Web Directory

» Arts Live Theatre
   Non-profit, professional children's theatre located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sponsors Youth One-Act Playwrighting Contest. Cash prized offered.
   http://artslivetheatre.com

» Aside Productions One Act Play contest
   Up to three scripts will be selected for a staged reading. Open to high school and college students in North Houston, Texas.
   http://asideproductions.org/Submission%20Rules.html

» Backdoor Theatre New Play Project
   Competition for Playwrights. For unproduced works.
   http://www.backdoortheatre.org/newplay.htm

» Castillo theatre Playwriting contest
   The Mario Fratti & Fred Newman Political Play Writing Contest is now accepting submissions.
   http://www.castillo.org/contest.html

» Drinking & Writing Festival and 10 minute Radio Play Contest
   Top three winners are awarded cash prizes and winning plays are produced and recorded live at The Neo-Futurists Theater in Chicago and then aired on the Drinking and Writing Brewery Radio Show.
   http://www.drinkingandwriting.com

» Helford Prize
   $10,000 prize in playwriting, offered by Jackson University. Open to U.S. residents.
   http://arts.ju.edu/cfa/helford/prize.html

» Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival
   Creating more opportunities for emerging female playwrights to produce their work.
   http://www.kcpotluckproductions.com/script_submissions.htm

» Lebanon Community Theatre Play Writing Contest
   Annual one-act play writing contest on a different theme each year. Monetary and other prizes.
   http://www.lct.cc/PlayWriteContest.htm

» Lyric Theatre LA -- stageWRITE Playwrighting Competition
   Aims to provide an opportunity for new playwrights to gain exposure in Los Angeles (scroll to bottom of page for info).
   http://www.lyrictheatrela.com/programs.php

» Midwest High School Playwriting Competition
   Open to all Midwest USA high school students. Winners receive a reading with Crossroads Repertory Theatre and a scholarship to study theater at ISU.
   http://www1.indstate.edu/theater/mhspc.html

» Moxie Films
   Established to facilitate the work of under-served artists, including playwrights. Sponsors annual playwriting contest.
   http://www.moxie-films.com

» Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest
   Annual national contest for full-length and one-act stage and radio plays. Administration fee charged.
   http://www.reverieproductions.org/guidelines.html

» ShowOff!
   The Camino Real Playhouse hosts this annual ten-minute playwriting festival. Playwrights world-wide submit their works and seven winners are given full production and three honorable mention winners are given staged readings during the nine performances i
   http://www.caminorealplayhouse.org/ShowOffs.html

» Stormy Weather Players New Plays Festival
   Community theatre group in Cornwall, NY. Short plays by new writers preferred.
   http://stormyweatherplayers.org/chads.html

» Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
   Information on various upcoming contests and previous winners.
   http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/index.php?topic=contests

» The 10-Minute International Play Competition
   Conducted by Fire Rose Productions, a non-profit theatre company in Los Angeles.
   http://www.fireroseproductions.com/Pages/10min2007-1.html

» Theatre BC
   Juried New Play contest for Canadian professional and non-professional playwrights. Annual contest.
   http://www.theatrebc.org/playcomp/

» TrapDoor Ensemble Playwright Competition
   Winner receives $500 and guaranteed production. Proceeds benefit the TrapDoor Ensemble Youth Outreach program.
   http://trapdoorensemble.org/12410.html

» VSA Art Playwright Discovery Award
   Individuals with disabilities are invited to submit an original one-act script that documents the experience of living with a disability.
   http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml