Here you can find details on how to enter The Sitcom Mission 2012. Make sure you read all the pages in this section – for example, you won’t stand a chance of winning unless you stick to the guidelines. Early Bird Entry Fee: £10 (Entries received before 00.00 GMT on January 25, 2012) Final Deadline Fee: £15 (Entries received between 00.00 GMT on January 25, 2012 and 23.59 on January 31, 2012) This is the first year we have...

Here at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival we are excited to announce that we are now accepting entries for our One-Act Play and Fiction Contests. One-Act Play Contest We are accepting original one-act plays of any theme that run no longer than one hour in length. Deadline:  November 1, 2011 Grand Prize: $1,500 Staged reading at the 26th annual Festival (March 21-25, 2012) Full production in 2013 VIP All-Access Festival pass...

Calling All Playwrights Catch A Star Theatrical (CAST) Players is pleased to announce their first ever One-Act Playwriting Competition.  Aspiring playwrights of all ages who reside within the United States are invited to submit their unpublished works.  All styles and genres are welcome.  Top plays will be showcased at the 2012 One Act festival to be held in Beaumont, CA. A grass roots endeavor, it has been embraced by the community and support...

Sanguine Theatre Company announces our 2nd 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...

Living Literature Festival: January 2012 Horatio Alger Deadline – September 30, 2011 Submit Metropolitan Playhouse presents its 7th Annual Living Literature Festival, devoted to Horatio Alger. WHAT Scheduled for January 16th through January 29th, 2012, the festival is a collection of new plays celebrating the spirit of the artist who made a cultural touchstone of the term “rags to riches”. Horatio Alger became famous in...

Dream Weekend Designed for Aspiring Screenwriters and Playwrights Ojai, CA (February 25, 2011) Ojai has been attracting authors and writers to its mountain valley for centuries. Its newest attraction, WordFest-a nexus of diverse reading and writing events held over nine days in March-is announcing the latest addition to its robust lineup: a VIP ‘Stage & Screen’ Writers Package. Held the last weekend of Ojai WordFest...