1. THE PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION FUND GRANTS
Deadline: June 1st
Website: https://pen.submittable.com/submit/191304/2022-pen-heim-translation-fund-grants
The PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants were established in the summer of 2003 by a gift from Priscilla and Michael Henry Heim in response to the low number of literary translations currently appearing in English. Its purpose is to promote the publication and reception of translated world literature in English.
Who is eligible:
The PEN/Heim Translation Fund provides grants to support the translation of book-length works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama that have not previously appeared in English in print or have appeared only in an outdated or otherwise flawed translation. Works should be translations-in-progress, as the grant aims to provide support for completion.
There are no restrictions on the nationality or citizenship of the translator, but the works must be translated into English.
The Fund seeks to encourage translators to undertake projects they might not otherwise have had the means to attempt.
Anthologies with multiple translators, works of literary criticism, and scholarly or technical texts do not qualify.
Translators who have previously been awarded grants by the Fund are ineligible to reapply for three years after the year in which they receive a grant.
Please note that projects that have been previously submitted and have not received a grant are unlikely to be reconsidered in a subsequent year.
Projects may have up to two translators.
Translators may only submit one project per year.
2. SHUBERT FENDRICH MEMORIAL PLAYWRITING CONTEST
DEADLINE: June 1st
WEBSITE: https://www.pioneerdrama.com/Playwrights/Contest.asp
The contest winner will receive a $1,000 royalty advance in addition to publication. Individuals currently published by Pioneer Drama Service are not eligible for this contest. Pioneer Drama Service employees and their families are also excluded.
We will only consider manuscripts with a running time between 20 and 90 minutes.
Submissions must be family friendly in both subject and language. NO cursing. NO explicitly adult content.
We prefer casts that are either balanced or favoring females. The more gender neutral roles, the better.
We favor plays and musicals with ensemble casts, where more than just a few have a chance to shine.
Plays with elaborate set, costume or technical requirements are not appealing because of the limited resources of many of our customers. Pictures, sketches or descriptions of your vision are always helpful.
NOTE: If you are not already published by Pioneer Drama Service and your submission meets all other requirements including having had at least one production or staged reading, your play will automatically be entered in the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest. If you are a faculty member at an accredited K-12 public or private school in the US or Canada, you may also qualify for our A+ Playwriting Contest for Teachers.
Please send your query or manuscript and accompanying information to:
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Attn: Submissions Editor
PO Box 4267
Englewood, CO 80155-4267
You may also email us your .txt, .doc or .pdf files after you contact us here.
3. BMI LIBRETTISTS THEATER WORKSHOP
DEADLINE: June 1st
WEBSITE: https://www.bmi.com/theatre_workshop/librettist_application
This nine-month course explores the fundamentals of writing bookS for musical theatre.
Drama Desk Award winning bookwriter Adam Mathias unlocks the toolkit for musical theatre librettists. Through lecture, discussion, and assignments students learn how to apply the fundamentals of playwriting to the craft of creating musicals. As a class, writers deep-dive into the DNA of the musical theatre canon — from the Golden Age through today — dissecting what works and why and then applying it to their own work. Applicants should have a book-musical project in mind to develop over the course of the year; this musical could be anywhere from an early concept to an early draft.
The course runs September through May in New York City, Covid restrictions permitting. Prospective members should live in the city or be able to commute weekly. After completing the Bookwriting Basics program, writers may apply to join the established Librettists Workshop group. Not all writers who apply will be invited to join.
Applicants must submit two writing samples, at least one of which must include comedic content.
Either or both samples could be:
a 10-page or longer excerpt from a script or other genre
a complete one-act
a full-length script
Any of these may be in-progress, produced and/or published material. Scripts from genres other than playscripts or musical theatre scripts are also acceptable; however, theatrical comedy scenes are preferred to stand-up or sketch material. In addition, writers must include a bio or resume. All sessions take place at the BMI Offices in lower Manhattan from September through May. All prospective members must arrange to live in the greater New York City area or be able to commute weekly September through May. Please do not apply if this is not possible for you.
4. 11TH ANNUAL SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL, NATIVE VOICES 2021-2022
DEADLINE: June 7th
WEBSITE: https://form.jotform.co/33177331513852
*Please note that we only accept submissions written for the stage or theatre by American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations artists.
