Last call for entries! Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

Deadline: May 28, 2023

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who enjoys expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings in the beautiful literary art of poetry or writing a story that’s worth telling everyone! Welcome to all, having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00! All works must be original. https://www.dreamquestone.com

Guidelines:

Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand-printed.

And/or write a short story, 5 pages maximum length, on any subject or theme, fiction, non-fiction, creative nonfiction (including essay compositions, diary, journal entries, short stage-plays, screenplays, and screenwriting). All entries must be either typed or legibly hand-printed. Multiple and simultaneous poetry and short story entries are accepted.

Postmark deadline: May 28, 2023

All contest winners will be published on June 30, 2023

Prizes(USD):

Writing First Prize is $500. Second: $250. Third: $100.

Poetry First Prize is $250. Second: $125. Third: $50.

Entry fees(USD): $5 per poem, $10 per story

To send entries: Include title(s) with your story (ies) and/or poem(s), along with your name, mailing address, phone#, email, brief biographical info. (Tell us a little about yourself), on the coversheet. Add a self-addressed stamped envelope for entry confirmation. Fees payable to: “DREAMQUESTONE.COM”

Mail to:

Dream Quest One

Poetry & Writing Contest

P.O. Box 804632

Chicago, IL 60680

Visit https://www.dreamquestone.com for details on how to enter!

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. “And remember, in whatever you do, it’s okay to dream, for dreams do come true.” –Dream Quest One

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Emerald Theatre Company’s 6th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival

Submissions deadline is May 31, 2023

Hello Playwrights,

 I hope your new year is bringing you happiness, health, and creativity! I wanted to share with you information about our next 10-minute play festival!!

Emerald Theatre Company’s 6^th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival.

This year’s theme is The 7 Deadly Sins                                                                                            

Playwrights choose one and get creative!

Contest Rules:  No more than 10 minutes in length, 10 pages maximum, no more than 3 characters and relates to the theme.

Absurd, Comedic, Dark, Dramatic, Farce, Tragedy…literal or figurative, that is up to you!

Work must be original and unproduced.

These are black box productions so minimal sets are required.

SUBMISSIONS RULES: Send 2 printed copies. The cover page should only have the title of the play and what SIN is represented. On a separate page include the playwright’s name, address, phone and email. These do not count as one of the 10 pages.

Entry Fee: $10.00 money order or check payable to Emerald Theatre Company. Submissions deadline is May 31, 2023. Winners contacted and announced on July 1, 2023 and the play festival is September 1-3, 2023

Prizes                                                                                                                                          

 1^st – $100.00 plus a medal plus stage performance

2^nd $ 50.00 plus a medal plus stage performance                                                                      

3^rd a medal plus stage performance. A total of 7 plays will be performed.

For additional information email Hal at hharmon299@aol.com and also check out our website at etcmemphistheater.com

MAIL TO:
Hal Harmon
c/o ETC
1402 Linden Ave.

Memphis, TN 38104

Dream Quest One is now accepting poems and short story entries!

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who enjoys expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings in the beautiful literary art of poetry or writing a story that’s worth telling everyone! Welcome to all, having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00! All works must be original.

Guidelines:

Write a poem of 30 lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand-printed.

And/or write a short story, 5 pages maximum length, on any subject or theme. Genres: fiction, non-fiction, and creative nonfiction (including essay compositions, diary, journal entries, short screenplays, stage plays, and screenwriting). All entries must be either typed or legibly hand-printed.

Multiple and simultaneous poetry and short story entries are accepted.

Postmark deadline: March 19, 2023

All contest winners will be published on April 30, 2023

Prizes (USD):

Writing First Prize is $500. Second: $250. Third: $100.

Poetry First Prize is $250. Second: $125. Third: $50.

Entry fees (USD): $5 per poem, $10 per story

To send entries: Include title(s) with your story (ies) or poem(s), along with your name, mailing address, phone#, email, and brief biographical info. (Tell us a little about yourself), on the coversheet. Add a self-addressed stamped envelope for entry confirmation. Fees payable to “DREAMQUESTONE.COM”

Mail to:

Dream Quest One

Poetry & Writing Contest

P.O. Box 804632

Chicago, IL 60680

Visit https://www.dreamquestone.com for details on how to enter!

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. “And remember, in whatever you do, it’s okay to dream, for dreams do come true.” –Dream Quest One

Write your best poem and/or story for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00!

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who enjoys expressing innermost thoughts and feelings in the beautiful literary art of poetry or writing a story that’s worth telling everyone! Welcome to all, having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00! All works must be original.

Guidelines:

Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand printed.

And/or write a short story, 5 pages maximum length, on any subject or theme. Genres: fiction, non-fiction, and creative nonfiction (including essay compositions, diary, journal entries, short screenplays, and, stageplays, and screenwriting). All entries must be either typed or legibly hand printed.

Multiple and simultaneous poetry and short story entries are accepted.

