Playwrights' Opportunities

For complete submission guidelines, contact the contest or theatre company. Opportunities that require a submission fee or other fee are marked by a $ icon.

PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT: Seeks plays by playwrights under age 19 for 29th annual California Young Playwrights Contest. Winning writers aged 15 & older will receive full professional prods; winning younger writers will receive staged readings perf’d by professional actors. Scripts will be produced in spring 2014 at a professional theatre in San Diego. Deadline 6/1. Winners notified in Oct. Info: playwrightsproject.org.

$HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Seeks artists for fully sponsored 4-10-wk residencies in Marin. $35 processing fee. Deadline 6/7 for residency in 2014. Info: headlands.org.

AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION: Seeks translations of poetry, fiction, drama or literary prose written by a Scandinavian author born after 1800 for the Nadia Christensen Prize. Translation may not have been previously published in the English language by submission deadline. Award includes $2,000 award, publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review & commemorative bronze medallion. Deadline 6/7. Info: amscan.org.

AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION: Seeks translations of poetry, fiction, drama or literary prose written by a Scandinavian author born after 1800 for the Leif & Inger Sjöberg Award. Translation may not have been previously published in the English language by submission deadline. Award is given to individual whose literature translations have not been previously published & includes $1,000 award, publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review & commemorative bronze medallion. Deadline 6/7. Info: amscan.org.

$ALLEYWAY THEATRE: Seeks unprod, full-length plays or musicals of at least 90 min for Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. Winning entry receives prod at Alleyway Theatre & $400 prize. $25 fee. Deadline 7/1. Finalists announced 10/1. Winners announced 11/1. Info: alleyway.com.

$SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ACTORS’ THEATRE: Seeks 10-min plays for playwriting contest. 8 plays selected for 8Tens@8 Festival in Jan; 8 runners-up selected for Best of the Rest Fest in Feb. Deadline 7/1. $10 reading fee. Notification 9/1. Info: sccat.org.

DAVID CHARLES HORN FOUNDATION-YALE DRAMA SERIES: Seeks unpub, full-length plays. Winner receives David C. Horn prize of $10,000, publication of the winning play by Yale University Press & staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City. Translations, musicals & children’s shows not accepted. Submissions accepted 6/1-8/15. Info: dchornfoundation.org.

RAGDALE: Seeks writers working on projects designed to bring awareness to a contemp issue having to do w/peace, social justice or the environment for the Alice Hayes Writing Fellowship. Fellows receive $500 stipend & 4-wk residency in Lake Forest, Illinois. Deadline 9/15. Notification in Dec. Info: ragdale.org.

ALLEYWAY THEATRE: Accepts submissions of new plays & musicals year-round. Info: alleyway.com.

$THE ACTOR’S PROJECT NYC: Seeks submissions of one-act or full-length plays for potential Actor’s Project prod. $35 entry fee. Info: theactorsprojectnyc.com.

$THE ACTOR’S PROJECT NYC: Seeks 1-5-min scenes & monologues for showcase writing contest. $20 submission fee covers up to 5 submissions per writer (extra $20 for 6-10 submissions). Info: theactorsprojectnyc.com.

GOLDEN THREAD: Accepts full-length plays on ongoing basis. Areas of interest: Plays by Middle Eastern writers on any topic; plays about the Middle East written by anyone; comedies, especially satire; adaptations of classical texts &/or historical figures; exploration of Middle Eastern perf traditions & experiments w/nonrealistic forms. Info: goldenthread.org.

HORIZON THEATRE: Accepts unsolicited resumes, treatments, samples & summaries. No unsolicited full-length scripts. Response time 12 months. Info: horizontheatre.com.

$PLAY CAFE: Seeks playwrights to participate in monthly scene-reading night in Downtown Berkeley. Playwrights may have up to 10 pp of a scene-in-progress read by a combination of professional actors & fellow participants. $10 fee to attend. Meetings are 2nd Thurs of month, 7-10PM. Info: playcafe.org.

PORTLAND STAGE: Seeks full-length plays for Little Festival of the Unexpected. 3-5 winning playwrights get residencies in Portland, ME, during duration of festival & prod of show. Plays must not have had professional prod or workshop w/AEA actors. Scripts submitted in 2013 eligible for 2014 festival. Scripts accepted on ongoing basis. Info: portlandstage.org.

REPURPOSED THEATRE: Seeks submissions including 10-min plays, solo shows, one-acts, full-lengths or musicals for Hot Box Sessions on ongoing basis. Chosen works produced at Repurposed Theatre, SF. Info: repurposedtheatre.com.