1. NANCY DEAN LESBIAN PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
DEADLINE: August 1st
WEBSITE: https://www.openmeadows.org/nancy-dean-lesbian-playwriting-award.html
The Nancy Dean award for Lesbian Playwrights is to honor a woman who was at the forefront of Lesbian, queer, gay, genderqueer, gender-nonconforming, trans, intersex and people of color movements. We honor her focus and writing on Lesbian relationships before the time of the Stonewall rebellion. Her writings were the precursor to social change. In that spirit of struggle and often hidden desire we encourage the submission of new plays that address the conflict of lesbian, queer or gay, trans and nonbinary women struggling to live and love their best lives. 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.
As we are a small family foundation with an all-volunteer board, we must rely on nominations to identify potential recipients. We are asking professors, teachers, artistic directors, directors, literary managers, actors, writers, and others to nominate promising writers. As we want to be inclusive, we will allow people to self-nominate. The following are our guidelines:
Writer is lesbian, queer or gay and nonbinary;
Writer has written at least one play;
Writer is writing plays about lesbians;
Writer is committed to writing plays and furthering her/their career;
Writer is interested in receiving the award.
Please send a letter(pdf) describing why your writer should receive this award and a full-length play (pdf) to openmeadowsfdn@gmail.com. In your letter, please be as detailed as possible in up to 2 pages. Include the writer’s resume and website or other social media links.
2. BMI WORKSHOP
DEADLINE: Aug. 1st
WEBSITE: https://www.bmi.com/theatre_workshop/application_requirements
Application Materials
Composer: Three contrasting compositions - uptempo, comedy song, ballad. Please include a copy of score which includes lyrics.
Lyricist: Three contrasting lyrics in PDF format - uptempo, comedy song, ballad.
Composer/Lyricist: Three contrasting songs - uptempo, comedy song, ballad. Please include copy of score which includes lyrics.
Note that if you apply as a composer and a lyricist, you will be accepted as one or the other (that is, as either a composer or a lyricist) and you will be assigned different collaborators over the course of the year. If you apply as both a composer/lyricist and a librettist and are accepted as both, you will spend your first year as a composer/lyricist only, as the two groups meet at the same time.
Select applicants will be invited to audition in early September. Librettists are accepted on the basis of their written materials and are not required to audition. At the auditions, composers and composer/lyricists will be asked to perform at least two contrasting theatrical compositions; lyricists will be asked to recite samples of their theatrical lyrics. All auditions must be done live, using a piano.
The Workshop runs September through May in New York City. Prospective members must make their own living arrangements in the city or be able to commute weekly. During the first year, composers and lyricists are paired off and are asked to create appropriate songs based on scenes from various sources. The writers perform their assignments, which are then discussed by the other writers and the moderators. There are analyses and discussions of current and past musicals, with an eye to understanding form and structure. Every effort is made to insure that each writer retains his or her individual style.
In the Workshop’s final phase (Second Year), teams work on a musical. The Workshop functions as a forum and a sounding board for works in progress, as music and lyrics are critically evaluated and open dialogue is encouraged. At the end of each Second Year, the Workshop Committee determines which writers from the group are invited to join the Advanced Workshop. Not everyone is asked. This Workshop is intended for writers of professional caliber who are expected to contribute to the vitality of the musical theatre scene.
3. RYGA OPEN SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE: Aug. 1st
WEBSITE: http://www.rygajournal.ca/submit.html
Ryga welcomes submissions of previously unpublished poetry, prose and short plays from emerging writers. Writers interested in submitting must have no more than three previous publications in other journals or magazines, and must not have published any book-length works to date.
Submit your work by email to rygaeditor@okanagan.bc.ca. Submissions should adhere to the following guidelines:
Include a cover letter in the body of the email with your name, email address, date of submission, and the title(s) of your piece(s). You may also include a short bio (no more than 100 words).
Attach your piece(s) as a single document in .doc or .rtf format
Poetry should be single-spaced. Prose and plays should be double-spaced.
A standard, readable font should be used, in 12-point type.
Each page should be numbered and include the author’s name and the title of the piece in the header.
Prose and play manuscripts must not exceed 6,000 words, and should indicate a word count on the first page.We will strive to respond to your submission within four weeks, but our response time will vary according to the volume of submissions. Please don’t contact us about the status of your submission unless you haven’t heard from us for two months.
If your work is accepted, ryga buys First North American serial rights and non-exclusive WWW rights. Payment is $50.
4. TEDx ASBURY PARK
DEADLINE: Aug. 1st
WEBSITE: tedxasburypark.submittable.com/submit/182305/1act-1idea-play-submission-for-tedxasburypark?fbclid=IwAR2u-PQXBuz85zqXW_EFzt7Af-IBJ-f275-XQXNaNrliop3q7Uj2aFJD17M
In its 10th season, TEDxAsburyPark is broadening its commitment to ideas by seeking short original plays to be produced and directed for a Zoom audience.
Plays must have a running time of less than 25 minutes, involve a small cast and be suitable for Zoom or a simple production. As a lab, our directed and rehearsed productions will involve the playwright, and all sessions, including the final production, will be recorded.
Submissions should include a tight summary with character descriptions and a working script.
The final production will be offered to a live online audience where we typically host 200-800 attendees, to be followed by a panel discussion with the playwright, director and cast.
The final production will be hosted on our YouTube channel, which has had over 6 million views. If selected, the playwright will grant a limited use license of the recorded work to be hosted on YouTube, with links to our social media, and at our option, to be produced for a live audience by TEDxAsburyPark and its affiliates. Casting will be an open call with director, and the playwright is free to invite actors as part of the process.