Postmark deadline: September 30, 2022

All contest winners will be published on November 30, 2022

Prizes(USD):

Writing First Prize is $500. Second: $250. Third: $100.

Poetry First Prize is $250. Second: $125. Third: $50.

Entry fees(USD): $5 per poem, $10 per story

To send entries: Include title(s) with your story (ies) or poem(s), along with your name, mailing address, phone#, email, and brief biographical info. (Tell us a little about yourself), on the coversheet. Add a self-addressed stamped envelope for entry confirmation. Fees payable to “DREAMQUESTONE.COM”

Mail to:

Dream Quest One

Poetry & Writing Contest

P.O. Box 804632

Chicago, IL 60680

Visit https://www.dreamquestone.com for details on how to enter!

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. “And remember, in whatever you do, it’s okay to dream, for dreams do come true.” –Dream Quest One

Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing Contest

Deadline

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Categories

Children’s, Drama, Essay, Fantasy, Fiction, General, Journalism, Mystery, Narrative Medicine, Nonfiction, Personal Journals, Plays, Poetry, Publishing, Romance, Science Fiction, Screenwriting, Teaching, Young Adult

Entry Fees

$10

Prizes

1st place: $1,000.
2nd place: $450 writing coaching package.
3rd place: $250 developmental or diversity editing package.

Description

Give us a glimpse of something that reveals the abundance of this big, beautiful, unexpected life that we’ve got. Create never-ending possibilities in a complex, never-ending universe. Make us “see a World in a Grain of Sand.” Show us all of that immense, wide world in only 100 words or less.

All ages. All genders. All nationalities. All writers welcome.

Contact Information

Tadpole Press
Amber Byers
https://www.tadpolepress.com/events
https://www.tadpolepress.com/contact
amber@tadpolepress.com
(303) 668-8812

Website

https://www.tadpolepress.com/events

Last call! Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Summer 2021

Deadline September 22, 2021

ENTRY FEE $5 per poem/$10 per story.

Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand printed. And/or write a short story, five pages maximum length, on any subject or theme; fiction, nonfiction, or creative nonfiction (including essay compositions, diary, journal entries, and screenwriting). Writing First Prize is $500. Second Prize: $250. Third Prize: $100. Poetry First Prize is $250. Second Prize: $125. Third Prize: $50. Enter Now!

How to enter, visit: https://www.dreamquestone.com/

Segora International Writing Competitions

Poetry: first prize £300, Judge Derek Sellen, single entry £5, deadline 15th June 2021 – Max 50 lines, Discounts for multiple entries rules/ submissions  www.poetryproseandplays.com

Short Story: first prize £300, Judge Isabelle Llasera, single entry £8, deadline 15th June 2021 Minimum length 1,500 max 3,000  rules/submissions www.poetryproseandplsays.com

Vignette: first prize £100, Judge Oz Hardwick, single entry £5, deadline 15th June 2021 max 300 words rules/submissions www.poetryproseandplays.com

Play: first prize £100, Judge Oliver Eade, single entry for 10 minute or 35 minute play £12, deadline 15th June 2021 rules/submissions www.poetryproseandplays.com

Visit the website for details: http://www.poetryproseandplays.com/

Last call! Summer Shorts 2021 SUBMISSIONS: Win CASH AWARDS FOR ORIGINAL PLAYS!!!

Theatre Workshop of Owensboro (TWO) will accept original one-act plays for SUMMER SHORTS 2021, a festival of exciting new plays!

A CASH AWARD of $500 will be given for the piece voted BEST PLAY. A prize of $250 will go to the AUDIENCE FAVORITE.

To submit your play, you need to do two things.

First, send your script to summershortsscriptsfortwo@gmail.com, in PDF format. Include your contact information: name, address, email, and phone number in the email that accompanies your submitted script. DO NOT put this information on the cover page of your script. This will allow the reading committee to read your submission “blindly.”

Second, pay your entry fee through our ticketing system. Visit our tickets calendar page, look for “Summer Shorts 2021 SUBMISSIONS” and click Buy Tickets. From there select the event date and enter the number of scripts you will submit.
The entry fee is $20 per submission.

There is a two script limit per playwright. No more than one play per playwright will be produced.

Submissions will be accepted through March 31, 2021.

Once we have confirmed your entry fee has been paid, your script will be evaluated to assure it meets the criteria of the competition as listed below. Playwrights whose work is selected for production will be notified by April 15, 2021.
Script Criteria:

Scripts must not have been published (other than by the playwright) or performed (other than staged readings) prior to this competition.

Scripts must be no longer than 20 pages (not including title pages or character descriptions) in PDF format. Scripts must not call for more than 5 characters.

Scripts should require minimal sets and set pieces. This will be a factor in final selection for production in SUMMER SHORTS 2021.

Scripts can be of any topic or genre the playwright chooses. There are no restrictions on language or content.

THE DETAILS
1. Submit your script in PDF format to summershortsscriptsfortwo@gmail.com
2. Include your contact information within the email, not on your cover page.
3. Pay your submission fee: $20 per entry at our tickets calendar page.
4. You will receive confirmation of receipt of your material and payment.

