New Works of Merit Contest Name: Deadline: (for ongoing submissions, enter 1/1/3000) Contact Website: Accept Musicals?: Unknown Yes No Accept Plays?: Unknown Yes No Accept Young Audiences?: Unknown Yes No Accept Edgy Material?: Unknown Yes No Accept Radio/Film/TV Scripts?: Unknown Yes No Categories Award Cash Conference Fellowship Festival Production Reading Residency Song Contest Workshop Length Full-length Full-length One-act One-act Short -- Parent -- Contest Tags Description: Visual Text New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest was developed in 2003 to bring works of social significance to the attention of Producers and Artistic Directors. As a direct result of the Contest: 12 Scripts were Produced in NYC 27 Winning Scripts received a NYC Reading with Q & A 21 Additional Scripts received a NYC Reading with Q & A 3 Scripts were given a Development Workshop in NYC 3 Scripts were Published in Best American Short Plays by Applause Books Contact Name - FIRST: LAST: Contact Title: Contact Email: Contact Phone: Contact Address1: Contact Address2: Contact City: Contact State: Contact Zip: Contact Country: Comments from NMI Staff: Visual Text <strong><span style="font-size: small"><span style="color: #336666">Note from their website: Scripts longer than 2 hours or 90 pages (Stage Play Format)</span> <span style="color: #336666">will be disqualified.</span></span></strong> Applications for 2025 are not yet open.