Important: We can only review small cast plays between 10 and 30 minutes in length.
Submissions will be evaluated on originality, an idea worth spreading, language, and suitability for virtual production. We will only retain about 10% of submitted plays for potential productions and readings. We will get back to you promptly, usually within 30 days of submission.
5. 2022 OBJECT MOVEMENT PUPPETRY RESIDENCY PROGRAM DEADLINE: August 1st
WEBSITE: https://www.centeratwestpark.org/object-movement
Object Movement is a CWP Residency Program for the development of new works by puppeteers and object theater artists. Curated by Maiko Kikuchi, Rowan Magee, and Justin Perkins, Object Movement supports the development of new work that addresses eternal human questions and the urgent challenges of our society today through puppetry and object theater, culminating in an annual festival of short performances.
We are delighted to be returning to the theater for the 2021-2022 Object Movement Residency & Festival! Residency meetings will be held on Tuesday evenings with a hybrid of in-person and virtual sessions, and the festival will be entirely in-person with live audiences if COVID safety conditions permit.
For eleven weeks in Fall 2021 and eleven weeks in Spring 2022, a cohort of eight puppetry and object theater artists (or pairs or teams of artists) will meet to share progress on developing new work. Meetings will be on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30pm and will be a mix of in-person and virtual sessions. In-person meetings will be held at the Center at West Park and virtual meetings will be held on Zoom. Meetings will be facilitated by the curatorial team, which includes Maiko Kikuchi, Rowan Magee, and Justin Perkins. The goal of these meetings is to provide supportive feedback for the artists and a useful but flexible structure for making and sharing work.
Each resident artist will develop a single piece over the course of the residency. There will be a work-in-progress showing for invited audiences at the second-to-last fall meeting on December 7. Completed pieces will be presented in a festival in the Center at West Park’s Sanctuary Theater March 28 through April 9, 2022.
The Spring 2022 Object Movement Puppetry Festival will take place over two weeks from March 28 through April 9, 2022 in the Center at West Park’s Sanctuary Theater. Each week will feature a different program of four original short pieces 10 to 15 minutes long. The festival will provide a stage manager and technical director, a rep lighting plot, basic sound system, and marketing and box office services. Each lead artist or team will be paid 1/16 of the net box office proceeds or $100 (whichever is greater) at the end of the festival.
Applications are open to all artists over 18 who live in the New York City metro area. Both experienced puppetry artists and puppetry beginners with experience in other disciplines are welcome. We are not able to accept applications from full-time students. You may apply as an individual artist, a duo, or a collective/company. Please submit only one application per artist.
We are seeking a diverse cohort of artists of different backgrounds and with different interests and experience levels within the realm of puppetry and object theater. BIPOC artists, LGBTQIA artists, and artists with disabilities are heartily encouraged to apply!
6. THE CROSSROAD PROJECT: DIVERSE PLAYWRITING INITIATIVE
Deadline: August 1st
Website: https://finearts.illinoisstate.edu/crossroads-project/
The 2022 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative welcomes submissions for full-length, unproduced plays by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) playwrights in accordance with the mission statement of the Crossroads Project (see below). A diverse panel of judges including faculty, staff, students, and alumni will select one playwright as the winner.
The Crossroads Project was founded in 2000 by Illinois State University (ISU) School of Theatre and Dance (SOTD) to promote diversity and inclusion in the theatre at ISU and the surrounding communities. The Crossroads Project recommends plays to the SOTD production committee that address the issues and experiences of underrepresented U.S. ethnic peoples and global cultures. Crossroads emphasizes community outreach for each theatre production it is involved in, especially seeking ways to promote theatre to underrepresented groups and immigrant communities.
The winning playwright will receive:
An invitation to Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, IL as a guest artist in residence for a one-week new play development workshop, culminating in a public staged reading. This residency will also include class visits and an all-School colloquium.
Travel (within the U.S.), housing, and meals during the residency.
An honorarium of $500 for the residency.
Because our staff and resources are limited, we can only consider the first 100 submissions.
To submit your play, use the play submission form . Please try the link first to check if the contest is still open.
7. 2022 PLAYWRIGHTS RETREAT AND 28TH FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS
WEBSITE: theautry.org/events/signature-programs/native-voices-annual-call-for-scripts
DEADLINE: Aug. 2nd
Native Voices is currently accepting submissions of full-length plays (60+ pages) by American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations playwrights addressing all themes and topics.
The Retreat and Festival bring artists to Los Angeles to work on 3–4 plays through a rigorous directorial and dramaturgical commitment for 8–10 days in May/June. The Retreat culminates in public staged readings of the plays at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles and La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. Selected playwrights receive artistic support as well as an honorarium; out-of-town artists receive roundtrip airfare plus lodging in Southern California.
Selection Process: Full-length plays (60+ pages) received by August 2, 2021 will be read and evaluated. A select number of playwrights will be invited to submit formal proposals detailing their developmental goals should their play be chosen for the short list. Scripts will then be sent to a committee of nationally recognized theatre artists for further evaluation. With their help, Native Voices selects up to four plays for the Playwrights Retreat and Festival of New Plays. Playwrights will be notified in February 2022.
Please do not send treatments or outlines. Previously submitted plays should only be resubmitted if the play has undergone significant dramatic changes. Previously produced plays should be submitted under the 2022 General Submission for Production Consideration. Plays that are not selected are kept on file for consideration for future opportunities. Playwrights are encouraged to make multiple submissions (up to three per event), but selection will be limited to only one play per playwright, per event.
