1. The American Library in Paris: Visiting Fellowship
Deadline: April 1
Website: https://americanlibraryinparis.org/about-the-visiting-fellowship/
The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship was created in 2013 to nurture and sustain a heritage as old as the Library itself: deepening French-American understanding. The Visiting Fellowship is made possible by the generous support of The de Groot Foundation.
The Fellowship offers writers, researchers, and creators the unique opportunity to spend a month in Paris working independently on their own creative project while contributing to the cultural life of the Library.
In addition to working on their own project, Fellows present a public program during their residency that engages our audience and members around a central theme.
Fellowship Details:
Residency Period: One month, between September 2025 and June 2026. Fellowships are not available in July or August due to the Library’s programming hiatus.
Stipend: $5,000 USD paid prior to the Fellowship period to cover travel, accommodation, and expenses in Paris.
Eligibility: Open to writers, researchers, journalists, poets, screenwriters, playwrights, directors, and documentary filmmakers. International applicants are welcome.
Fill out application online.
Application fee: 30 euros
2. Creative Capital Award
Deadline: April 3
Website: https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/
The Creative Capital Award provides individual artists with unrestricted project grants for the creation of bold, innovative, original, and imaginative new artistic works. In addition to unrestricted project grants from $15,000 up to $50,000, the Award offers transformative professional development support including strategic advising, peer mentorship, industry connections, and community-building opportunities. Grants are awarded via a national, democratic, open call, external review process.
The State of the Art Prize aims to recognize and support one artist from every U.S. state and inhabited territory with an unrestricted artist grant of $10,000. Through the 2026 Open Call for the Creative Capital Award, Creative Capital will select recipients for the new State of the Art Prize.
For the 2026 grant cycle, Creative Capital invites professional artists to propose experimental, original, bold new works in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature. Multidisciplinary, technology, and/or socially engaged projects are welcome in all disciplinary categories. Creative Capital seeks project proposals for formally and/or conceptually innovative works in all disciplines, including, but not limited to, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and multimedia, dance, theater, playwriting, jazz, opera, music, experimental film, documentary and narrative film, poetry, and fiction.
Creative Capital welcomes a full range of artistic approaches and thematic inquiries, including boundary-pushing formal explorations, as well as projects that engage urgent social issues of our time. Creative Capital also seeks new projects or works addressing subjects that Creative Capital has not previously funded. For example, for this grant cycle, Creative Capital also seeks strong visual arts projects dealing with fentanyl, veterans/military, or wealth inequality.
The Creative Capital Award seeks project proposals in the following disciplines:
-Visual Arts: architecture & design, craft, drawing & illustration, ecological art, installation, painting & printmaking, performance art, photography, public art, sculpture, social practice, sound art, video art, technology, and socially-engaged visual art
-Performing Arts: dance, jazz, multimedia performance, music, musical theater, opera, theater, playwriting, technology, and socially-engaged performing arts
-Film: animation, documentary film, experimental film, and narrative film
-Literature: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
A diverse cohort of approximately 50 artists will be selected for the Creative Capital Award through an external review process.
3. AFAC Arab Performing Arts Grant
Deadline: April 4
Website: https://www.arabculturefund.org/Programs/23
AFAC’s Performing Arts grant supports the production and distribution of classical, folk, and contemporary forms of theater and dance performances for all age groups. The grant also supports public and site-specific interventions, performance art, and festivals, as well as training and workshops in playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography.
The Performing Arts grant program provides annual grants of up to USD 25,000 for individuals and teams, and up to USD 35,000 for collectives and institutions.
WHO CAN APPLY
AFAC welcomes proposals from individuals from Arab countries (22 member states of the Arab League), regardless of their place of residence, citizenship, or ethnic and national identification.
AFAC also accepts proposals from local, regional, and international institutions and organizations whose projects are related to arts and culture from the Arab region. These include artistic and cultural institutions, galleries, venues, and both nonprofit and for-profit entities.
Ineligible candidates
To avoid any conflict of interest or favoritism, members of the AFAC board of trustees and AFAC staff members, their business partners, or family members are not eligible to apply.
Likewise, members of the current year’s reader and juror committees cannot apply for the categories they are evaluating.
Recipients of grants in two consecutive years will not be eligible to apply for the next two consecutive years. For example, if you received a grant in 2021 and another one in 2022, you will only be eligible to apply in 2025.
Applicants with a current open grant are also ineligible to apply.
WHAT DOES THE GRANT COVER
AFAC grants are intended for project production, including research and development phases. They may cover project-related expenses, including but not limited to materials, space or equipment rentals, and fees for artistic and technical labor and collaboration.
An artist or institutional fee of not more than 30% of the total grant amount is also an allowable expense. If you are hesitant about how this works, you can always contact us with questions before submitting your final budget.
Given the high demand for production support, AFAC cannot guarantee that all selected grantees will receive their requested amounts in full. We encourage applicants to diversify their sources of funding whenever possible.
AFAC does not offer mobility grants, but travel expenses that are part of a project’s implementation and/or research may be covered by the grant.
AFAC will not provide support retroactively to projects that have already been completed.
For projects that have already started, we cover only expenses occurring after the agreement's signature date.
