| Category | Item | Deadline | Year |
 | Contest | 10 Minute Play Contest & Festival | May 20 | 2011 |
 | Contest | Culture Park - Short Plays Marathon | October 10, 2010 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Paw Paw Village Players One-Acts Fourteen | December 1st | Ongoing |
 | Contest | 6 Women Playwriting Festival | October 31 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Lourdes College Drama Society One-Act Playwriting Competition | November 1 | 2010 |
 | Other Opportunity | Last Frontier Theatre Conference | December 31 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Colonial Players of Annapolis Promising Playwright Contest | Dec. 31 | 2010 |
 | Other Opportunity | New Play Project in DC Metro | 09/30/2010 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Stage Door Productions Fourth Annual Original One Act Festival: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | November 30, 2010 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Forward Theater Company seeks original monologues | October 1 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest. | Sept. 4 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Provincetown Theater Co, MA, New England playwrights | Sept. 1 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Saints and Sinners Literary Festival Playwriting Competition | Dec 31 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival One-Act Play Contest | November 1 | 2010 |
 | Other Opportunity | Raconteur Theatre Company seeks New plays (all lengths) | September 30 | 2010 |
 | Other Opportunity | Backstage at The Santa Paula Theater Center Seeks One Act plays | July 15 | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Valley Repertory Company's Second Labworks 15-minute New Play Contest | September 4 | 2010 |
 | Contest | Lake Erie Playwrights Competition | September 1 | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Sketches! | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | The Good Ear Review is accepting monologue submissions | | Ongoing |
 | Contest | 2010 Tortoise and Finch Short Play Competition | September 1 (late) | 2010 |
 | Other Opportunity | Call for plays - full-length - SoCal Playwrights preferred | | Ongoing |
 | Contest | The Vermont Playwrights Award | Feb.1 | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Woodward/Newman Drama Award | Yearly/ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Next Generation Playwriting Contest | December 15 | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | EBE Ensemble Seeks New One-Act Plays | July 31 | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Celebrationworks Ensemble Theatre | | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Ongoing Call For Submissions | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Contest | ShowOff! International Playwriting Festival | October 15 | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition | July 1 each year | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Dinner Theater Scripts wanted | | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Plays Of All Lengths Wanted | year round | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Ashland New Plays Festival | January 15 | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Universal Theatre seeks short plays | | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Annual Six 10s @ Eight New Plays Festival | June 30 | Ongoing |
 | Contest | McLaren Memorial Comedy Play Writing Competition | January 31, 2007 | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | The Women's Theatre Project seeks plays by women with all female cast | ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest | June 1 each year | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Publisher seeks new material for High School Market | None | Ongoing |
 | Directory | New Musicals Accepted/Sought | See this directory | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Women Playwrights wanted | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Directory | BackstageJobs.com Listing of Playwright Opportunities | See this directory | Ongoing |
 | Directory | Playwriting Opportunities for the E-Merging Writer | See this directory | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | CALL FOR SCRIPTS | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Vermont Playwrights Award | Feb. 1 | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Live Girls! | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | NYC Playwrights | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Playwright's Noticeboard | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Emerging Playwright Award | All year round | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | Female playwrights | Ongoing | Ongoing |
 | Contest | Humana Festival | Accepts plays throughout year. | Ongoing |
 | Other Opportunity | San Francisco Bay Area Opportunities | Varies | Ongoing |