8. WOMEN WRITE NOW FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: August 5th
WEBSITE: https://womenwritenow.smapply.io/prog/women_write_now/
Women Write Now is a partnership between LOL Studios and the Sundance Institute designed to champion and elevate the voices of historically underrepresented Black female comedy writers through a fellowship that provides: mentorship, advocacy, production, and exhibition. This immersive script-to-screen fellowship will support four talented writers—selected by a panel of award-winning filmmakers, industry leaders, LOL Studios executives, and partners from the Sundance Institute—in developing short comedic scripts while being advised and mentored by some of the most influential Black women in comedy.
The resulting scripts will be produced by LOL Studios and directed by a celebrity Black female director. The four short films, which will be staffed above and below-the-line by traditionally underrepresented talent, will premiere at a special screening during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and will be distributed across Laugh Out Loud Network. Travel to the 2022 Sundance Film Festival will be provided.
Following the fellowship, the four selected writers will also receive a twelve month first look deal with Laugh Out Loud to submit original projects for consideration for production and distribution with LOL Studios and Laugh Out Loud Network. The first look deal will be subject to execution of a separate agreement with terms provided or approved by LOL Studios.
Over the course of two weeks in September, the selected writers will develop their short comedic scripts, receiving feedback and guidance from some of the biggest names working in comedy and entertainment. During the Fellowship, the selected writers will attend workshops on how to thrive in the business, pitch, get to the greenlight, market themselves and their work, create an artful punchline, and more! Selected writers will also participate one-on-one creative development meetings and receive screenplay feedback in order to get their short film screenplays production ready. All aspects of the fellowship program and the specific activities and benefits to be provided to the selected writers will be determined by LOL Studios in its discretion and are subject to change.
Following the writing and development process of their short comedic scripts, the selected writers will participate in the pre-production, production, and post-production process of their short films as creative producers. Each selected writer will participate in a set visit, virtually or in-person. The selected writers will also be given the opportunity to consult on the edit of their short film. Laugh Out Loud will maintain final cut approval on the short films.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN WOMEN WRITE NOW?
Participation in the Fellowship with individualized mentorship and creative and professional development opportunities
A stipend for the duration of the Fellowship which shall include:
US$5,000 upon acceptance into the Fellowship
US$5,000 upon delivery of final approved script
Writing and Creative Producing credit in the writer’s respective short film
Virtual or in-person set visit (to be determined by Laugh Out Loud) and a four-night trip to the 2022 Sundance Film Festival including flight, per diem, accommodations for writers only, and festival tickets. Such travel (if any) in connection with in-person set visits and Sundance shall be capped at US$5,000 in the aggregate.
A First Look Deal with Laugh Out Loud
Applicants must fill out the online application and submit a short screenplay between 5-10 pages (page count does not include the title page). When produced, the short films will be under 10 minutes in length.
Women Write Now is looking for applicants who meet the following criteria:
Identify as Black or African American
Identify as female
Be 18 years or older at the time of application
Be an emerging non-union writer
Be based in the United States and legally authorized to work in the United States
9. AMERICAN WOMAN PLAYWRITING FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: August 7th
WEBSITE: https://www.thedqt.org
Ever wanted to develop your own show? We want to work with you to help reach that goal! We'll help you along each step of the writing process while working to bolster your network. Let's get writing! American Woman is an on-going theatre development and presentation project comprised of solo shows by and about women in the United States. It has two primary components:
1. Lab – solo pieces conceived and developed from proposal to performance draft.
2. Public Presentation – presentation with production elements for a paying public.
This project speaks to the broad and varying definitions of those two words: American Woman – regardless of whether or not these words are used individually or in tandem. The project aims to examine American women through varying lenses, be it historical, cultural, racial, or political. It’s an exploration that’s especially relevant now since we’re arrived at a moment in our country’s history when there is a clear legislative push to narrow or limit the definition of both the word “American” and the word “woman.” American Woman will include solo shows and plays by women of different races, places of birth, religions, cultures, gender identifications, ages, physical challenges, and classes.
The development phase of American Woman is executed through a monthly four-hour workshop facilitated by the project leader and project dramaturg. Brainstorming leads to text that receives review and critique before graduating to table reads of early drafts. At each session, writers are given dramaturgical notes and encouraged to revise their work for the next session. Emphasis is put on expressing characters through action, dramatic structure, and story theory.
By resourcing playwrights of color and women playwrights from the early developmental phase all the way through to a full production, the DQT realizes its mission to produce work written by playwrights from these underrepresented groups.
10. NYFA CITY ARTIST CORPS GRANTS
DEADLINE: Aug 10th
WEBSITE: https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/city-artist-corps-grants
City Artist Corps Grants is part of City Artist Corps, a new $25 million recovery initiative designed to help artists who were both hard hit by the pandemic and who may have been left out of other local and federal funding opportunities.
City Artist Corps Grants are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The program will distribute one-time $5,000 grants. Artists working in any discipline are eligible to apply. City Artist Corps Grants applications and grant announcements will roll out over the summer in various cycles. All grant opportunities through City Artist Corps Grants will follow the same criteria:
The proposed creative engagement activity:
Must have an arts or creative focus
Must be presented live and in person
Artists with a disability and/or who are immunosuppressed for whom it is unsafe to engage in live in-person performance are welcome to apply for live digital creative engagement activities.
Must occur in NYC (any of the five boroughs)
Must be free to the public. Ticketed programs are eligible, but all tickets must be free.
Artists can choose to partner with a venue or present on their own
WHO CAN APPLY?
Applicants must be current residents of New York City (5 boroughs) and have maintained residency since January 2020.