We look forward to reading some exciting new works!

VISIT THE WEBSITE: http://www.theatreworkshop.org/summer-shorts/

Last call! LEA RYAN’S FUND FOR EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS

Deadline: January 13, 2020.

Entry fee: $10

All women, trans women, and non-binary playwrights who consider themselves emerging (as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights) are eligible to apply for the 2020 Leah Ryan’s FEWW Prize. Playwrights from all over the world are encouraged to apply, but the play must be written in English. Eligibility does not require that a submitted work adheres to the traditional three-act structure. One-acts, two-acts (even four-, five-, six- acts), monologues, adaptations, and any other wild (or deceptively tame) format will be considered with equal seriousness. The only absolute requirement is that the submitted text be a completed full-length work for theater.

The fee to apply is $10. The deadline is 11:59pm on Monday, January 13, 2020.

The winner will be chosen by a committee selected by a readers committee selected by the board members of Leah Ryan’s FEWW, and will be presented with her award as part of the 2020 Lilly Awards, which honors the work of women in American theater. In addition, the winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500, a workshop at the Vassar Powerhouse Theater, and a reading of her play in New York City.

Finalists will be contacted in mid-March and will have one week within which to submit their full play.

Click here to submit your work.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Visit the website: https://leahryansfeww.com/?page_id=515

Call for Plays! – The University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance

The University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance is excited to announce our third annual 10-Minute Play Festival for spring of 2020. 

We will begin accepting submissions for this festival on August 15, 2019; the submission period closes on October 15, 2019. Nine selected 10-minute plays will receive productions as part of a multi-evening festival, produced in the newly upgraded José Quintero Theatre on the University of Houston campus. This festival is open to all applicants, amateur or professional. 

One selected submission will receive a production. 

Submission rules: 

Scripts will only be accepted during a submission window of August 15 through October 15, 2019. Scripts received outside this window will not be accepted. The list of winning plays will be announced in November 2019. 

• We will accept only one play per playwright. 
• Scripts should fall in the range of 8-12 pages and run roughly ten minutes. (Page count does not include the title page.) 
• Characters in submitted plays should fall between the ages of 16-30 or else there should be no specific restrictions on the ages of the characters. 
• Previously produced plays are not eligible. 
• Musicals and plays for children are discouraged. 
• Submissions will be acknowledged via email, but we do not offer critiques. 
• Nine winning plays will receive productions in the José Quintero Theatre at the University of Houston in spring of 2017. 2019. 
• There is no financial compensation for winning entries. 

How to submit: Plays must be submitted via email to uhouston10playfest@gmail.com. There should be no identifiable information in the script. Your email should include all of the following information: 

• play title 
• your name 
• your mailing address 
• your phone number 
• your email address 

For any questions contact: uh10playfestquestions@gmail.com

Lazuli Literary Group Writing Contest

Deadline

Monday, December 31, 2018

Entry Fees

$10
You may submit multiple pieces as long as each is accompanied by a separate entry fee. One poetry submission may include up to 5 unrelated (or related) poems.

Prizes

$100 and potential publication in our magazine, “AZURE: A Journal of Literary Thought”

Description

Both previously published and unpublished works are eligible, provided that publication on the Lazuli Literary Group website does not infringe on previously held rights. A cover letter is not required and will not affect the success of your submission. ​We want work that grows in complexity upon each visitation; we enjoy ornate, cerebral, and voluptuous prose or poetry executed with thematic intent. Writers we admire are Zadie Smith, Virginia Woolf, Tom Wolfe, Jorge Luis Borges, Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Tom Stoppard, John Keene, and James Baldwin.

Contact Information

For questions, e-mail editors: Sakina Fakhri (sakina.lazuliliterary@gmail.com) and Diana McClure (diana.lazuliliterary@gmail.com)

SUBMIT TO CONTEST here: https://www.lazuliliterarygroup.com/contests.html

For details, visit website:

https://www.lazuliliterarygroup.com/contests.html

Call for Submissions For 6th Annual LaBute New Theater Festival

The St. Louis Actors’ Studio is proud to announce call for submissions for the 6^th Annual LaBute New Theater Festival at the Gaslight Theater, with plays debuting from July 06 – 29, 2018.

Submissions will be accepted through December 31, 2017. (High School Submissions through April 15, 2018)

Professional Submissions: Successful entries will have no more than four characters and be crafted specifically to exploit our intimate performance space. (18′ x 18′ stage) Changes in scenery or setting should be achievable quickly and with few major set moves.  Our focus is on fundamental dramaturgy: plot, character and theme.

Professional, new and previously unproduced one-act play submissions should include a letter of inquiry, a synopsis and a 10-page sample from the script. Running time for each performance should not exceed 45 minutes.

Up to eight plays will be chosen,  in addition, a new piece from Mr. LaBute will be performed every night for the run of the festival.  Mr. LaBute is scheduled to participate in the opening weekend activities.

