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Tue, 02/06/2020 - 1:06pm

RUN!!!

Shá Cage
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Mon, 06/04/2020 - 1:11am

Finding Yes

C. Denby Swanson
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Wed, 01/05/2024 - 12:11pm
Ucross Foundation (Clearmont | WY)

UCross Fellowship for Native American Writers

The Ucross Fellowship for Native American Writers is open to practicing writers who are currently producing work in one or more of the following genres — fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting, playwriting, or hybrid forms. Two Ucross Fellowships for Native American Writers are awarded each year. Those selected for the fellowship are offered a four-week residency, a stipend of $2,000, and an opportunity to present work publicly.
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
Open to all Native American Writers
Submission Method: 
Online
Deadline: 
7 / 15 / 2024

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Wed, 01/05/2024 - 12:10pm
The Play Company (PlayCo) (New York | NY)

PlayCo Submission Inquiries

We ask writers interested in PlayCo to introduce themselves and their work through our form. All submissions will be kept confidential. Please attach a play excerpt of no more than twenty (20) pages, not including the title page. If your work is a good fit, we will follow up to ask for a full script.
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
Open to all playwrights
Submission Method: 
Online

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Wed, 01/05/2024 - 12:02pm
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival (New Orleans | LA)

TWFest One-Act Play Contest 2024-2025

For 37 years, TWFest has brought award-winning writers, historians, scholars, journalists, actors, musicians, and cultural experts together to present five days of literary revelry in New Orleans. The mission of the TWFest Writing Contest is to promote new work from emerging artists. The Grand Prize receives $1,500 and a Professional Staged Reading at the next Festival.
Fee: 
$25
Restrictions: 
Open to early-career playwrights
Submission Method: 
Online
Deadline: 
10 / 1 / 2024

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Thu, 19/12/2019 - 10:33am

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

Rachael Carnes

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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Sun, 13/10/2019 - 11:37am

Exploring Character Through Environment

Courtney Meaker

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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Sat, 14/09/2019 - 12:41pm

The Playwright & Biography

Tylie Shider

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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