For the 11th Annual Short Play Festival, Native Voices wants to know What is Home? For so many around the world this past year, “Home” – literal or metaphorical – has become the centerpiece of many of our lives.
What is Home? Is it a structure? Is it where you are? Or where you come from? Is it the communities in which you surround yourself, or the communities that shaped you? We want to hear from you! Share with us a glimpse of home. The only limitation is that your play must be no longer than 10-minutes. For ten minutes, you can take the audience on any journey you want. We cannot wait to see what you bring to life!
Plays chosen to participate in the 11th Annual Short Play Festival will also be entered to win the Von Marie Atchley Excellence in Playwriting award – a $1,000 cash prize!!
Scripts longer than 15 pages or read aloud at longer than 10 minutes will not be accepted. Fresh, surprising perspectives are welcome, and unique theatricality is a must.
5. BETC’s New Play Development Program
DEADLINE: June 14th
WEBSITE: https://betc.org/programs-events/generations/
BETC’s new play development program, Generations, features the work of parent playwrights with children under 18. The name comes from BETC’s goals for the program: to welcome all generations into the theater to see new plays, and to empower playwrights to generate new work.
Each season, BETC selects one playwright through a national competition to join us in Boulder for a one-week residency. During the residency week, the playwright works with a professional director, dramaturg, and actors to develop the selected script. The week concludes with a public reading and post-reading conversation
6. READING SERIES AT PLAYHOUSE ON PARK
DEADLINE: June 14th
WEBSITE: https://playhouseonpark.org/web2/playwrightsonpark.html
PLAYWRIGHTS ON PARK is an exciting artistic endeavor for Playhouse on Park. Our mission is to develop and produce original plays, to foster emerging and established playwrights, and to become a leader in new play development. We aim to help establish the Greater Hartford Area as a premiere destination for the cultivation and exploration of innovative theatrical work.
Playwrights selected as part of the Playwrights on Park Reading Series will have a day of rehearsal, followed by a reading of their play and a talkback with the audience. Playwrights MUST be able to come to West Hartford for the day of the reading and the audience discussion that follows.
There will be a rehearsal the day of the reading in which attendance by the playwright is optional, but strongly encouraged. Transportation may be provided from NYC or New England locations by the Playhouse. Readings will be on select Sunday nights throughout the season at 7:00pm.
We will choose FIVE plays for readings for the 2021/22 season. Final selections will be made by August 1, 2021 at the latest.
Submission Guidelines:
▪ BIPOC and Womxn artists are strongly encouraged to submit
▪ We are seeking FULL LENGTH plays with smaller casts (5 or less ideally)
▪ Please submit a FULL script and character breakdown (Please submit in PDF format). Plays must be submitted electronically
Submit plays to newworks@playhousetheatregroup.org
7. THE ATG PLAYLAB
DEADLINE: June 15th
WEBSITE: https://www.americantheatergroup.org
The ATG PlayLab, which launched in September 2020, is a professional space for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and Queer (LGBTQ+) playwrights to develop their works for the stage. Led by Pandora Scooter and comprised of a total of ten playwrights, the goal for the PlayLab is to help develop marginalized voices to enable the telling of rich and varied stories from all members of our community.
ATG playwrights group seeks new members for play and professional development group. ATG PlayLab (now going into its 2nd year), is dedicated to providing a professional and supportive environment for playwrights who are both/either BIPOC and LGBTQ+ to be heard and supported.
The group will meet once every week for 12 sessions during the Fall, Spring and Summer via Zoom. One additional meeting per month will be called for professional development discussions/workshops (these will not be required, but strongly encouraged).
Applicants from anywhere in the US are welcome to apply, though preference will be given to NJ, PA and NY writers.
To apply, please fill out the application at https://forms.gle/4qsKVHVT2JRMkU6q7
For any questions, email pandorascooter@gmail.com."
8. THE CIVILIANS’ R&D GROUP
DEADLINE: June 22nd
WEBSITE: https://thecivilians.org/upcoming/apply-to-the-2019-20-civilians-rd-group/
The Civilians’ R&D Group provides writers, directors, composers, and other generative artists with a space to develop their investigative theater projects.
