The New South Young Playwrights Festival focuses on the support and development of the next generation of American dramatists. Each summer we invite between 20 and 30 high school and college students to Horizon Theatre in Atlanta for week of residency filled with workshops, rehearsals, seminars, and readings with professional actors, directors, and dramaturgs. We are currently seeking play submissions from high school, college and university...

The Polygraph Tests: Refining the Writer’s Voice Polygraph (n.) 1. a machine designed to detect and record changes in biological characteristics. 2. an author who can write on a variety of different subjects. The Polygraph Tests is a residency program committed to enriching the process of theatre development by pairing selected playwrights with collaborators eager to guide and inspire the scripts’ evolution. We are looking for dangerous stories...

Call for Submissions for 2012 Anthology Matrices Press is publishing an anthology of works in 2012. We are now accepting submissions of previously unpublished, original works. Deadline for submissions is Jan 31, 2012. Matrices begins in math:  A matrix is an organizational structure in which two or more lines of command, responsibility, or communication may run through the same individual. This math concept can be applied to culture:  A concept...

  InspiraTO Ten-Minute Play Festival   Canada’s largest ten-minute play festival   Deadline: Midnight December 31, 2011   InspiraTO is seeking ten-minute plays (not shorter than 8 minutes and not longer than 10 minutes). This year’s theme is on VISION.  The sense of vision (sight) must be an important element of the play. We accept previously produced plays.  The playwright must own the rights to the play up to the end...

NEW ART MAGAZINE CALL FOR ENTRIES Get Feedback. Get Paid. Get Better. A Call for Entries. You Can Do Better Magazine seeks submissions for a variety of mediums in an effort to financially reward and provide critical insight for those who wish to improve their craft. Entries submitted electronically. Details/Questions: http://youcandobetterzine.com NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline: November 1, 2011 Submission Guidelines:...

The Araca Group, a Broadway theatrical producing company, is once again seeking “The Best Play” from playwrights in post-collegiate universities and professional study programs.  The style, subject and length of the submissions are entirely up to you.  However, this year, we are opening the contest up to emerging writers nationwide. The selected playwright will have the opportunity for his/her play to be performed in a free and public reading...