High School Submissions: Winning plays by high school students will be presented in readings. The guidelines are straightforward:  The one act should include no more than four characters featuring a clearly developed plot and distinctive characters. No longer than 15 minutes in length.

Non-Professional, new and previously unproduced one-act play submissions should include a letter of inquiry and complete script.

Visit the website for details:  http://stlas.org/services-view/labute/

 

Submissions should be sent to(Postal Mail ONLY):

LaBute New Theater Festival

St. Louis Actors’ Studio

360 N Boyle Ave

St. Louis, MO 63108

314-458-2978

http://stlas.org/services-view/labute/

 

 

The creative team for the festival includes:

Neil LaBute-Director, Screenwriter and Playwright

William Roth-Actor, Founder, Artistic Director St. Louis Actors’ Studio

Emily Baker, Actor, Director, Performing Arts Teacher

Nathan Bush – Actor

Kate Farrington, Dramaturge

Andra Harkins – Actor

Ann Haubrich – Writer, Arts Administrator

Michael Hogan, Actor, Director

Edward Scott Ibur-Middle School Teacher (Webster), Novelist, Founder- Gifted Writers & Artists Project for Middle & High School

Julie Schoettley, Documentary Film editor, Script Development Editor

Christopher Limber – Actor, Director Prison Performing Arts, Playwright

John Pierson-Actor, Theatre, Speech & Dance Chair, English Teacher John Burroughs School

Elizabeth Helman-Actor, Writer, Director, Professor of Theatre Arts -Oregon State University

Patrick Huber-Associate Director, St. Louis Actors’ Studio-Set Design and Lighting, Teacher Theater, Design and Architecture Mary Institute, Country Day Prep School

University of Houston 10-Minute Play Festival Call for Submissions

Deadline: October 31, 2017

The University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance is excited to announce our sixth annual 10-Minute Play Festival for spring of 2018.  Nine selected 10-minute plays will receive a production as part of a multi-evening festival, produced in the newly upgraded José Quintero Theatre on the University of Houston campus.  This festival is open to all applicants, amateur or professional.

Submission rules:

• Scripts will only be accepted during a submission window of August 31 through October 31, 2017. Scripts received outside this window will not be accepted. The name of the winning play will be announced in November.
• We will accept only one play per playwright.
• Scripts should fall in the range of 8-12 pages and run roughly ten minutes. (Page count does not include the title page.)
• Characters in submitted plays should fall between the ages of 16-30 or else there should be no specific restrictions on the ages of the characters.
• Previously produced plays are not eligible.
• Musicals and plays for children are discouraged.
• Submissions will be acknowledged via email, but we do not offer critiques.
• The winning plays will receive productions in the José Quintero Theatre at the University of Houston in spring of 2018.
• There is no financial compensation for winning entries.

The submission period closes on October 31, 2017. 

Plays must be submitted via email. There should be no identifiable information in the script. Your email should include all of the following information:

• play title
• your name
• your mailing address
• your phone number
• your email address

Email play to:  uhoustonplayfest@gmail.com

Send inquiries to:  uhplayfestquestions@gmail.com

 

Visit the website:  http://www.uh.edu/kgmca//theatre-and-dance/

 

8th Annual Festival of Shorts Playwriting Contest

Thank you for your interest in the 8th Annual Festival of Shorts hosted at the Wade James Theater by Edmonds Driftwood Players. The Festival this year will be presented in four performances – Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8 at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9 at 2pm.

We are so excited to announce our theme for 2017:  “Unintended Consequences”

How many times have you never meant to do something but ended up doing the very thing you tried to avoid? Or perhaps you wanted to help someone and ended up creating a bigger mess? Maybe you didn’t want to help someone and ended up being the biggest blessing they ever received. So often, our actions produce consequences that we never thought, never foresaw, never believed could happen. For good, for bad, for ugly, for interesting, for hilarious…the details are up to you!

In order to enter the festival, please DO the following:

1. Submit an original, never before produced script for a play that will last no longer than 15 minutes with 6 characters or less, which can be staged with minimal sets, props, and costumes.
2. Incorporate the theme of “Unintended Consequences” into your story.
3. Submit two documents:

1. A cover page with the name of the title and your full name, address, email address and phone number.
2. Your play in ‘Standard Stage Play Format’ with the title of the play ONLY. No identifying information about the playwright is to appear in this “blind” copy. All plays which fail to submit a blind copy of their play will be disqualified. The blind copy of the script preserves anonymity in our judging process.

1. Submit your play by 5:00 PM, Pacific Standard Time (PST), on Friday, March 31, 2017.

• All scripts should be submitted electronically to: shorts@edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org

In order to enter the festival, please DON’T do the following:

1. Don’t submit a play with a single character. This means NO monologues, please!
2. Don’t submit a play that includes nudity, excessive bad language or could in any way be construed as a hard ‘R’ or ‘X’ rating.
3. Don’t include excessive props or things like glitter or feathers that would be hard to clean up and delay transitions for our festival. Eight plays will be presented at each performance (4 plays before intermission, 4 plays after intermission). Please don’t make it hard for our production team to stage your show.
4. Don’t submit a play that has been produced on any stage, anywhere prior to March 31, 2017. We will do a search for each play before notifying our 8 finalists. Any evidence that a play has been previously produced will result in disqualification of the script from our festival.