Applicants must be artists with a demonstrated sustained, ongoing creative practice in any creative discipline
Applicants can be past recipients of any of NYFA’s grant programs, including 2020/2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grants
Applicants must be 21 years or older on of before June 8, 2021
NOTE:
All funded creative engagement activities must take place between July 10 and October 31, 2021
11. ECHO THEATRE’S BIG SHOUT OUT 3 INTERNATIONAL NEW PLAY CONTEST
DEADLINE: August 15th
WEBSITE: https://www.echotheatre.org/big-shout-out
If you are a playwright and self-identify as woman+, you are invited to enter one play or play-with-music (45-minute one-acts to full-length scripts) to Echo Theatre's 3rd BIG SHOUT OUT International New Play Contest.
The Contest Winner receives a $1000 Royalty and Echo will present the winning play either as a workshop production or a mainstage regional premiere* in Echo Theatre's 24th Season, which runs during the 2022 calendar year.
Finalist Honorees each receive a $150 Royalty from Echo to present the Finalist scripts one to two times in our 2022 Echo Reads Performance Reading Series.
* Depending on our assessment of the script's state of readiness for production.
Email this form, your bio, and your script to: ShoutOut@EchoTheatre.org.
Please submit your script, our submission form, and your bio via Email.
We are requesting Digital Submissions Only. No Paper copies accepted.
This is a Blind Reading Contest; please no docs with your name on them.
Our Contest Staff will log your entry and reply to you that we received it.
We ask that you please limit your submission to one play per playwright.
Scripts should be unpublished and past workshop productions are fine.
Scripts should be primarily written for English-language audiences.
(Other languages may be in the script, as long as English is the primary language.)
Every submission will be read and assigned points for story/theme, form, language/dialogue, theatricality and aspects unique to itself.
Please submit full scripts; no synopses or treatments. Thanks.
All cast sizes are considered. Past Winners' cast sizes ranged from 2 to 13.
A Note to Playwrights...
Echo Theatre enjoys plays that encourage learning, growing, and evolving together as people and as an institution. We look for work that cries out to be performed in a theatrical setting. Whether your script is an experiment in form and language, a comedy, a drama, a work about historical characters, or a new translation, we pledge to produce rich and compelling creative work with high quality artistic effort.
12. BRAVE NEW WORLD REP THEATRE NEW WORKS READING SERIES
DEADLINE: August 15th
WEBSITE: http://bravenewworldrep.org/get-involved/playwrights-submissions/
Brave New World Repertory Theatre is seeking new play submissions for Brave New Works: Ditmas Park 2022 Reading Series. This season, we are especially looking to feature LGBTQIA+ stories. Brave New World Rep is committed to giving a platform to voices and stories from underrepresented and historically disenfranchised communities: Those that have been disproportionately affected by over-policing and police violence, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Muslim, Asian, immigrant, LGBTQIA+, differently-abled, and womxn playwrights are HIGHLY encouraged to submit and will be prioritized.
Brave New World Repertory Theatre, a Brooklyn-based company, reaches under-served audiences to promote a love of theatre, with re-imagined classics and brave new works that reflect our diverse community. BNW’s free-to-low-cost programs range from intimate readings to large outdoor productions, and cast unique and historic Brooklyn venues in a leading role. We seek to tell stories that celebrate life and explore social justice; stories that make us laugh, feel deeply, and find common ground.
Due to our small staff, only the first 100 plays submitted will be guaranteed consideration and only finalists will be contacted.
Three original, full-length plays (under 120 pages) will be selected and given minimally staged readings between January 10th – March 30th, 2022 (if we are unable to have in-person readings due to COVID19, they will be done virtually). Playwrights must be local to the Tri-state area, ideally within a 90-minute commute to Brooklyn, NY as your attendance is requested. Brooklyn-based playwrights will be given first consideration. Chosen playwrights will receive a $350 stipend.
To be considered, plays must meet the following criteria:
No previously produced plays, although previous staged readings/workshops are not disqualifying factors.
Plays must be able to be read by no more than 7 actors and someone on stage directions. If double and triple casting is possible please advise. We are interested in plays that feature diverse casts.
We are unable to accept new musical submissions at this time
To submit, please attach a 10-page script sample AND your full script to submissions@bravenewworldrep.org. The 10-page script sample can include 10 pages of consecutive or non-consecutive content from your script (please clearly label jumps if you choose to submit non-consecutive content). In a separate document or in the body of your email please also include a short synopsis of your play, a brief bio, where you found this call for submissions, and any relevant website link(s).
13. RUBYS ARTISTS GRANTS
DEADLINE: Aug. 15th
WEBSITE: https://www.rwdfoundation.org/apply-for-the-rubys#rubys-current-grant-cycle
The Rubys were established in 2013 to provide project-based support for individual artists. The goal of the program is to provide meaningful support to individual artists to allow for the creation of new work. The Rubys supports the notion of risk-taking (in practice, content, process, and/or outcome) and equally values artistic integrity, strong ideas, feasibility, and communal meaning. The program is open to artists at any stage of their career and favors projects that have significant creative work left to accomplish.
Artistic Categories:
LITERARY ARTS, MEDIA ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS, VISUAL ARTS
The grant request maximum remains $15,000. That money may be used to support any part of your creative project, as described in the eligible expenses section of the guidelines. Moreover, eligible expenses have been expanded to allow a line item for personal overhead. Personal overhead can be used for any sort of basic living expense: rent, mortgage, childcare, utilities, groceries, etc.