The creative process may include research, interviews, engaging with specific communities, or other experimental methods of inquiry. The group meets about 12 times on a regular basis for nine months to share methodologies and resulting work, facilitated by the R&D Program Director. At meetings, group members participate in supporting the development of each other’s projects, therefore regular attendance is critical and should be considered when applying. At the end of the season, each project will be given a brief rehearsal process to address development goals culminating in a work-in-progress presentation.
In an effort to prioritize keeping our communities safe during this global health emergency, we remain flexible with shifting circumstances. We therefore anticipate the 2020-2021 R&D Group may meet remotely until safety and circumstances allow us to do otherwise.
Direct questions to rdgroup@thecivilians.org
9. PAIR NYC Artist Residency
Deadline: June 27
Website: https://nyculture.submittable.com/submit
Cultural Affairs has launched the open call for the 2021-22 cycle of the NYC Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) program for departments: records, sanitation, and design. Each resident artists gets a stipend of $40,000.
Established in 2015, PAIR was inspired by artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles' residency with the Department of Sanitation, which she pioneered in the 1970s. Based on the idea that artists are creative problem-solvers, the program embeds artists in City agencies to propose and implement solutions to pressing civic challenges. The following City agencies are each seeking to host a PAIR artist for the 2021-22 cycle:
NYC Department of Sanitation, which is seeking to work with an artist who will bring dignity, respect, and appreciation to the agency's critical—but often invisible—workforce that makes life in New York City possible.
NYC Department of Records and Information Services, where the artist will be invited to imagine new ways to access, present, and use a vast store of newly-digitized video content from the 1970's and 80's that captured pivotal events of the era.
NYC Department of Design and Construction, which proposes to utilize an artist residency to transform a construction site into a platform for exploring, imagining, creating, and enacting connections between neighbors and the public works that impact a neighborhood.
Visit nyculture.submittable.com to learn more about each of these unique opportunities and to apply; the deadline to apply is 11:59 PM on Sunday, June 27, 2021.
Each PAIR residency lasts a minimum of one year, and selected artists will have demonstrated experience in socially engaged art or collaborative art practice addressing social and political issues relevant to the host agency. Artists working in all media and disciplines are welcome to apply. If you have questions after reading the open call and guidelines, you can review the PAIR FAQs or send an email to PAIR@culture.nyc.gov. Learn more about current and past PAIR placements on the Cultural Affairs website.
10. A+ PLAYWRITING CONTEST FOR TEACHERS
DEADLINE: June 30th
WEBSITE: https://www.pioneerdrama.com/Playwrights/Teachers_Contest.asp
Fifty years as one of the leading play publishers for the educational market has taught us that some of our best-selling shows are written not by professional playwrights, but by teachers who create a play based on the specific needs of their drama program. Once published, these plays are quickly embraced by other teachers who share the same opportunities, challenges and limitations that seem universal in schools.
We want to encourage the development of quality plays written specifically by teachers and other educators. Our A+ Playwriting Contest for Teachers is open to all teachers employed at an accredited K-12 public or private school in the US or Canada.
All plays submitted through this contest must have been produced within the past two years at the school where the playwright teaches.
Submissions will be accepted on an on-going basis with a June 30 cutoff each year. All qualifying manuscripts accepted for publication will be considered contest finalists. The contest winner, selected from contest finalists and announced September 30, will receive a $500 royalty advance and a one-time $500 donation to the school theatre program where the play was first produced.
Contest Rules
Only entries submitted in accordance with all rules will be eligible for consideration.
Playwright must be a current or retired faculty member at an accredited K-12 public or private school in the US or Canada.
Only entries submitted with an Official Contest Entry Form will be considered.
Only entries that have been fully staged at the teacher’s school no more than two years prior to the submission date will be considered. We encourage you to take advantage of this production to revise your script as needed before submitting your manuscript.
All entries must be accompanied by proof of production in the form of a copy of the program, a newsletter or newspaper article, a review, a photo or a letter from the school principal.
Contest entries must meet all Pioneer Drama general guidelines and requirements for play submission, which can be found at pioneerdrama.com/playwrights/submit.asp.
Individuals currently published by Pioneer Drama Service are not eligible for this contest. Pioneer Drama Service employees and their families are also excluded.