We look forward to hearing from people all over the planet so have fun! Hopefully your story about unintended consequences will be a hit with our judges and we’ll see you in July for our 8th Annual Festival of Shorts!

Visit the website:  http://edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org/2016-2017-season/8th-annual-festival-shorts/

Playwriting Competition Call for Submissions

The Princeton Theatre Group

invites submission of scripts to be considered for the 2017

New Works Festival

Two categories

One-Act Scripts and Ten-Minute Plays

Winners will receive a staged reading by professional actors

during Festival 56, Illinois’ largest summer theatre festival.

The New Works Festival will also include a playwrights’ reception

and opportunities to receive feedback of the winning works.

No entry fee — No cash prizes

Timetable

• Submission deadline: 1 March 2017
• Winners will be notified by 1 May 2017
• Production dates: August 4 and 5 2017

Competition Rules

• Only complete scripts will be considered; no excerpts from longer works.
• Scripts must be original, unpublished, and not previously produced.
• Each playwright may submit only one script per category. It is possible for a playwright to win in both categories.
• Competition is open to adult playwrights around the English-speaking world. No juvenile writers.
• Target audience: adults, including young adults.
• Genre: comedy, drama, tragedy, farce, hybrid; theatrical storytelling. No monologues, children’s plays, adaptations, or musicals.
• Cast may contain any number of characters of any race, ethnicity, or gender.
• Theme and subject matter are open; however, excessively strong language is discouraged.
• Winners will grant Festival 56 and Princeton Theatre Group first production rights. Playwrights retain copyright.
• At least one One-Act and up to six Ten-Minute scripts will be selected for staged readings. Total number of winners will depend upon the number and range of submissions.
• The decision of the judges is final. Judges will not provide any written or verbal critiques.
• Winning playwrights are strongly encouraged to attend their readings, although attendance is not a requirement for winning. If the playwright is present, a talkback with the audience and actors will immediately follow the reading of each script.

Criteria for selection

• Well developed storyline within a short work
• Natural and creative dialogue
• Quality of writing and dramatic structure
• Ability of script to connect with an audience

Submission Guidelines

• Type script with 1-inch margins on all four edges, using a 12-point serif type such as Times New Roman, Palatino, or Courier.
• Use standard script format including cast of characters, setting, etc.
• Do NOT put your real name on your script! On the first page of the script, under the title, put a pen name of your choice.
  Use the script title as the name of this document.
• Create a separate document giving your real name, address, email, phone, the title of your script, and either your real age or the statement “I am over 18.”
  Use your pen name as the name of this document.
  This document will not be opened until after winners have been selected.
• Attach both the script document and the identifying document to an email as a Word doc, Pages doc, or PDF.
• Send One-Act entries to Festival56oneact@gmail.com by 1 March 2017.
  Send Ten-Minute entries to Festival56tenmin@gmail.com by 1 March 2017.

For a list of winners, see the Festival 56 website after 1 May 2017.

Princeton Theatre Group

Grace Performing Arts Center

316 South Main Street

Princeton IL 61356

2017 LaBute New Theater Festival Set for July 7-30, 2017-Call For Submissions

Call for Submissions For 5^th Annual LaBute New Theater Festival

The St. Louis Actors’ Studio is proud to announce a call for submissions for the 5^th Annual LaBute New Theater Festival at the Gaslight Theater, with plays debuting from July 07 – 30, 2017.  Submissions will be accepted through December 31, 2016. 

Professional Submissions: Successful entries will have no more than four characters and be crafted specifically to exploit our intimate performance space. (18′ x 18′ stage) Changes in scenery or setting should be achievable quickly and with few major set moves.  Our focus is on fundamental dramaturgy: plot, character, and theme.

Professional, new and previously unproduced one-act play submissions should include a letter of inquiry, a synopsis and a 10-page sample from the script. Running time for each performance should not exceed 45 minutes.

Up to eight plays will be chosen,  in addition, a new piece from Mr. LaBute will be performed every night for the run of the festival.  Mr. LaBute is scheduled to participate in the opening weekend activities.

High School Submissions: Winning plays by high school students will be presented in readings. The guidelines are straightforward:  The one act should include no more than four characters featuring a clearly developed plot and distinctive characters. No longer than 15 minutes in length.

Non-Professional, new and previously unproduced one-act play submissions should include a letter of inquiry and complete script.

