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American Association of Community Theatre (Fort Worth | TX)

Submit a Script for AACT NewPlayFest 2026

AACT NewPlayFest aims to support the production of new plays in community theatres and to provide an opportunity for playwrights to have their unpublished plays, published and produced.Produced plays will have their scripts published in an anthology of the winning plays by Dramatic Publishing Company and be available for licensing for 2 years.
Fee: 
No fee for AACT member playwrights; $10 script processing fee for non-members.
Restrictions: 
Open to U.S based playwrights.
Submission Method: 
Online
Deadline: 
6 / 30 / 2024

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M.T. Pockets Theatre Company (Morgantown | WV)

2024 Ten Minute Play Festival

We will be holding our annual Ten Minute Play festival this year from August 30 - Sept. 6, and we are looking for new material! Our submission portal will be open until midnight on May 25, 2024, and we will announce our selections on July 1st.
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
Open to all playwrights
Submission Method: 
Online
Deadline: 
5 / 25 / 2024

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Old Courthouse Theatre (Concord | NC)

Old Courthouse Theatre's 2024 Ten-Minute Play Festival

Old Courthouse Theatre is seeking submissions for their 10 minute play festival. Winning playwrights receive $25!
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
Playwrights who are residents of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Submission Method: 
Online
Hard copy
Deadline: 
3 / 24 / 2024

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Empowering Playwrights one Pixel at a Time: How Online Resources Can Fuel Your Playwriting Interests

What if you want to write a play? Where to start? And what if you have a few plays? What to do with them? And what if you want to learn more skills as a writer? Where to go next? If you’re here, you probably already have some ideas. But member to member, I’ll offer some tips and tricks, in what has become a daily habit: Read, Write, Send and Find. Let’s go!

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Exploring Character Through Environment

Environment dictates more than we give it credit for in our writing. Give environment its due and follow your impulses to explore all facets of your character. Hopefully, the result will be characters that feel molded from the earth they grew up in. In this article, readers are taken through a three-part exercise to explore how environment dictates character and character dictates environment. 

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The Playwright & Biography

Arguably, some of the most successful American plays are gripped by biography. So, how do we shape elements of biography into dramatic works?

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