Backdoor Theatre New Play Project 
Competition for Playwrights. For unproduced works.
http://www.backdoortheatre.org/newplay.htmTheatre BC 
Juried New Play contest for Canadian professional and non-professional playwrights. Annual contest.
http://www.theatrebc.org/playcomp/
Lebanon Community Theatre Play Writing Contest 
Annual one-act play writing contest on a different theme each year. Monetary and other prizes.
http://www.lct.cc/PlayWriteContest.htm
Moxie Films 
Established to facilitate the work of under-served artists, including playwrights. Sponsors annual playwriting contest.
http://www.moxie-films.com
Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest 
Annual national contest for full-length and one-act stage and radio plays. Administration fee charged.
http://www.reverieproductions.org/guidelines.html
Writing-World.com: Directory of Writing Contests 
Including playwriting competitions.
http://www.writing-world.com/contests/index.shtml
VSA Art Playwright Discovery Award 
Individuals with disabilities are invited to submit an original one-act script that documents the experience of living with a disability.
http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml
Drinking & Writing Festival and 10 minute Radio Play Contest 
Top three winners are awarded cash prizes and winning plays are produced and recorded live at The Neo-Futurists Theater in Chicago and then aired on the Drinking and Writing Brewery Radio Show.
http://www.drinkingandwriting.com
Creative Mechanics: Stage This! The Best 10-Minute Plays We Could Find 
International playwriting and publishing competition, culminating with readings of the play finalists in New York City, an anthology containing the best plays, and one grand prize.
http://emerging.freewebspace.com/CreativeMechanics/stage_this/index.html
TrapDoor Ensemble Playwright Competition 
Winner receives $500 and guaranteed production. Proceeds benefit the TrapDoor Ensemble Youth Outreach program.
http://trapdoorensemble.org/12410.html
Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival 
Creating more opportunities for emerging female playwrights to produce their work.
http://www.kcpotluckproductions.com/script_submissions.htm
New Works Of Merit Playwriting Contest 
Seeks scripts that entertain and uplift, bringing new awareness and insights related to social, cultural, racial, religious, and ethnic issues.
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/animals456/myhomepage/business.html?mtbrand=AOL_US
TADA! Youth Theater 
TADA!’s Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest encourages playwrights to create work for underserved theatrical demographic: teens
http://www.tadatheater.com/scriptsmarketing/ContestsAndSubmissions.asp
Abroad Writers' Conference Spring Playwrights Contest 
Winner will be a guest of honor at our Writers Conference in France, where your play will be performed by professional actors.
http://abroad-crwf.com/playwrightscontest.html
Arts Live Theatre 
Non-profit, professional children's theatre located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sponsors Youth One-Act Playwrighting Contest. Cash prized offered.
http://artslivetheatre.com
Havemeyer Playwright Competition 
Contest for plays up to 15 minutes in length, sponsored by The Acting Company of Greenwich.
http://www.tacog.org/playwrightcompetition.html
Heller Theatre, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
National playwriting contest detailed under "Theatre Around Town" button.
http://www.geocities.com/alb74114/theatres/heller/hellerpage/heller.html
ShowOff! 
The Camino Real Playhouse hosts this annual ten-minute playwriting festival. Playwrights world-wide submit their works and seven winners are given full production and three honorable mention winners are given staged readings during the nine performances in October. Deadline is June 15th.
http://www.caminorealplayhouse.org/ShowOffs.html
Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory 
Diverse Voices Playwriting Contest spotlights new and emerging playwrights whose work represents or addresses the cultural diversity of America or diversity issues.
http://www.hbtl.org/dvpc.html
McLaren Comedy Playwriting Competition 
Annual playwriting competition, full length and one act plays accepted in January and February. Monetary prizes. Winner of full length category selected by audience vote after a reading. Progress of submitted scripts can be tracked online.
http://www.mctmidland.org/mclaren.php
Helford Prize 
$10,000 prize in playwriting, offered by Jackson University. Open to U.S. residents.
http://arts.ju.edu/cfa/helford/prize.html
The 10-Minute International Play Competition 
Conducted by Fire Rose Productions, a non-profit theatre company in Los Angeles.
http://www.fireroseproductions.com/Pages/10min2007-1.html
E-Merging Writers Ten-Minute PlaywritingCompetition 
Winning plays will be performed in a night of staged readings in New York City and published in "Stage This! Ten Minute Plays."
http://www.fnproductions.org/emerging.htm
Lyric Theatre LA -- stageWRITE Playwrighting Competition 
Aims to provide an opportunity for new playwrights to gain exposure in Los Angeles (scroll to bottom of page for info).
http://www.lyrictheatrela.com/programs.php
Riverside Cultural Consortium 
Invites submissions for 10 minute Play Festival
http://www.inlandarts.com/?app=classifiedDetail&id=536
Highwire Theatre's Testing the LineNew Playwright Competition 
Finalists receive a workshop and staged reading with professional actors and directors. Winner receives $300 and a full-mounted production as part of Highwire’s season.
http://www.highwiretheatre.org/TESTING%20THE%20LINE.html