Submissions should be sent to:

LaBute New Theater Festival

St. Louis Actors’ Studio

360 N Boyle Ave

St. Louis, MO 63108

314-458-2978

help@stlas.org

Visit the website: http://stlas.org/

 

The creative team for the festival includes:

Neil LaBute-Film Director, Screenwriter and Playwright

William Roth-Actor, Founder, Artistic Director St. Louis Actors’ Studio

Milton Zoth – Director, Arts Educator

Nathan Bush – Actor

Andra Harkins – Actor

Ann Haubrich – Writer, Arts Administrator

Edward Scott Ibur-Middle School Teacher (Webster), Novelist, Founder- Gifted Writers & Artists Project for Middle & High School

Christopher Limber – Actor, Director Prison Performing Arts, Playwright

John Pierson-Actor, Theatre, Speech & Dance Chair, English Teacher John Burroughs School

Elizabeth Helman-Actor, Writer, Director, Professor of Theatre Arts -Oregon State University

Patrick Huber-Associate Director, St. Louis Actors’ Studio-Set Design and Lighting, Teacher Theater, Design and Architecture Mary Institute, Country Day Prep School

Sanguine Theatre Company: Project Playwright Contest 2017

Submissions are open until November 15, 2016.

Writers based anywhere in the world are encouraged to apply. Plays submitted through this program are reviewed by Sanguine’s team of readers and chosen based on theatricality, craft, and voice. Finalists will be invited to participate in a festival evening of excerpted staged readings in New York City, and one play will be chosen by the Festival audience to receive a fully-produced world premiere production as part of Sanguine’s 2017 season. A stipend will also be provided to the playwright for their production.

A GREAT PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT SUBMISSION:
-is a complete, full-length play.
-requires a cast of at least two but no more than eight actors.
-utilizes technical elements in minimal but theatrical ways.
-may have had a workshop or staged reading performance
-aligns with Sanguine’s mission to pursue relevant, thought-provoking new works.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Please read the Project Playwright Consent Agreement.
– In PDF format, please submit the following to info@sanguinenyc.org:
a cover sheet with your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a brief synopsis of the play
-your complete, full-length work in the subject line, please write “Project Playwright” and your last name
-A $5 non-refundable administrative fee is due at the time of submission.

Website: http://www.sanguinenyc.com/project-playwright-application

Contact: info@sanguinenyc.org

EMERGING PLAYWRIGHT AWARD

EMERGING PLAYWRIGHT AWARD

NO ENTRY FEE.
Plays MAY HAVE BEEN developed or produced elsewhere, BUT NEVER PRODUCED in New York City. There is no limit to submissions. Subject matter and character variations are open. There is no submission fee. It usually takes up to six months for us to read and process your script. Plays from overseas and throughout the United States are accepted and considered. BUT special attention will be given to playwrights who live in or near New York. No deadline. Year-round submissions accepted. Our $500 Emerging Playwright Award (coupled with press coverage) is given to playwrights who show excellence and dedication throughout this process – from development to the stage.

Visit the website:  http://urbanstages.org/submissions/

10-minute Play Fest 2016

Scripts are being accepted in two categories: 

Category 1: An LGBT individual’s self-disclosure about their sexual orientation.

Category 2: Any interpretation of “Out of the Closet” literal or figurative. Plays may be comedy or drama. Both individual authors and collaborative teams are eligible.

• Grand Prize Winner will receive $200.00 cash, a trophy and production of their play.
• First Prize winner will receive $150 cash and production of their play.
• An additional 4-6 runner-up scripts will also be produced.

RULES:

1. Submissions must be original, unproduced plays.
2. Contestants must be 18 years of age or older.
3. Running time must be between 5 and 10 minutes.
4. No monologues, musicals or children’s plays..
5. Playwrights may submit one play in each category. (2 plays maximum.)
6. Scripts will not be returned. ETC does not assume any responsibility for the loss or damage of scripts. All reasonable care will be taken.
7. All entries must be received by June 30th, 2016.
8. Winners will be announced by July 30th, 2016.
9.  Plays will be staged in a black box setting (there will be no set beyond a closet door). Please write accordingly.
10.  Plays must have 2-6 characters.

Winning plays will be staged at Theatreworks September 9 – 11, 2016!

How to enter

• Submit 2 copies of your 10-minute script.
• Your name should not appear on your script.
• Include a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, email address and the title (s) of your play(s).
• Enclose a $10.00 entry fee for each play entered.
• Make checks payable to Emerald Theater Company

MAIL TO:
Caroline at “Out of the Closet”
c/o ETC
P.O. Box 41408
Memphis, TN 38174

Visit the website:  http://www.etcmemphistheater.com/10-minute-play-fest-2016.html

 

We look forward to reading your work!

NICK DARKE WRITERS’ AWARD

NICK DARKE WRITERS’ AWARD

NO ENTRY FEE.

With the opportunity to win £6,000 and open to all writers age 16 or over,

this competition provides the time to write that financial support facilitates.

This year’s category is stage play.

Applicants should submit a full script along with a one-page synopsis and a short writing CV by Monday, May 30, 2016.