All manuscripts submitted for this contest will automatically be simultaneously considered for our annual Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest, which is open to all individuals not previously published by Pioneer Drama Service. See pioneerdrama.com for more details.
Questions? Contact us by email or by calling 800-333-7262.
11. FRED EBB AWARD
Deadline: June 30th
Website: https://fredebbfoundation.org/fred-ebb-award/
Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team wishing to create work for the musical theatre, and must not yet have achieved significant commercial success.
Application Materials:
Electronic files of up to four songs from one or more musical theatre pieces, with typewritten lyrics and a description of the dramatic context for each song; and
A completed application form.
Application Guidelines:
All applications will be coded as they arrive. Because all submissions will be reviewed blind, please do not place name(s) of writer(s) on electronic file names, lyric sheets, or description of dramatic context. Names should only appear on the Application Form.
MP3, ZIP, and M4A files are preferred, but Dropbox links will be acceptable as well. Dropbox files should not have time limits.
Only musical theatre work will be considered.
Please do not submit recordings with any audience sound.
The applicant(s) must have written all the songs included in the submission. For example, a composer cannot submit one song with her own lyrics, and a second song with lyrics by another writer.
No individual may appear on more than one application. You cannot apply as an individual and again as part of a team, or as part of more than one songwriting team.
Please email applications: fredebbfound@gmail.com. The winner will be selected in November and will receive $60,000. The Foundation will also produce a one-night showcase of the winner’s work.
12. LUXEMBOURG ARTS PRIZE
Deadline: June 30th
website: https://www.luxembourgartprize.com/en/call-for-submissions-en/
The Luxembourg Art Prize aims to reveal and promote talented artists who have yet to establish a profile on the contemporary international scene. Its function is to discover artists, and it is open to any artist, amateur or professional, with no limits on age, nationality or place of residence. The Prize is aimed at artists working in one or more of the following media: drawing, printing, installation, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art (textiles and material, glass, wood, metal, ceramics, mosaic, paper or other techniques)
The 1st place winner of the Luxembourg Art Prize receives €50,000, the 2nd place winner €20,000, and the 3rd place winner €10,000. The finalist artists will be included in a group exhibition in the gallery. The Luxembourg Art Prize is a unique opportunity to enter the international professional art circuit and to have your work seen by major private and institutional art collectors. Unlike other art awards and shows, the Luxembourg Art Prize is arranged by a top-tier private European museum. Your career will take on an international dimension and your artistic output will have a fair shot at rapidly gaining consideration as essential in the international art market.
All the costs associated with travel to and accommodation in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the finalist artists and one other person of their choice will be paid in full by the organisation in 2019. This includes transport for the works of art, air and train tickets and full-board accommodation in a four-star hotel.
The organisation will arrange return travel for the finalist artists and their companions by train or air. It will send travel documents to the finalist artists and their companions within the ten days before the opening of the finalist artists’ group exhibition.
The organisation will also book hotel rooms on the basis of dual occupancy (each artist with their companion).
13. TNP READERS THEATRE EVENING OF NEW PLAYS CONTEST
DEADLINE: June 30th
WEBSITE: https://naplesplayers.org/on-stage/readers-theatre/
TNP Readers Theatre “Evening of New Plays” contest is an annual event designed to give playwrights an opportunity to have their one-act plays presented to an audience in a staged reading. Entries must be one act, non-musical, and no longer than 30 minutes. We suggest that the cast not exceed seven characters. Writers may submit only one play.
Each play must be the writer’s own original work, not an adaptation, and not commercially published or produced, though it may have been work-shopped or presented in staged readings in other locations than Southwest Florida. A submitted play also may have been entered in an earlier “Evening of New Plays” contest one time, so long as it was not an earlier Finalist. All submitted plays must follow our Standard Playwrighting Format. Plays can be submitted by mail OR electronically. If mailing a hard copy, playwrights must submit a copy of their play to “An Evening of New Plays 2020, The Naples Players, 701 5th Ave. S., Naples, FL 34102.
A title page with the name of the play, synopsis, and list of characters must be attached to the script. A separate page, giving the name of the play, the name of the playwright, and all contact data should accompany the script but not be attached to it.** This is to help assure anonymity during the judging process. Plays may also be submitted electronically as PDFs to: readerstheatre@naplesplayers.org.