Will I have a stronger application if my project (a) includes an art education component (b) is related to social justice or (c) is directly connected to Baltimore? No. If any of these items are inherent and authentic to your art practice – great! However, the Rubys supports artistic projects of any content, background, or theme. Being authentic to your art practice makes for the strongest application. That said, it can be a benefit to include a sentence or two to define your place in the creative community. We have found that strong applications are those that talk about what role will their project have in the greater community and/or in your artistic field.
Projects are assessed on:
● Creative vision and artistic integrity
● Artistic capacity and feasibility of the project, including likelihood that the project can be
realized, based on the project budget and the proposed timeline.● Artistic merit of the work represented in the work samples.
To a lesser degree, other factors that influence a jury’s score include:
● A project that is stretching the applicant in artistic process, subject matter, or approach
● A project that is early in its lifespan and/or has significant creative work left to be done.
● A project that does not appear to be an unchanged continuation of the artist’s current practice
● The artist’s understanding of their place in the local art community, and/or understanding of how their project will be relevant to the local art community.
14. YALE DRAMA SERIES PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
Deadline: August 15th
Website: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/yale-drama-series-submissions
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2022 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series' current judge, Paula Vogel. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of their manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading or virtual performance. The prize and publication are contingent on the playwright's agreeing to the terms of the publishing agreement.
Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:
This contest is restricted to plays written in the English language. Worldwide submissions are accepted.
Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays, with a minimum of 65 pages. Plays with less than 65 pages will not be considered. Translations, musicals, and children's plays are not accepted.
The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.
Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per year. Only manuscripts authored by one playwright are eligible.
Plays that have been professionally produced or published are not eligible. Plays that have had a workshop, reading, or non-professional production or that have been published as an actor’s edition will be considered.
Plays may not be under option, commissioned, or scheduled for professional production or publication at the time of submission.
Plays must be typed/word-processed and page-numbered.
If you are submitting your play electronically, please omit your name and contact information from your manuscript and submission file name. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play's title, a 2-3 sentence keynote description of the play, a list of characters, and a list of acts and scenes. Please enter the title of your play, your name and contact information (including address, phone number, and email address), and a brief biography where indicated in the electronic submission form.
If you would like to submit an electronic copy of your manuscript please go to: https://yup.submittable.com/submit.
15. 2021 PLAYWRIGHTS AND ARTISTS FESTIVAL
DEADLINE: August 15th
WEBSITE: https://knowtheatre.org
We love the idea of fresh work based on the inspiration of our chosen art. We choose our artworks carefully. We love to see where it takes our playwrights. Each piece of art has infinite possibilities of inspiration. We wish all good luck writing and cannot wait to see the results.
We will be offering our prizes for these categories.
$300 for Best of Festival.
$200 for Artistic Merit.
$100 for Audience Favorite.
1. The play must be inspired by one of the works of art below.
2. The play length needs to be between 15 - 20 minutes
3. Cast size maximum, 5 characters. Set should be implied.
4. Plays submitted MUST be a complete play and must include a beginning, middle and an end and contain a conflict. Our judges will be adhering to strict parameters during the adjudication process.
5. Playwrights may only submit one play for the festival.
6. The playwright would need to attend at least one of the two weekend performances (which take place in November). In person is preferred but we have in the past skyped with playwrights. As our festival is starting to reach a greater number of people in wider locations, we feel that we must take this into consideration. We always hope our playwrights can attend in person and feel the energy and excitement of having their work performed onstage for the first time, but we understand that sometimes this is not logistically possible.
7. Play submissions must include 2 copies of your play in either word or PDF, one “blind” version without name but including which artwork you were inspired by and one with a full title page. They must be submitted to binghamtoncitystage@gmail.com. Please submit a play in a fresh email, do not reply to this email. Please use the title of your work in the file name and whether it is the blind or named copy. This makes it easier on the person coordinating the files and sending them on to the adjudicators. We receive many plays and do not want anything to get lost in the mix.
16. PLAYGROUND NY WRITERS POOL
DEADLINE: August 15th
WEBSITE: https://playground-ny.org/submit/
PlayGround, a leading playwright incubator, is in the process of launching our NY expansion, PlayGround-NY, and we are still looking for a few more NY-based early-career playwrights to join our 2021-22 Writers Pool, particularly those writers representing historically excluded communities, including BIPOC, trans/gender non-conforming, and differently-abled.
PlayGround is seeking applications for our inaugural (2021-22) PlayGround-NY Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday Night PlayGround short play staged reading series, from which each year’s Best of PlayGround are selected. PlayGround releases a prompt on a Friday morning and writers have just four-and-a-half days to write an original ten-minute play inspired by the prompt. Of the submitted scripts, 6 get chosen for a fully-staged, partly-teched, script-in-hand reading led by leading local directors and actors, on fourth Mondays, October-March. Writers not chosen in any given month can participate in PlayGround Recess, with the opportunity to hear their work read aloud by professional actors and receive peer feedback in a private setting. The PlayGround Writers Pool has featured some of the nation’s most distinguished new writers of the past two decades, including Lauren Yee, Christopher Chen, Aaron Loeb, Geetha Reddy, Vincent Terrell Durham, and Diana Burbano, among others.
POOL REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible, writers must reside within the five burroughs of New York City. To apply for a place in the 2021-22 writers pool, please submit your short (ten-page max) double-spaced script (previously produced and unproduced scripts eligible) as a Portable Document Format (.pdf) attachment via the following Google form: https://forms.gle/HqPdsFL5opTkQDS8A. Excerpts from longer works are not accepted but short plays that meet the above requirements and are derived from a longer work are accepted.
