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Mon, 22/05/2023 - 7:38pm
Open Meadows Foundation (online)

Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwriting Award

The Open Meadows Foundation is creating the Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwright Award in honor of Nancy Dean.
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
We understand people have their own language for their gender and sexuality. We are open to submission from people who are lesbian, queer or gay, trans and nonbinary.
Submission Method: 
Email
Deadline: 
6 / 1 / 2023

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Thu, 18/05/2023 - 4:01pm
Ruby Slippers Theatre (Vancouver | BC | CA)

Ruby Slippers Advance Theatre Festival: 2023/24 Submissions

The Advance Theatre Festival showcases dramatic readings of five new plays written and directed by female identifying and gender non- conforming IBPOC playwrights and directors, and a workshop presentation.
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
Open to female identifying and gender non-conforming IBPOC playwrights.
Submission Method: 
Email
Deadline: 
5 / 30 / 2023

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Thu, 18/05/2023 - 3:55pm
City Fox Books

City Fox Books seeks plays for a limited series of publications

For spring/summer 2023, City Fox Books is looking to publish a limited series of full-length plays written for stage. Plays must be at least 2 characters and may be up to 110 pages.
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
Open to all playwrights. Specifically seeking plays which are unconventional, and particularly interested in plays which are surreal, experimental, absurdist, existentialist or politically subversive in nature.
Submission Method: 
Email
Deadline: 
7 / 11 / 2023

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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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