See also:
- Backdoor Theatre New Play Project - Competition for Playwrights. For unproduced works.
- Creative Mechanics: Stage This! The Best 10-Minute Plays We Could Find - International playwriting and publishing competition, culminating with readings of the play finalists in New York City, an anthology containing the best plays, and one grand prize.
- 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 & Writing Brewery Radio Show.
- Heller Theatre, Tulsa, Oklahoma - National playwriting contest detailed under "Theatre Around Town" button.
- Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival - Creating more opportunities for emerging female playwrights to produce their work.
- Lebanon Community Theatre Play Writing Contest - Annual one-act play writing contest on a different theme each year. Monetary and other prizes.
- Moxie Films - Established to facilitate the work of under-served artists, including playwrights. Sponsors annual playwriting contest.
- New Works Of Merit Playwriting Contest - Seeks scripts that entertain and uplift, bringing new awareness and insights related to social, cultural, racial, religious, and ethnic issues.
- Playwriting Competition - To promote plays and playwrights which often fly under the radar. Prize: fully produced, 3 week run of winning play at a Boston area theater.
- Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest - Annual national contest for full-length and one-act stage and radio plays. Administration fee charged.
- 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 in October. Deadline is June 15th.
- Speaking Ring Theatre - Submit an original 10-30 minute play. Looking for plays that challenge perceptions of relationships.
- TADA! Youth Theater - TADA!’s Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest encourages playwrights to create work for underserved theatrical demographic: teens
- Ten Minute Plays Wanted - The BareStage Theatre seeks twelve original short plays for its "Six 10s @ Eights" original plays festival in September, 2005.
- Theatre BC - Juried New Play contest for Canadian professional and non-professional playwrights. Annual contest.
- TrapDoor Ensemble Playwright Competition - Winner receives $500 and guaranteed production. Proceeds benefit the TrapDoor Ensemble Youth Outreach program.
- 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.
- Writing-World.com: Directory of Writing Contests - Including playwriting competitions.