Scriptwriting Contests

Last Call! Red Theater Playwriting Competition 2013: Deadline: October 31, 2013

ARTISTIC CRITERIA We are looking for work that is THEATRICAL and PERSONAL. Theatrical means a work that could only be fully realized in a theater. It should take full advantage of the temporal and connective nature of human performers interacting with a living audience. Personal means that the work uniquely and vividly wrestles with the dualities present in the human condition. For example: that we are alive but will die; that the more...

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Last Call! 2014 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Final postmark deadline: November 15, 2013

2014 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Final Deadline: Friday, November, 15th 2013 Features – $70, Shorts – $60, Student Shorts – $25 The BlueCat Screenplay Competition dedicates itself to the development of screenwriters worldwide and we are proud to continue our tradition of giving written feedback to all screenplay submissions. Shorts will receive one written analysis and features will receive two by March 1st. Students may...

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Remarkable Theatre 2nd annual ‘Pint-Size Plays NZ’ short play writing competition

Remarkable Theatre Queenstown New Zealand Are calling for entries to their 2nd annual ‘Pint-Size Plays NZ’ short play writing competition. 1.       The competition is open to anyone, provided the script is the original work of the entrant. 2.       Plays must be capable of being staged in a pub, with a running time of between 5 – 10 minutes. 3.       Scripts should require no more than 3 actors using a minimal number of props. 4.       Scripts...

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Call for Submissions! The Landing Theatre Company: New American Voices 2014 Play Reading Series – Playwriting Festival

Submissions will be accepted September 1st through October 31st, 2013.Play Submissions The Landing Theatre Company and Wordsmyth Theater Company are now accepting ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­full-length plays for ­­­­­­­­­­­­the 2014 New American Play Reading Series in Houston, Texas. Four plays will be selected for staged readings during the Landing Theatre Company’s Spring Festival. Selected playwrights must attend the readings. Playwrights must...

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Theatre InspiraTO’s Playwriting Contest

Canada’s Largest Ten-Minute Play Festival: www.inspiratofestival.ca The InspiraTO Theatre Festival, now entering its 9 th season, has produced 134 ten-minute plays to date. Each season over 100 theatre artists participate in Canada’s largest ten-minute play festival. InspiraTO’s Ten-Minute Playwriting Contest is open to everyone without age or geographic restriction. You can only submit one play.  There is no submission fee.   ...

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Call for 10-Minute Play Submissions!

The University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance is excited to announce a new 10-Minute  Play Festival for spring of 2014. We will begin accepting submissions for this festival on August 1,  2013; the submission period closes on October 15, 2013. 12-14 selected 10-minute plays will  receive productions as part of a multi-evening festival, produced in the newly upgraded José  Quintero Theatre on the University of Houston campus. This...

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