| 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. |
| Arts Live Theatre: Non-profit, professional children's theatre located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sponsors Youth One-Act Playwrighting Contest. Cash prized offered. |
| Backdoor Theatre New Play Project: Competition for Playwrights. For unproduced works. |
| 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. |
| Daughters of Erin - Irish Theatre Project: The "Near and Far" 10-15 minute comedy playwriting contest runs from January-September. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory: Annual playwrighting contest, Reading Works, highlights new and emerging playwrights representing the diverse, multi-cultural fabric of America. |
| Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival: Creating more opportunities for emerging female playwrights to produce their work. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest: Annual national contest for full-length and one-act stage and radio plays. Administration fee charged. |
| 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. |
| TADA! Youth Theater: TADA!’s Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest encourages playwrights to create work for underserved theatrical demographic: teens |
| Ten Minute Plays Wanted: The BareStage Theatre seeks twelve original short plays for its "Six 10s @ Eights" original plays festival. |
| Theatre BC: Juried New Play contest for Canadian professional and non-professional playwrights. Annual contest. |
| TrapDoor Ensemble Playwright Competition: Winner receives $500 and guaranteed production. Proceeds benefit the TrapDoor Ensemble Youth Outreach program. |
| 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. |
| Writing-World.com: Directory of Writing Contests: Including playwriting competitions. |
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