIPA ..read more

Website Deadline: none listed Ghost City Review welcomes submissions of poems, short stories, flash fiction, personal essays, adventure narratives, journal entries, short plays, monologues, translations, photographs, oil paintings, watercolors, sculptures, dioramas…. pretty much anything you can think of. We want to see it all. Show us what you’ve created. We’re looking for new work from both emerging and established authors and artists. To get an idea of what kind of work we tend to publish, look through our previous issues and decide whether your work would be a good fit. We do not believe ..read more

Website Deadline: December 1, 2024 FIRST PRIZE: $300 TWO HONORABLE MENTIONS: $150 each Winning plays will be considered for production by Drury University. * * * COMPETITION RULES:  1. Competition is open to all playwrights. Scripts are to be original, unpublished, and unproduced. Staged readings or workshop productions will not disqualify a script. Musicals, monologues, adaptations, film and TV scripts are ineligible. 2. Preference will be given to small cast, one-set shows with running times of no less than twenty and no more than forty-five minutes. 3. No more than one script from a ..read more

  Memberships are available for NYCPlaywrights Zoomers - we meet on Zoom each Monday at 7PM to do readings of our work.  Workshops are a great way to meet fellow playwrights, commiserate about the challenges of crafting a good play and celebrate victories, whether getting a full-blown production or finally getting a tricky scene to work.  ? You can sit in on a Monday session for free - email nancy@nycplaywrights.org to request a spot. Check out our website here  ~ https://nycp-zoomers.blogspot.com How do our meetings work? Find out here  ~ https ..read more

Website Deadline: July 1, 2024 Or until 200 plays received Welcome to the CATastrophe Play Festival! We're thrilled to invite you to submit your short play for consideration. The festival theme requires the inclusion of a cat in some form. We're seeking plays that are dramatic, absurd, comedic, or any combination of all three. Submission Guidelines: Plays must include a cat in the background, as a character, on the cover, or through another reference. All plays must have a single author. Each playwright may submit up to two plays. Maximum length: 10 pages. Maximum cast size: 4 actors ..read more

 The Weekly Workshop Join our nationwide community of playwrights on Zoom.  It’s a great way to stay connected and motivated.   Participating in a weekly workshop can give you the kick you need to see your script through from beginning to end.  You can bring in anything you’re working on — a full length script, a musical, a TV pilot, whatever. And when your script is ready — we’ll present it in a Public Reading. We also bring in Guest Speakers, like Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret Edson (Wit).      Sit in on a session and see for yourself! Tuesdays or ..read more

Website Deadline: September 1, 2024 SUBMISSION FORM The Woodward/Newman Award is an exclusive honor offered by Constellation Stage & Screen, started through the support of Joanne Woodward, Newman’s Own Foundation, and the Newman family, celebrating Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward’s tremendous history of work on stage and screen. It presents the best unpublished play of the year with a cash prize of $3,000 and a full production as part of Constellation’s Mainstage season. Please note that there are significant changes to our submission and selection process from previous years. In orde ..read more

Website Deadline: June 30, 2024 We strive to publish visual art, poetry, prose, and drama in order to help writers who discuss queerness and trauma find a home for their works. Though we especially seek submissions that discuss these topics, we accept good writing across the board. We appreciate work that speaks to the human experience on a raw level. Consider works like Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Jo Ann Beard’s “The Fourth State of Matter,” and John Cheever’s “The Swimmer.” Above all else, we want writing that makes us feel something. Writing can be traditional, experimental, or a hybrid of th ..read more

Website Deadline: May 2, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT SUBMISSION FORM NEW RELIC THEATRE, a New York-based performing arts organization, is seeking playwrights and performing artists for an upcoming project slated for mid/late Fall 2024. This event will be programmed and supported by New Relic Theatre’s existing production team in October 2024 as part of our 2024 Season. NRT will support the selected artist with the development of their project and the logistics of casting, staging, and marketing the project from conception through final curtain. New Relic will provide the budget for this production ..read more