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Sewanee Writers’ Conference

http://www.sewaneewriters.org/conference/

Theatre Three One-Act Play Festival

https://theatrethree.com/oaf.html

Jewish Ensemble Theatre Festival of New Plays

https://www.jettheatre.org/play-submissions

ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop in Los Angeles

https://www.ascapfoundation.org/mtworkshops

PEN Center USA Literary Awards

https://pen.org/literary-awards/awards/

BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop

https://www.bmi.com/theatre_workshop/application_requirements

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Summer Residencies

https://www.rhinebeckwriters.org

National Black Theatre Festival

https://ncblackrep.org/work-with-us/#script_submission

Children’s Theatre Foundation Aurand Harris Fellowship

https://www.childrenstheatrefoundation.org/page-13/page-15/

National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Public Programs/Humanities Projects in Media

https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/media-projects-development-grants

David C. Horn Prize

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/yale-drama-series-submissions

Aurora Theatre Company: Global Age Project

http://www.auroratheatre.org

University of Central Missouri National Playwriting Competition

http://www.ucmo.edu/theatre/about/write.cfm

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

https://www.edfringe.com

Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward Drama

https://www.nycplaywrights.org/2022/05/woodwardnewman-award.html

The Ten Minute Musicals Project

http://www.tenminutemusicals.org/Annual_Competition.html

Kumu Kahua Theatre/UHM Department of Theatre & Dance Playwriting Contest

https://www.kumukahua.org/gotryplaywrite

Search for New Musicals (New Musicals Inc.)

http://nmi.org

Women’s Project Playwrights Lab

https://wptheater.org/lab/

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

http://www.artandwriting.org

Stanley Drama Award

https://wagner.edu/performing-arts/stanley-drama/

Theatre Oxford Ten-Minute Play Contest

https://www.theatreoxford.org/current-auditions/

Ashland New Plays Festival

https://www.ashlandnewplays.org/

Harvard University Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships

https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship/become-a-fellow

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

https://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/harold-morton-landon-translation-award

Alfred Hodder Fellowship Princeton University

http://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/hodder-fellowship/

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Award

http://www.leftcoastensemble.org/intersection/

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

https://www.gf.org/how-to-apply/

Princeton Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts

http://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/

Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights

https://www.portlandstage.org/script-submissions/

Charles M. Getchell Award, SETC

http://www.setc.org/getchell-new-play-contest

City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting Contest

https://www.citytheatre.com/for-submissions

George Bennett Fellowship

https://www.exeter.edu/about-us/career-opportunities/fellowships/writer-residence-george-bennett-fellowship

Playfest – Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays

http://orlandoshakes.org/playfest-home/

Mississippi Theatre Association Playwriting Competition

https://mississippitheatre.org/registration/

Weathervane Playhouse 8×10 TheatreFest

https://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/8x10-eileen-moushey-theatrefest-submission

Jackie White Memorial National Children’s Playwriting Contest

http://www.cectheatre.org/playwriting

Sundance Theatre Lab – Women Write Now

https://www.sundance.org/initiatives/womenatsundance/#women-helmed-popup

Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation

http://americantheatrewing.org/program/jonathan-larson-grants/

Actors Theatre of Louisville New Voices Young Playwrights Festival

https://www.actorstheatre.org/new-voices-revolutionized/

Mid-Atlantic Song Contest

http://www.saw.org/masc

Live & In Color

https://www.theatreincolor.org/

Eugene O’Neill National Musical Theater Conference

https://www.theoneill.org/nmtc

Theatre Bay Area Grant Programs – Ca$h Workshops

https://www.theatrebayarea.org/page/cashgrants

U.S. Dept. of State Fulbright U.S. Student Program at the Institute of International Education

http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/getting-started

The Reva Shiner Full-Length Play Competition

https://www.nycplaywrights.org/2020/08/reva-shiner-comedy-award-2021-2022.html

Premiere Stages Play Festival

http://www.premierestagesatkean.com/play-festival

Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater

http://artsandletters.org/awards/richard-rodgers-award/

Francesca Primus Prize

https://americantheatrecritics.org/primus-prize/

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival One-Act Play Competition

http://tennesseewilliams.net/contests/

Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award

https://nmu.edu/theatreanddance/playwritingcompetition

Kitchen Dog Theatre (KDT) New Works Festival

https://www.kitchendogtheater.org/nwf-25

Boomerang Theatre Company

https://www.boomerangtheatre.org/projects/the-first-flight-new-play-festival/

North Carolina New Play Project (NCNPP)

http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=1474

Last Frontier Theatre Conference

http://www.theatreconference.org/play-lab/play-submissions/

SongDoor International Songwriting Competition

http://www.songdoor.com/

Jerome Playwright-in-Residence Fellowships

http://pwcenter.org

Boston Theater Marathon

https://www.bu.edu/bpt/our-programs/boston-theatre-marathon/

Playwrights’ Center Grant Programs; ; Jerome Playwright-in-Residence Fellowships

https://pwcenter.org/programs/jerome-fellowships

Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Playwriting Residency

https://pwcenter.org/programs/many-voices-fellowships

John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/JohnCauble

Ten-Minute Play Festival

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/TenMinutePlay

Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition

http://www.grawemeyer.org/music

The KCACTF Ten-Minute Play Award

https://kcactf.weebly.com/kcactf-national-ten-minute-play-award.html

The Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/LoraineHansberry

Theatre Conspiracy

https://artinlee.org/newplaycontest/

New Musical Initiative

https://ttf.sdsu.edu/about_ttf/centers_institutes/new-musical-initiative

The Miranda Family ‘Voces Latinx’ National Playwriting Competition

http://repertorio.nyc/#/opportunities

Wichita Sate University New Play competition

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fine_arts/spa/3_THEATRE/Playwright_Contest.php

The Great American Song Contest

http://www.greatamericansong.com/rules.php

Playwrights’ Center McKnight Advancement Grants

https://pwcenter.org/programs/mcknight-fellowships-in-playwriting

George R. Kernodle Playwriting Contest

http://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/theatre/callboard/kernodle-new-play-award.php

National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)

https://namt.org/festivalsconcerts/festival-submission-process/

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships/

Page 73 Productions

https://www.page73.org/programs

Massachusetts Cultural Council

https://massculturalcouncil.org/artists-art/artist-fellowships/application-process/

Samuel French Inc, Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival

http://www.oobfestival.com/

American Antiquarian Society Fellowships

https://www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowships

Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/JKSmith

National Student Playwriting Award

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting

Ungar German Translation Award

https://www.atanet.org/aboutus/honorsandawards_ungar.php

Goshen College Peace Playwriting Contest

https://www.goshen.edu/academics/theater/peace-plays/

Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence

https://www.branchcct.org/pickering_colbeck.php

The David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/DMCohen#main_content

The National Student Playwriting Award

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/NSPAward

The Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/PaulaVogel

The Rosa Parks Playwriting Award

http://web.kennedy-center.org/Education/KCACTF/awards/Playwriting/RosaParks

Theatre in the Raw Play Writing Contest

http://www.theatreintheraw.ca/contest.html

New Works of Merit

https://www.newworksofmeritplaywritingcontest.com/dates--award--eligible-script--ineligible-script.html

John Lennon Songwriting Contest

http://jlsc.com/

Pipeline Awards for New Musical Theatre

https://pipelinearts.org/