Contests (Arts/Writers_Resources/Playwriting/Contests)
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Contests
Writing contests, competitions, awards and prizes of all kinds. Contests do NOT have to have monetary awards, but that is what is most likely to be found in this category.Entries
Tennessee Williams Literary Festival One Act Play contest http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/index.php?topic=contests
$1000 prize and staged reading followed by production. You may need to scroll this page to find the information.
Creative Mechanics: Stage This! The Best 10-Minute Plays We Could Find http://emerging.freewebspace.com/CreativeMechanics/stage_this/index.html
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.
Midwest High School Playwriting Competition http://www1.indstate.edu/theater/mhspc.html
Open to all Midwest USA high school students. Winners receive a reading with Crossroads Repertory Theatre and a scholarship to study theater at ISU.
Helford Prize http://arts.ju.edu/cfa/helford/prize.html
$10,000 prize in playwriting, offered by Jackson University. Open to U.S. residents.
ShowOff! http://www.caminorealplayhouse.org/ShowOffs.html
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.
VSA Art Playwright Discovery Award http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml
Individuals with disabilities are invited to submit an original one-act script that documents the experience of living with a disability.
Lebanon Community Theatre Play Writing Contest http://www.lct.cc/PlayWriteContest.htm
Annual one-act play writing contest on a different theme each year. Monetary and other prizes.
Castillo theatre Playwriting contest http://www.castillo.org/contest.html
The Mario Fratti & Fred Newman Political Play Writing Contest is now accepting submissions.
The 10-Minute International Play Competition http://www.fireroseproductions.com/Pages/10min2007-1.html
Conducted by Fire Rose Productions, a non-profit theatre company in Los Angeles.
Arts Live Theatre http://artslivetheatre.com/
Non-profit, professional children's theatre located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sponsors Youth One-Act Playwrighting Contest. Cash prized offered.
Aside Productions One Act Play contest http://asideproductions.org/Submission%20Rules.html
Up to three scripts will be selected for a staged reading. Open to high school and college students in North Houston, Texas.
Backdoor Theatre New Play Project http://www.backdoortheatre.org/newplay.htm
Competition for Playwrights. For unproduced works.
Drinking & Writing Festival and 10 minute Radio Play Contest http://www.drinkingandwriting.com/
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 and Writing Brewery Radio Show.
Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival http://www.kcpotluckproductions.com/script_submissions.htm
Creating more opportunities for emerging female playwrights to produce their work.
Lyric Theatre LA -- stageWRITE Playwrighting Competition http://www.lyrictheatrela.com/programs.php
Aims to provide an opportunity for new playwrights to gain exposure in Los Angeles (scroll to bottom of page for info).
Moxie Films http://www.moxie-films.com/
Established to facilitate the work of under-served artists, including playwrights. Sponsors annual playwriting contest.
Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest http://www.reverieproductions.org/guidelines.html
Annual national contest for full-length and one-act stage and radio plays. Administration fee charged.
Stormy Weather Players New Plays Festival http://stormyweatherplayers.org/chads.html
Community theatre group in Cornwall, NY. Short plays by new writers preferred.
Theatre BC http://www.theatrebc.org/playcomp/
Juried New Play contest for Canadian professional and non-professional playwrights. Annual contest.
TrapDoor Ensemble Playwright Competition http://trapdoorensemble.org/12410.html
Winner receives $500 and guaranteed production. Proceeds benefit the TrapDoor Ensemble Youth Outreach program.
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