UNDER 20 FOR UNDER 20’S PLAYWRITING COMPETITION (TORONTO)

Tarragon Theatre is currently accepting submissions from writers across the country who are under the age of twenty for its 15th Under 20 for Under 20’s Playwriting Competition. Plays must be no longer than twenty minutes in length; they cannot have had a professional production, and should require no more than four or five actors to perform. The winner is awarded a prize of $250, and their play receives a professional workshop reading.

for more information and an application form go here

Deadline: February 17, 2012

CITY THEATRE OF INDEPENDENCE (MISSOURI)

City Theatre of Independence, Missouri is currently accepting submission of short plays not previously produced for their Fourth Annual Playwrights Festival. Content pertinent to adolescents, i.e. self-esteem, bullying, peer pressure (not limited to these subjects but to the adolescent age group). For more information, click here.

Deadline: March 1, 2012

MUSICAL WORKS IN CONCERT (TORONTO)

MUSICAL WORKS IN CONCERT (Toronto), as part of SummerWorks Theatre Festival, is accepting submissions of original works that have been previously unproduced. This initiative provides a forum for Canadian writers and composers to help develop and present original music theatre.
Visit the Summerworks website for more information here

Deadline: March 1, 2012

SILVER SPRING STAGE ONE-ACT AND 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

Silver Spring Stage is seeking original one-act and 10-minute scripts for its upcoming annual One-Act Festival. The Festival will run for three weekends in late Summer, 2012. Two weekends will be comprised of one-act plays. The third weekend will be comprised of 10-minute plays.
visit their website for more information here

Deadline: March 15, 2012

SKY BLUE THEATRE

SKY BLUE THEATRE’S INTERNATIONAL ONE-ACT PLAYWRITING COMPETITION (CAMBRIDGE)
Submissions of new, unpublished, one-act plays by adults or youth writers. For more information visit their website here

Deadline: March 30, 2012