**If submitting electronically, one PDF should be the playwright name and contact data, the other PDF should be the play with title page, etc.
Finalists will receive staged readings of their plays, presented in the Tobye Studio on January 23, 2022. A reception follows for all in attendance. Finalists each may receive a $100 performance royalty and two complimentary tickets. T
14. A IS FOR PLAYWRITING CONTEST
DEADLINE: July 1st
WEBSITE: https://www.aisfor.org/contest
The subject of reproductive justice is one too often simplified by our current dialogues, and too often the voices and perspectives of the people most affected by restrictions, legislative prohibitions, and cultural prejudices are excluded from our artistic institutions.
A is For seeks to change that. We believe the theatre is an especially powerful platform with which to share stories, debunk myths, and disempower fears. We believe the theatre can transform. We want to amplify voices which can reframe the conversation, to support and promote artists who can dispel myths and misconceptions. We want to change the way people think about abortion and reproductive justice. We want to hear the stories you want to tell.
In that spirit, the stories we hope to bring to the fore will be diverse in perspective as well as imagination. These plays may be personal and realistic, or they may be allegorical. They may be fantastic, sprung from dreams, or they may be grounded in naturalism. From the surrealist, to the literal. From magical realism, to documentarian. Whatever form or shape they may take, we hope to receive a wide range of works from all over the country, reflecting the great variety of experiences that reproductive justice demands we all recognize.
In highlighting these stories, we’re broadening the emotional vocabulary of the American audience, and opening up our theaters to a fuller and more honest exploration of the human experience.
Grand Prize will be awarded to one play which will receive $5,000. The Second Place winner will be awarded $3,000, and the Third Place winner will be awarded $1,500.
Submit one-act plays about reproductive justice, including (but not limited to) the topic of abortion.
You may submit as many plays as you wish.
Plays must be no longer than 60 minutes. Plays do not have to be as long as 60 minutes. They can be shorter. They can be as short as a single page if you feel that’s sufficient to tell your story.
Please submit your files in PDF only.
Plays in languages other than English will be accepted as long as an accompanying English translation is also provided.
Plays should include a cover page that includes the name of the playwright, and all relevant contact information, including representation, if applicable.
15. LANESBORO ARTIST RESIDENCY
Deadline: July 30th
Website: https://lanesboroarts.org/artist-residency-program/residency-program-guidelines/
The Lanesboro Artist Residency Program offers two or four week residencies to emerging artists driven to explore ways in which their work can be applied to the community and how Lanesboro’s rural community can inform their work.
The Lanesboro Artist Residency Program, located in Lanesboro, MN (pop. 754), is supported by the Jerome Foundation and aims to provide an immersive, meaningful experience for emerging artists from Minnesota and the five boroughs of New York City. The program is unique in that it provides an entire rural community and its myriad assets as a catalytic vehicle for engagement and artistic experimentation, with staff working with each resident to create a fully-customized residency experience.
Lanesboro Arts’ goal is to be flexible and accommodating to artists, allowing them access to local resources needed for conceptualizing and realizing their place-based work. Lanesboro Arts recognizes “place-based work” as work that is specifically inspired by and designed for the place in which the work takes place; it can be a new project, or an interpretation of the artist’s current work tailored to engage the community of Lanesboro. The residency program was designed to align with and amplify Lanesboro Arts’ vision for communities–especially rural communities–to embrace artists as economic drivers, culture bearers, community builders, and problem solvers.
Artists must be legal residents of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City to be eligible to apply. To be considered, eligible artists must submit their application through the online webform on Lanesboro Arts website. Complete program details are below. Please contact Kara Maloney at 507-467-2446 or kara@lanesboroarts.org with any questions.
16. Inevitable Foundation
DEADLINE: Rolling
WEBSITE: https://inevitable.foundation/fellowship
Inevitable Foundation started the Screenwriting Fellowship to substantially increase the number of disabled screenwriters working in film and TV. The Fellowship is for disabled screenwriters working in the industry with ample talent and ambition. Fellows receive $25,000, which is meant to cover 4-6 months of living expenses, and the money is unrestricted—you can use it to cover living expenses and other project-related fees.