17. 11TH ANNUAL JEWISH PLAYWRITING CONTEST
DEADLINE: August 15th
WEBSITE: www.jewishplaysproject.org/guide
We are currently seeking unproduced full-length (65+ minutes) plays and musicals that focus on aspects of 21st Century Jewish identity, culture, and ideas, and the complex and intersectional nature of contemporary Jewish life.
While we value history, we will always lean toward plays that tackle vibrant strands of today’s world: social, racial and economic justice; strong women in Jewish life; diverse stories of Jews of Color; LGBTQIA inclusion; new perspectives on Israel, environmentalism, and interfaith relations in addition to deep conversations about our complex and multifaceted identities.
There is no submission fee (because those suck). Writers may submit more than one script. Submissions from previous years are accepted, particularly if there is a new draft of the script.
The following must be true of a submitted play or musical:
1. It contains significant Jewish themes, characters, content, or points of view.
2. It does not deal directly with the history of the Shoah or the World War II period generally.
3. It does NOT fall into the beloved category of "ethnically stereotypical comedy".
4. It is in English, or primarily in English – we love plays that play with languages.
5. It is full length, meaning over 65 minutes or 60-70 pages.
6. It has not had a full production in the NY Metro region, or a major regional theater (LORT C or above).
7. The play has never been published in any form.
For more information, or any writing or submission questions, email heather@jewishplaysproject.org.
18. 21ST CENTURY VOICES NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
DEADLINE: August 19th
WEBSITE: https://americanstage.org/play-submissions/
American Stage is committed to producing powerful and relevant professional live theatre. Our 21st Century Voices is an initiative dedicated to developing and presenting new works for the stage that speak to a contemporary audience in fresh and compelling ways. 21st Century Voices programming includes an annual staged reading festival, workshopping of new scripts, playwriting residencies and fully produced new plays receiving one of their first three professional productions at American Stage.
This year we are seeking submissions of new plays that focus on multicultural storytelling. We are interested in plays which explore a vast landscape of characters, experiences and viewpoints. Play submissions should align with our 44 year history of productions that celebrate the most powerful stories of the moment, the most defining stories from our past and our mission to reinforce the power of live theatre with high quality productions of compelling, multicultural plays that excite and challenge a diverse audience.
Submission guidelines for the American Stage’s 21st Century Voices: 2022 New Play Festival are as follows:
Plays must be full-length in any genre: comedy, drama, etc.
Translations, collections of one-acts, children’s plays, or any play that has received more than two full-scale, professional productions prior to submission are not eligible.
Plays that have had a full production in the state of Florida are not eligible.
In order to be eligible as a finalist for our 2022 New Play Festival – you must grant American Stage the right to produce the Florida premiere and one of the first three full productions world-wide if it is selected for production in our 2022-23 Season.
Plays that have had workshops or readings in the state of Florida or worldwide are still eligible.
Only one submission per playwright is allowed each year.
Plays that have been submitted to 21st Century Voices in the past two years are not eligible.
Local, national, and international playwrights are encouraged to submit.
Playwrights invited to participate in our 21st Century Voices: New Play Festival will receive a $250 fee and will be provided a $200 travel stipend and accommodations during the festival.
How to Apply
Email your complete submission package to 21stCenturyVoices@americanstage.org
19. LETTER OF MARQUE ENSEMBLE PLAYWRIGHT LAB
DEADLINE: August 23rd
WEBSITE: https://www.lomtheater.org/ensemble-playwright-lab.html
The Ensemble Playwright Lab (EPL) is a residency program for NYC-based playwrights to engage with Letter of Marque's (LOM) ensemble of actors, musicians, dancers, designers, and dramaturgs to create, develop, or re-imagine a piece of work. This experimental process of creation and development is designed to welcome the playwright into the rehearsal room through active participation in devised and improvisational explorations. The goals and outcomes of each residency are mutually determined by both LOM and the playwright.
For the second season, LOM will proudly offer a $500 honorarium to each playwright chosen for a residency. There will be two residencies: Fall (Oct.-Nov.) and Winter (Feb-March). Each residency will consist of 7 consecutive sessions to develop a work with the LOM ensemble. At the end of each residency, there will be a public showing and a facilitated post-showing talkback with the audience, playwright, and cast. All meetings, rehearsals, and showings will take place in-person unless otherwise arranged. Playwrights must currently live in NYC and be able to attend all required sessions, and be age 21 or older.
LOM is striving to amplify more BIPoC and LGBTQA+ voices. Playwrights from these communities are encouraged to apply. The purpose of the Ensemble Playwright Lab is to build a relationship between a playwright and the LOM ensemble, and to explore/allow for/create new ways of collaboration. This program is intended for artists who identify as playwrights and want to improve their craft as well as their work. Yes, there will be public presentations at the end of the residency. Letter of Marque’s mission is to spread ensemble culture, through responsive, inclusive, and accessible theater, and to engage individuals in collective success and meaningful dialogue.
20. BLUE INK PLAYWRITING AWARD
DEADLINE: August 31st
WEBSITE: https://americanbluestheater.com
Winner of American Theatre Wing’s prestigious National Theatre Company Award, American Blues Theater is a premier arts organization with an intimate environment that patrons, artists, and all Chicagoans call home. American Blues Theater explores the American identity through the plays it produces and communities it serves. The nationally-renown Blue Ink Playwriting Award was created in 2010 to support new work. Since inception, we’ve named 11 Award winners, 95 finalists, and 139 semi-finalists. Over $9,000 in cash and prizes were distributed to playwrights in 2021.