Visit the website for details:  http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/nickdarkeaward

About Love Festival of Short Plays

About Love festival of short plays that is held in June/July of each year and is open to all plays. 

The 2016 festival will be June 14 to June 18 at Vancouver’s storied Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC.

The goal of the festival is to provide encouragement for emerging playwrights and an opportunity for Vancouver area actors and directors to engage in new works on stage.

International submissions are accepted. Submissions must be in English.

There is a 10.00 Canadian dollars fee for submission of one script and 15.00 dollars for two scripts. There will be a 150.00 dollar prize to the winning playwright.

Submission Guidelines:

• The play should be approximately eight to twenty-minutes in length.

• The play must have no more than four on-stage characters.

• You may submit only up to two plays, so send us your best! If sending two. Please submit both in the same email.

• The play should be in a “play format” making it easy for the readers.

• The play must be unpublished and not have a professional production. (Professional production is one where actors, and all staff are paid. We accept Fringe as being non-professional)

• Submitting your play to our contest grants Tomo Suru Players the right to produce your play in our annual festival and photograph and/or videotape it for archival purposes, if it is chosen as a finalist.

• Does your play need to be about Love? As long as we can see a connection of love, romantic, familial, friendly, we can accept it.

About the fee:

• The fee covers the costs involved in the competition. We are hopeful we can return to a free contest in the future. If any writer wishes to submit a script, and feels the fee is a challenge to meet, please follow the submission guidelines below and put ATTN: Gerald Williams in the body of your email. He will be in touch.

Additional Guidelines:

• The play should have simple technical requirements.  Simple set, simple lighting and sound requirements.

• Surprise us, excite us! We are a diverse group and we are open to a variety of genre’s and styles.

Submit via Email:

Your play must be received no later than 11:59 pm, March 20th, 2016.

Email PDFs (MS word is acceptable) and include

Cover page should have only the title of the play and the genre of the play.

It should NOT include your name or any personal identifiers.

Pages should be numbered.

In the body of your email:

Include your name, the name of your play and your contact information, name, mailing address, telephone number, email address.

In the subject line:

About Love. YOUR FAMILY NAME. PLAY TITLE.

Email plays to:

tomosuru+love@gmail.com

What happens after you submit your play?

• Each play will be read by a reader, who will compile their own short list. A long list will then be compiled and a members committee will compile a short list.

• The short list scripts will be read in a long and joyful afternoon by all members of Tomo Suru, who will then choose the finalists.

• Directors will be assigned, there are open casting calls for actors, and your play will be produced.

• Finalists will receive 5 productions during our festival week. Audience votes will be collected during each performance and a final winner will be announced here by July 31st, 2016.

HOW TO ENTER, VISIT THE WEBSITE:

http://www.tomosuruplayers.com/#!about-love-festival/aj4kd

10 Minute Play Contest for Edinburgh Fringe Festival Production

A production team from Sedos (http://www.sedos.co.uk/index.php),

a well-respected London based theatre company is looking for submissions

of 10 minute scripts to be performed in late July/early August 2016

in both London (the Bridewell Theatre) and at the Edinburgh Fringe festival (Greenside Venues).

Deadline: The submission period runs from now until 11^th March 2016.

There is a £5 entry fee for non-Sedos members which is payable upon submission.

The key requirement is that scripts must follow the theme of “Frenemies”

but interpretation of that theme and choice of genre

and format is open to the writer’s imagination

(subject to a couple of practical parameters as set out in the guidelines).

Submissions are open now and can be accessed at this link: http://sedos.co.uk/frenemies/

Submission guidelines can be found via a link on the submission page,

at: https://writingcontests.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

Last call! LEA RYAN’S FUND FOR EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS

LEA RYAN’S FUND FOR EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS

NO ENTRY FEE.

Deadline January 11, 2016 at 5pm, EST.
All women who consider themselves emerging playwrights

(as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights)

are eligible to apply for the FEWW Prize.

Playwrights from all over the world are encouraged to apply,

but the play must be written in English.

Eligibility does not require that a submitted work adhere to the traditional three-act structure.

One-acts, two-acts (even four-, five-, six- acts), monologues, adaptations,

and any other wild (or deceptively tame) format will be considered with equal seriousness.

The only absolute requirement is that the submitted text be a completed full-length work for theater.

The 2016 winner will be presented her award as part of the 2016 Lily Awards,

which honors the work of women in American theater.

The winner will also receive a cash award of $2,500

as well as a staged reading of her play hosted by FEWW

at a theater in New York City. In addition, a stipend of up to $700

for travel and accommodation may be provided by FEWW if necessary.

Visit the website: http://www.leahryansfeww.com/apply.html

The 8×10 TheatreFest — Weathervane Playhouse’s Annual 10-Minute Play Contest and Festival

Call for entries: Now through May 13, 2016
Performances: July 15 to 17, 2016

INFORMATION FOR PLAYWRIGHTS — OVERVIEW

The deadline for entries is midnight on Friday, May 13, 2016

All entrants will receive:
• Acknowledgment of receipt of submissions and administrative fee.
• Notification of 8 Finalist plays, preceding TheatreFest.
• Notification of winners, following the conclusion of TheatreFest

All information will be posted to this website.