SUBMISSION DETAILS: You will submit an application that includes an original feature film or pilot, a project synopsis and logline, a personal statement, a resume, and a list of other projects you are working on.
17. AUDIBLE EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS
Deadline: Year round
Website: https://www.audible.com/ep/audible-theater
In 2017, Audible launched a theater initiative, intended to radically increase access to exceptional plays and performances. A core pillar of the initiative is the Emerging Playwrights Fund, a program that invests in and nurtures self-identifying emerging playwrights, some of our most inventive, delightful, and provocative storytellers. Through the Fund, Audible aims to connect extraordinary performers with remarkable original work, amplifying new voices and harnessing the power and potential of audio to reach millions of listeners. The Fund specifically supports the creation of original dramatic work, written with audio in mind, but theatrical in spirit. If you are looking to submit an idea for an audio project that is not a play, please visit www.audible.com/pitch.
Audible is dedicated to commissioning, developing, and producing work that reflects the diversity of our members and our world. To accomplish this, Audible is committed to granting at least 50% of emerging playwright commissions to artists of color and women.
Submission Guidelines: To be considered as an applicant for a commission, please submit all of the following to AudibleTheater@audible.com:
1. One full-length script for an original or adapted play (in English language only) that represents your voice ("Script"). The Script can be in any genre and may include one-acts and solo pieces;
2. A short biography; and A brief statement about why audio plays appeal to you.
If you have an idea for an original audio play, you are welcome to include a pitch or summary along with your statement (this is encouraged, but not required).
Any applicant over the age of 18 may submit a Script. Employees or independent contractors, or immediate family members (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) or those living in the same household of employees or independent contractors of Audible Inc., Amazon or any entity involved in any aspect of the Theater Fund may not submit a Script for consideration, unless it is determined by Audible in its sole discretion in accordance with Audible’s then current policies and procedures that no conflict of interest exists in connection with accepting the relevant submission for consideration.
Submissions are accepted year-round. Due to the number of Scripts that Audible receives, Audible will only consider one Script at a time from each applicant and will not consider resubmissions, including those that have been significantly revised. The Audible team evaluates submissions on a rolling basis, and applicants will be notified regarding the status of their submissions via email. Thanks in advance for your patience while we process your Script; our typical response time is 6-8 months.
18. CAPITAL THEATRE
Deadline: Open
Website: https://www.capitaltheatre.net/submissions
Capital Theatre in Frankfort, Kentucky is now accepting submissions from new and established Black playwrights and musical writers/composers for the 2021-2022 season and future seasons. Visit www.capitaltheatre.net for more information about submissions. Submissions are open year round.
Capital Theatre is a Black-owned theatre company located in the heart of Downtown Frankfort, Kentucky. Our goal is to tell the stories of the Black experience through live theatre. Our shows will not only feature works of prominent Black playwrights, but of up and coming writers as well. We strive to create a space in which anybody can come and enjoy live theatre.
All Submissions are treated as confidential. Due to the number of submissions we are not able to respond to every submission and will only respond to ones that we are interested in.
19. ARTIST RESCUE TRUST
Deadline: Ongoing
Website: https://artistrescue.org/
The mission of Artist Rescue Trust is to provide relief funding to musicians and artists totaling $1,500 over three months and amplify their stories, performances and art to the world. We invite eligible artists and musicians who are facing financial complications from cancelled events and bookings to fill out the application form to be considered. Qualifying applicants who meet the eligibility requirements will be entered into a pool. A new fund recipient will be randomly selected from the qualified pool each time $1500 is donated to A.R.T. We are continuing to accept applications, so if you feel you would be eligible, please apply! The longevity of this effort will be assessed by, 1) the status of COVID-19 and its economic effects. 2) The impact of this program to date. The need is great. So we will continue our work and help as many as possible.
Basic requirements to be eligible for our grants are:
Be 18+
Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident in the United States, District of Columbia, or U.S. Territories (e.g. citizen, green card holder, and/or permanent resident who can provide a W9 and SSN or ITIN).
Be a professional, actively practicing musician or artist whose primary source of income is made through live performances, tours, gallery openings, book tours/readings, or other bookings/events and not working on a regular salary basis for one employer.