Previous winners include Yussef El Guindi’s Refugee Rhapsody (2021), Andrea Stolowitz’ Recent Unsettling Events (2020), Benjamin Benne’s ALMA (2019), Inda Craig-Galván’s Welcome to Matteson! (2018), Idris Goodwin’s Hype Man (2017), and Nathan Alan Davis’s The Wind and the Breeze (2016),
The winning playwright receives a monetary prize of $2,000. Cash prizes are awarded to finalists and semi-finalists too. Playwrights may only submit one (1) manuscript each year for consideration, and plays must be submitted digitally as a PDF or Word Document via the submission form at AmericanBluesTheater.com.
21. THE FRANK MOFFETT MOSIER FELLOWSHIP FOR WORKS IN HEIGHTENED LANGUAGE
DEADLINE: August 31st
WEBSITE: https://www.synecdocheworks.org
Submissions must be in a heightened version of the English language in order to provide a meaningful challenge to the actors. This includes, but is not limited to, works using metre, verse, rhyming schemes, pidgins, creoles, and code-switching."
Monetary award to playwright: $3000 for full-length works, $1500 for one-acts. Synecdoche Works may support further development of a submitted work at its discretion. Plays must contain at least 60% heightened language. Submissions may be translations or adaptations of works in the public domain. Full-length submissions should target a minimum running time of 90 minutes. Authors awarded a grant must be willing to participate in a brief rehearsal process culminating in a Zoom reading of their submitted work. Submitted works cannot be currently attached to a theater or production company. Submitted works cannot have had a prior development cycle outside of an educational program. Submission portfolio must include: The play in standard script format, emailed as an attachment to Submissions@synecdocheworks.org; A brief author biography, maximum of 200 words. Optional: C.V. or resume.
22. THEATRE VISCERA
DEADLINE: August 31st
WEBSITE: https://www.theatreviscera.com/work-with-us-playwrights
We are currently accepting submissions for the 2022 season of the Theatre Viscera podcast. This year we are looking for your plays about gender, whether that’s an exploration of gender, about gender diverse characters, or a story about gender oppression.
We accept plays written by queer playwrights for a queer cast, about queer characters. You can send us full length plays, one acts, or a collection of shorter works. Total submissions should be 20 pages or longer. We are not accepting musicals at this time.
Send us pdfs or word docs of your script(s).
Your submission should include a character breakdown and short synopsis of your piece(s).
Your piece must be formatted appropriately, standard play format is preferred, but if your piece requires weird stuff we support that.
We have a preference for newer or unproduced works.
We have a submission cap of 100. Please email submissions to theatreviscera@gmail.com
23. 2021 BLACK SCREENWRITERS GRANT
DEADLINE: August 31st
WEBSITE: https://www.one-eyedrabbit.com/bsg
Mission: One-Eyed Rabbit's annual Black Screenwriters Grant was established to amplify Black voices, create a bridge between Black writers and more funding opportunities, and to increase representation within the film & television industry.
Submission Prompt: We're looking for submission-ready screenplays and teleplays by Black writers with an original voice and three-dimensional POC characters at the center. We're open to any genre and any form (feature, short, pilot, web series) of the writer's choice. Writing teams are welcome to apply.
Grant Amount: This year's Black Screenwriters Grant of $500 will be awarded to one writer/writing team to aid them in submitting their winning script to larger screenwriting competitions and/or furthering their writing career(s) in whatever way they choose. For writing teams, funds will be distributed to the first writer's name listed.
24. RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: September 9th
WEBSITE: https://radcliffe.onlineapplicationportal.com
Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellows are in residence for a period of nine months from September 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 and receive a stipend of $78,000 plus an additional $5,000 to cover project expenses. Fellows are expected to be free of their regular commitments so that they may fully devote themselves to the work outlined in their proposal.
As this is a residential fellowship, fellows are expected to reside in the Greater Boston area for the duration of their fellowship. Fellows may be eligible to receive additional funds for moving expenses, childcare, and housing to aid them in making a smooth transition. Healthcare options are made available as needed.
Harvard Radcliffe Fellows receive office or studio space in Byerly Hall and full-time Harvard appointments as visiting fellows, granting them access to Harvard University's various resources, including libraries, housing, and athletic facilities. If fellows would like to hire Harvard undergraduate students as Research Partners, we will cover their hourly wages.
Fellows are expected to engage actively with the colleagues in their cohort and to participate fully as a member of the Harvard Radcliffe community. To this end, all fellows present their work-in-progress, either in the form of a private talk for their cohort or a public lecture, in addition to attending the presentations of all other fellows during that academic year (up to two talks per week). We offer group lunches and other opportunities to connect with members of your cohort, but attendance at these is optional.
Applications are evaluated on the quality and significance of the proposed project and the applicant's intellectual and creative capacity, as evidenced by a strong record of achievement or extraordinary promise. We seek diversity along every dimension, including geography, ethnicity and race, stage in career, and ideological perspective.
Each application is reviewed in a two-tiered process–first by experts in the relevant field, then by a multidisciplinary committee charged with selecting a diverse class of fellows of the highest achievement and potential. As a uniquely multidisciplinary community, we highly value collegiality and openness to cross-disciplinary conversation. Evidence of collaborative and/or multidisciplinary work is a valued addition to the application.
Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process by the end of March 2022.
25. PRINCETON ARTS FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: September 14th
WEBSITE: https://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/princeton-arts-fellowship/
Princeton Arts Fellowships will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career composers, conductors, musicians, choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists–this list is not meant to be exhaustive–who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community.
Princeton Arts Fellows spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton University and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course each semester subject to approval by the Dean of the Faculty, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Although the teaching load is light, our expectation is that Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year.
