Playwriting

Last Call for Submission: Poetic License 6@6 Reading Series – Deadline: November 20, 2014

Poetic Theater Productions is seeking submissions for the 6@6 Reading Series in Poetic License: our 4th annual festival of new poetic theater, taking place February 2-22, 2015 at Wild Project. To Submit: Please fill out the form on our website, poetictheater.com, and e-mail a PDF of your play to submit@poetictheater.com by Thursday, November 20, 2014 for consideration. Please include your name and contact information along with the script in...

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Sanguine Theatre Company announces our 5th annual playwriting competition.

Deadline: November 30, 2014 at 5PM, EST. Project Playwright is a result of Sanguine’s love for playwrights and new works. Once all submissions have been read, a panel will select a small number of finalists. Sanguine Theatre Company will produce a festival evening of staged readings in New York City with excerpts from the finalists’ scripts. Excerpts will be determined by Sanguine’s team in collaboration with the playwrights. On the...

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MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ANNOUNCES NEW PLAYWRITING PRIZE – International search for plays written for teens to perform

  Milken Community Schools is excited to announce the creation of a major international playwriting prize for plays written to be performed by teenagers.  The prize includes a cash award of $2,000, a script development process, and a full production of the play. A professional dramaturg will assist the playwright and provide readings as needed during the rewriting process. The winner will be promoted to theatres and high schools...

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Welcome to the 2015 BlueCat Screenplay Competition

EARLY DEADLINE ANNOUNCEMENT The BlueCat Screenplay Competition accepts both feature length and short screenplays, and in keeping with our longstanding tradition, every screenplay will receive one written analysis, with our best screenplays receiving over $40,000 in cash prizes. SPECIAL EARLY DEADLINE The Special Early Entry Fee for all scripts received by June 15th is $55 for features and $35 for short screenplays. All submissions received by...

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TLC Productions: 3rd biennial One Acts Festival!

The  Canton One Acts Festival 2015 will be produced at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill the weekend of January 16-18, 2015.  Check our our One Acts page for more details. We are now accepting one act scripts of up to 15 minutes in length.  Only the first 100 scripts received that follow the submission guidelines will be accepted. At this time, we have already received 50% of the scripts!    There will be a donation fee of $15 to Canton’s One...

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2014 Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Literary Contest

Eden Mills Writers’ Festival 2014 LITERARY CONTEST DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2014 If you have writing within you that must be shared, we encourage you to enter the EMWF’s annual literary contest. Open internationally to new and modestly published writers, ages 16­ and older, the contest requires entrants to submit a short story (2500 words max.), poetry collection (of 5 poems or less), or one­-act play. The best entry in each category will win a...

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