Demonstrate a commitment to current and ongoing activity in their artistic discipline/s.
Show a demonstrated need for emergency relief to recover the immediate loss of income through cancellations and bookings due to COVID19.
Not be enrolled in unemployment benefits.
Not a full-time employee, board member, director, officer, or immediate family member of any of the coalition partners.
Not previously awarded a relief grant from this fund.
20. REPERTORY THEATRE ST LOUIS
Deadline: Rolling
Website: http://www.repstl.org/play-submissions
Currently, we accept full-length play submissions for season consideration and our upcoming New Works Festival.
Please email plays to the Artistic team with the subject line: “Submission: TITLE OF PLAY.”
In the body of the email, please include:
• A brief synopsis of the play
• The development history of the play
• A brief, personal bio
Submissions made under these guidelines may be sent to The Rep by email.
21. CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE
Deadline: Rolling
Website: https://www.cptonline.org/artist-opportunities/general-submissions/
CPT is dedicated to producing bold, adventurous, new work. We champion creators of new performance-devising ensembles, directors, playwrights, choreographers, performance artists, etc. Though we seek projects from national and international artists, we also make a special investment in local creators.
CPT receives proposals in three ways:
Request For Proposal process exclusively for local artists open to directors, choreographers, performance artists, and playwrights for consideration for our season of full productions.
Request For Proposal application process exclusively for local artists to submit work for our New Play Development Series.
The General Proposal process for our season of full productions (see below) for non-local artists.
The General Proposal process requires more from submitting playwrights, but through this process we can better guarantee that each application receives more attention.
Step One: Familiarize yourself with CPT’s past seasons by clicking here. If you can see a show at CPT this would also help.
Step Two: Honestly assess whether your project fits well in CPT’s aesthetics and at our level of productions.
Step Three: You must have a writers profile with NPX (New Play Exchange) for us to accept your proposal. If you do not currently have a profile with NPX, you can sign up for one here. Please include your profile information along with your proposal.
Step Four: Fill out the following application and submit via email as a word doc or pdf to artistic@cptonline.org. Please note that CPT will only accept proposals electronically.
Step Five: You will receive an email notification within 9-12 months. The email notification will be a standard rejection notice or a request for a full script proposal. Playwrights who are offended by standard rejections or do not have complete scripts for proposal should not submit.
CPT will not review general proposals that do not utilize this application process.
Please send the following materials in an email as a single attachment – Word or PDF. Send email to artistic@cptonline.org. The three questions must be answered in no more than two pages. Your resume is not counted in the page count and can be as long as you feel is appropriate. Above all, please be frank and honest.
1. Describe why your project fits well in CPT’s programming agenda. Use specific examples of past CPT projects that you feel are parallel to your proposal in some way. Explain how your work is particularly bold or adventurous, by noting its unique aesthetic, manner of connecting to audiences, or path of investigation of a particular theme. Note why you feel the themes/aesthetics will be important to CPT audiences and how you feel it will challenge artists and audiences alike
2. Summarize your project.
3. Please explain how you hope a CPT production will be of service to you in your ongoing growth as an artist. Do you hope to develop the script further, or is it pretty much finished? How will it impact you as an artist? Do you have resources to travel to CPT for a production or do you think that you would use royalties from the CPT production to travel to CPT (not necessary for selection)? Please note if your proposal is for a world-premiere, or second/third production. Also, please note if you have any other artists already attached to the project (director, actors, etc.) and any potential partnerships (theatres or interested organizations).
Please include an appropriate resume or bio. Only list scripts that have been produced at some level or published. Summarize: production level (staged reading, workshop, full production), location, producer, director, publication. List other relevant experiences in theatre or film. If you choose the “bio” format also include a list of plays as noted above.
22. STOCHASTIC LABS
Deadline: Rolling
Website: https://stochasticlabs.org
Stochastic Labs awards fully sponsored residencies to exceptional engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies in San Francisco are of variable length and include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access (laser cutter, 3D printer etc), a $1k monthly stipend and a budget for materials. Residents become part of Stochastic’s creative community, participating in weekly dinners and invitation events. Residents may apply as individuals or as teams. While applicants may be at any stage in their career, the selection is highly competitive.