An $86,000 a year stipend is provided. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Holders of Ph.D. degrees from Princeton are not eligible to apply.
To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae, a 500-word statement about how you would hope to use the two years of the fellowship at this moment in your career and how you would contribute to Princeton’s arts community through teaching and/or production, contact information for three references (should the search committee choose to contact references, please do not request letters or have letters sent in advance of a request from the search committee), and work samples (i.e., a writing sample, images of your work, video links to performances, etc.). You are also encouraged to submit an optional 300-word diversity and inclusion statement as part of your application package.
As part of your submitted application materials, we encourage all applicants to describe their experiences with encouraging diversity and inclusion in their artistic practice, teaching and/or research in the past and present, and their ability to make future contributions. Any submitted statement should include their potential for supporting the Lewis Center’s commitment to diversity and to furthering equitable practices within the arts as well as their potential to mentor and educate students from backgrounds underrepresented in the candidate’s artistic field.
Applicants can only apply for the Princeton Arts Fellowship twice in a lifetime.
26. THE HODDER FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: September 14th
WEBSITE: www.puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=19901
The Lewis Center is designed to put the creative and performing arts at the heart of the Princeton experience. This mission is based on the conviction that exposure to the arts helps each of us to make sense of our lives and the lives of our neighbors. We pursue this mission by bringing together a vibrantly diverse community of people with different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, skills and talents.
The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the 2022-2023 academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, translators, writers or other kinds of artists or humanists who are selected more "for promise than for performance" and have "much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts" as traditionally defined. Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the "studious leisure" to undertake significant new work.
Hodder Fellows spend an academic year at Princeton, but no formal teaching is involved. An $86,000 stipend is provided for this 10-month appointment as a Visiting Fellow. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply.
The Lewis Center is committed to fostering an academic environment that acknowledges and encourages diversity and differences. The successful candidate will pursue academic excellence in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings.
Writers: Please apply by submitting a resume, a 3,000-word writing sample of recent work, and a project proposal of 500 words.
Composers, Performing Artists, and Visual Artists: Please apply by submitting a resume, a project proposal of 500 words, and examples of ten minutes of performance through link(s) to sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Flicker, etc. Visual artists should provide up to 20 still images organized into a single PDF file and submit as part of their online application. Composers may send 1-2 scores as a PDF file and submit as part of their online application and/or supply a link to a website.
27. JENTEL ARTS RESIDENCY
DEADLINE: September 15th
WEBSITE: http://jentelarts.org/apply/
Experience time apart from daily concerns. Experience a place where the time passes in the quiet certitude as it did 50 to 100 years ago. Experience the remarkable landscape and atmosphere of a working cattle ranch in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains. Experience solitude balanced with the opportunity for community. Sitting just eight miles away from UCross is Jentel, which hosts month-long residencies year-round. The program accepts both established and emerging artists, so long as you’re dedicated to your craft and your work has a “personal voice or vision.” Though food isn’t included, they do provide a $400 weekly stipend to help with the costs of your trip. Applicants must be over the age of 25. Deadlines are January and September 15; $23 application fee.
28. THEATREFOLK INC.
DEADLINE: Open
WEBSITE: https://www.theatrefolk.com/submissions
Theatrefolk Inc. is seeking one-act Middle School & High School play submissions by BIPOC playwrights for immediate publication. Our mission is to represent student voices and to let students know they are not alone. It has been made clear where we have succeeded and where we have failed in this pursuit. We want to do better.
It’s crucial that students know there are playwrights out there speaking directly to them and for them.
Middle School Play Submission Criteria:
Plays are between 25 and 35 minutes in length.
The majority of our customers at the Middle School level work on productions during class so the running time should fit within a class period.Plays have a majority of middle-school-aged characters.
We want to feature middle-school-aged voices.Plays are contemporary.
We want stories that take place today.Plays have simple staging requirements
Many of our customers need to do a lot with a little.Can your play be performed online?
Not a requirement. But we envision that plays that can be performed online or in a social distancing scenario may receive more productions.
High School Play Submission Criteria
We welcome both full-lengths and one acts
One act plays running 35 minutes or less are preferable, as they can be used in competition.Plays have a majority of high-school-aged characters.
We want to feature teen voices.Plays are contemporary.
We want stories that take place today.Plays have simple staging requirements
Many of our customers need to do a lot with a little.Can your play be performed online?
Not a requirement. But we envision that plays that can be performed online or in a social distancing scenario may receive more productions.
Please submit your work to submissions@theatrefolk.com with a cover letter and contact information. Tell us about yourself and your play.
29. RAUSCHENBERG EMERGENCY GRANTS
DEADLINE: Rolling
WEBSITE: rauschenbergfoundation.org/programs/grants/rauschenberg-emergency-grants
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is partnering with New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) to administer the Rauschenberg Emergency Grants, an emergency grant program that provide one-time grants of up to $5,000 for medical or dental emergencies. The grants are available to visual and media artists, and choreographers living anywhere in the United States or U.S. Territories. This program was established in the tradition of the artist's Change, Inc., a non-profit foundation established in 1970 by Robert Rauschenberg to assist professional artists of all disciplines in need of emergency medical aid. Learn more about the program, including application requirements and how to apply, on NYFA's Rauschenberg Emergency Grants website. Though funded by the Rauschenberg Foundation, the program is administered by the NYFA and all questions should be directed to emergencyfunds@nyfa.org.
30. FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS EMERGENCY GRANTS
DEADLINE: Rolling
WEBSITE: https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grants/emergency-grants/
Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who:
Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates
Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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!
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.