THE PRIZES

Each of the eight finalists will receive a full production of his or her play and two complimentary tickets to TheatreFest. (We can’t offer travel and room accommodations for finalists, those who are able to attend will be greeted, feted, and showered with recognition!)

Additionally, we will send out press releases about the finalist playwrights to our local publications and to any of the playwrights’ respective outlets.

First Place: $350
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Five Runners Up: $50/each

THE RULES

EACH PLAY SUBMISSION MUST FOLLOW THE RULES BELOW:

1. Each play must include the 2016 prop, an envelope of cash.  See description below.
2. Maximum running time is 10 minutes.  Less is fine.
3. Cast maximum is three. Any combo, gender-wise.  No characters under the age of sixteen.
4. Technical requirements must be minimal. Plays produced are performed on a bare stage utilizing wooden blocks and simple furniture to signify a variety of things. Costume, sound and lighting requirements must also be simple.
5. No one-person plays, no musicals, or children’s plays.
6. Playwrights must be at least 18 years old.
7. Submitted plays must be un-produced and un-performed outside of readings, workshops, and festivals. Submitted plays may have been entered in other contests.
8. You must be the sole creator of the play and entitled to confer performance rights.
9. If chosen as a finalist, you grant performance rights, royalty-free, to Weathervane Playhouse for three performances during the 2016 8×10 TheatreFest.
10. The play remains the sole property of the playwright.

THE 2016 INSPIRATION — AN ENVELOPE OF CASH

Each year at TheatreFest, the audience chooses a special prop that must be incorporated into the following year’s plays.

Our 2015 audience members chose an envelope of cash.  The envelope is a security envelope 6.5″ x 3.5″.  The cash consists of $3,000 in $100 increments, bills are printed back and front.  The bills and envelope cannot be damaged or destroyed in your script.

Please note:  Although the bills provided are specific, the rules don’t require that you open the envelope to display the currency or use the amount provided. 

How to enter: http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/8x10TheatreFest

Playwriting Competition Call for Submissions

The Princeton Theatre Group invites submission of scripts to be considered for the 2016 New Works Festival

Two categories

One-Act Scripts and Ten-Minute Plays

Winners will receive a staged reading by professional actors

during Festival 56, Illinois’ largest summer theatre festival.

The New Works Festival will also include a playwrights’ reception

and opportunities to receive feedback of the winning works.

No entry fee — No cash prizes

Timetable

• Submission deadline: 1 March 2016
• Winners will be notified by 1 May 2016
• Production dates: July 23 and 24, 2016

Competition Rules

• Only complete scripts will be considered; no excerpts from longer works.
• Scripts must be original, unpublished, and not previously produced.
• Each playwright may submit only one script per category. It is possible for a playwright to win in both categories.

• Competition is open to adult playwrights around the English-speaking world. No juvenile writers.

• Target audience: adults, including young adults.
• Genre: comedy, drama, tragedy, farce, hybrid; theatrical storytelling. No monologues, children’s plays, adaptations, or musicals.

• Cast may contain any number of characters of any race, ethnicity, or gender.
• Theme and subject matter are open; however, excessively strong language is discouraged.

• Winners will grant Festival 56 and Princeton Theatre Group first production rights.

Playwrights retain copyright.

• At least two One-Act and up to six Ten-Minute scripts will be selected for staged

readings. Total number of winners will depend upon the number and range of submissions.

• The decision of the judges is final. Judges will not provide any written or verbal critiques.

• Winning playwrights are strongly encouraged to attend their readings, although attendance is not a requirement for winning.
• If the playwright is present, a talkbackwith the audience and actors will immediately follow the reading of each script.

Criteria for selection:

• Well developed storyline within a short work
• Natural and creative dialogue
• Quality of writing and dramatic structure
• Ability of script to connect with an audience

Submission Guidelines:

• Type script with 1-inch margins on all four edges, using a 12-point serif type such as Times New Roman, Palatino, or Courier.

• Use standard script format including cast of characters, setting, etc.
• Do NOT put your real name on your script! On the first page of the script, under the title, put a pen name of your choice.

Use the script title as the name of this document.

• Create a separate document giving your real name, address, email, phone, the title of your script, and either your real age or the statement “I am over 18.”

Use your pen name as the name of this document.

This document will not be opened until after winners have been selected.

• Attach both the script document and the identifying document to an email as a Word

doc, Pages doc, or PDF.

• Send One-Act entries to One.Act.PTG@gmail.com by 1 March 2016. 
• Send Ten-Minute entries to Ten.Minute.PTG@gmail.com by 1 March 2016.

For a list of winners, see the Festival 56 website after 1 May 2016.

Princeton Theatre Group

Grace Performing Arts Center

316 South Main Street

Princeton, IL 61356

www.festival56.com