The New Theater Festival competition is for plays and musicals. Productions includes; full length plays, one act plays, shorts, solos and musical theater. The Festival has more than 10 years of continuous production which offered opportunities to more than 1,250 playwrights. Submissions accepted year-round.

GOING TO THE RIVER was founded by the late Curt Dempster and Elizabeth Van Dyke in 1999 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, for the purpose of developing, producing and providing a New York City 'home base' for a community of female playwrights of color.

What originally started as a one-day tribute to one of the most culturally rich neighborhoods in the world has now become a month-long celebration enjoying its 46th year. Recognizing this year, 2020 is unlike any we have ever seen HARLEM WEEK this year will take place from August 16 - 23 and it will take place virtually. For many years people have planned their vacations around the dates HARLEM WEEK to travel to Harlem to participate in our festival. This year HARLEM WEEK goes to the world as a virtual event sharing the culture, history, resilience and strength of Harlem.

Columbia University, on the recommendation of The Pulitzer Prize Board, annually awards a Pulitzer Prize in drama of $15,000 "for a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life."

The Criminal Queerness Festival (CQF) will take place at NYC Pride. CQF strives to uplift and amplify LGBTQ playwrights and artists from countries that censor or criminalize queer communities through the creation of exciting theatrical productions. Up to four plays will be selected and given performances in New York City. The plays will be performed in a festival format with directors and actors from National Queer Theater. The winning playwrights will also be awarded a stipend of $1,000 USD each.

In his cartoons for The New Yorker, James Stevenson told stories about the human comedy with energy and economy. Playing on Air presents the James Stevenson Prize for Comedic Short Comedies: three major prizes that perpetuate Mr. Stevenson's spirit and wit, bringing the finest new American plays to a national audience - for free.

David A. Einhorn was the co-founder of Untitled Theater Company No. 61. This prize is to commemorate his work, with a special emphasis on supporting a playwright who has been working independently for a number of years, producing work independently without the support of large institutional theaters.

Every March, during Women’s History Month, Goddard Riverside’s Community Arts program hosts an exciting month-long arts festival celebrating female artists and perspectives. Join us this year for W.H.A.M. 2022! Now in its seventh year, the Women’s History Artist Month festival — W.H.A.M. — showcases a wide range of local independent artists and helps raise vital funding for the Performing Arts Conservatory. This year’s W.H.A.M. festival will be taking place at Goddard Riverside’s Bernie Wohl Center unless otherwise noted in the Calendar below. The 7th Annual W.H.A.M. Opening Reception was...

NADIA is a non-profit organization based in New York City dedicated to coordinating the research, development, and implementation of industry-wide anti-discriminatory practices. NADIA supports a diverse group of project leaders and artists who are looking to think critically and discover new ways to produce culturally conscious art in order to develop practices that are equitable, inclusive, and sustainable. National Arts Diversity Integration Association (NADIA) is accepting script submissions for a new play or musical to be recorded and presented as a staged reading in their Spring 2021...

Established in 1999, the Boomerang Theatre Company is dedicated to producing new, classic and neglected plays that add to the vibrancy of the national theatre canon. One of the premiere new play development festivals in Indie Theatre. Each play selected to participate in the festival received 6 hours of rehearsal time over the course of one week, culminating in a public reading of the play for a supportive audience.

Submissions are now being accepted for the Fifth Avenue Theatre of New York Virtual Fall 2020 Play Festival, to take place in November 2020. Seeking short plays (no more than 10 pp/minutes), from playwrights from across New York City and surrounding areas.