Playwriting

Sanguine Theatre Company’s 3rd Annual Playwrighting Competition

Sanguine Theatre Company announces our 3rd annual playwriting competition. 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 number of scripts from which Sanguine Theatre Company will produce a staged reading in New York City of excerpts from the plays that will be determined by Sanguine Theatre Company in collaboration with the playwrights. From there, a...

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Last Call! THE 2nd Annual JCC METROWEST JEWISH PLAYWRITING CONTEST – Deadline: November 1st, 2012

Carol Berman, Director of the Arts at JCC MetroWest and David Winitsky, Artistic Director of the Jewish Plays Project are excited to announce the return of their competition for full-length plays dealing with contemporary Jewish themes. Using a curated jury process followed by a series of live selection events, the Contest will give equal voice to Jewish audiences and artists in creating Jewish theater for the 21st Century. IMPORTANT NOTE: THE...

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Announcing Writing Contests for 2013 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival

The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is pleased to announce that our annual fiction and one-act play contests are now accepting submissions. Our team is gearing up for our 27th celebration of our namesake playwright and the city in which he found his “spiritual home.” Details are below. 5th Annual Fiction Contest Judge: Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours Grand Prize $1,500 Domestic airfare...

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Seeking One Act Plays for Festival

Attention Aspiring Playwrights! Have your script produced at the Canton One Acts Festival CASH PRIZES AVAILABLE   Canton, MI—TLC Productions is accepting scripts for the 2013 Canton One Acts Festival, postmarked no later than August 24, 2012.  This Festival will take place January 18-20, 2013 at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill in Canton, MI. TLC Productions is made up of Canton’s very own: Tim Chanko, Linda Pohl and Christopher Tremblay....

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Spotlight On: A One Person Play writing Contest

Type of material: One person plays Frequency: Annual Remuneration: $500 cash prize, and possible production and performance of the winning play Guidelines (summary): Play can have been produced and performed anywhere but Los Angeles, 2 play submission limit, 10 minute minimum and 95 minute maximum. See the full guidelines for more details. Submission Procedure: Application, summary, script, and resume; materials will not be returned Submission...

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2012 – Third Annual Across the Generations New Jewish Play Festival

2012 – Third Annual Across the Generations New Jewish Play Festival Director J Marcus Newman will stage readings of selected plays in mid-August 2012 at Congregation Dor Hadash in San Diego, CA Submission Guidelines (revised this year) 1) direct submission by playwright with cover letter; no literary representative or agency submissions 2) completed full-length plays only; no works-in-progress no one-act plays, no 10-minute plays, no...

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