AFAC launches two open calls every year for its different grant programs. The first is open to applications for Creative and Critical Writings, Documentary Film, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts grants. The second call is open to applications for Cinema, Music, Documentary Photography and Training & Regional Events grants. Each applicant (individual or institution) can only submit one application during each open call.
4. Voices of Color: One Act Play Festival
Deadline: April 11
Website: https://carrollwoodplayers.org/2025voc/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIwdv5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWG4oisxJ_jmqsLHpdLA6il6DfEOqz2M1h6F89r8CGAaGDx2YqzqQ9sxFw_aem_qyPXrm8r24ld3VkLT5jDSg
Carrollwood Players Theatre, Tampa’s longest operating non-profit community theatre, announces a call for submissions of original short plays for Voices of Color, the 2025 One Act Play Festival.
From July 11th – 19th, 2025, Carrollwood Players Theatre will present 8 original short plays focusing on the stories, perspectives and experiences of the BIPOC community.
At each of the 6 performances, audiences will experience all 8 short plays in one theatrical presentation.
We are looking for comedies, dramas, fantasies, mysteries, thrillers, farces, the avant garde, and everything in between.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Plays must be no shorter than 10 minutes performance time and no longer than 15 minutes performance time.
The subject matter of the play must fit within the theme of the festival. We are seeking to tell stories about all aspects of the BIPOC experience.
Submission deadline is 5 p.m. eastern on Friday, April 11th, 2025. Late submissions will not be considered. Early submissions are encouraged!
We will accept a maximum of two short plays from each playwright.
There is no submission fee.
We will accept submissions of English language scripts from anywhere in the world.
Due to the large number of submissions we receive, we regret we cannot individually acknowledge the receipt or status of your submission. Writers of plays selected for the festival will be notified.
The selected plays will be announced by Carrollwood Players Theatre in early May of 2025.
Plays must be submitted electronically in PDF format. We will not accept any scripts by mail.
We prefer plays with a cast requirement ranging from 3-6 people and the ability to be performed on a simple, representational stage.
We prefer submissions written by members of the BIPOC community, but we will consider all submissions.
5. Hedgebrook
Deadline: April 14
Website: https://hedgebrook.slideroom.com/#/login/program/82958
Hedgebrook’s mission is to support visionary women writers whose stories and ideas shape our culture now and for generations to come. Writers must be women, which is inclusive of transgender women and female-identified individuals. Because gender inequity still occurs in all spaces including literary ones, it is part of our explicit mission to support and promote women’s voices. The Writer-in-Residence (WiR) program is Hedgebrook’s core program, which for 37 years in 2025 has supported free-for-writers residencies representing diversity in citizenship status, nationality, current place of residence, race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, professional experience, and economic resources. We welcome applicants, published or not, who embrace the mission and opportunity to be a member of Hedgebrook's community.
Applications are genre-specific, and will be evaluated by readers and judges proficient in evaluating those genres. Please be sure to read all the instructions. Your job as an applicant is to convey to the readers:
Your passion for the project you propose to work on in residence (Artist Statement)
Your skill and ability to do the work as a writer (Writing Sample)
Diversity of Your Voice
All selected writers in residence will be considered for available fellowships each year based on the unique criteria of our partner organizations. We are honored to work with partners to provide more access and opportunity for women-identified writers.
Non-refundable processing fees (U.S. currency) due for each application are as follows (Deadlines are at midnight, Pacific Time):
$45 for submissions received 2/14-4/6/25
$55 for submissions received 4/7-4/14/25
Fee waivers are available to the first 50 people on a first-come, first-served basis
THIS APPLICATION IS FOR RESIDENCIES TAKING PLACE February to early November, 2026.
THIS APPLICATION IS NOT FOR HEDGEBROOK ALUMNAE. If you are an alumna, please consider a Mother Tree Residency or email programs@hedgebrook.org to learn about opportunities to engage with Hedgebrook.
**PLEASE NOTE: RESIDENCIES WILL BE AWARDED CONTINGENT ON COVID-19 CONDITIONS.
To view the Application Guidelines
6. The Kerouac Project
Deadline: April 14
Website: https://www.kerouacproject.org/submissions/
The Kerouac Project provides six residencies a year to writers of any stripe or age, living anywhere in the world. We encourage BIPOC and LGTBQ writers to apply. In the past, we have accepted writers with no formal writing education alongside those with MFA’s and impressive résumés. You will be judged on the quality of the writing sample you submit. Each residency consists of approximately a two-month stay in the cottage where Jack Kerouac wrote his novel Dharma Bums. Utilities and a food stipend of $600 are included. As writer-in-residence, all you are required to do is live in the Kerouac House during your residency, work on your writing project, and participate in four events: a Welcome Potluck dinner for you, two creative workshops to host, and a Final Reading of your work at the Kerouac House at the end of your residency. Should you desire them, the Kerouac Project can also offer opportunities for you to participate in other readings, lead more workshops, and interact in other ways with the vibrant Central Florida literary community.
A large part of the Kerouac Project is to extend writing and writing culture into the community. During their stay, residents are expected to participate in four events: a Welcome Potluck, two creative writing workshops, and a Final Reading.
Residents are required to teach at least two writing workshops from the Kerouac house for the Kerouac Project. At least one workshop must be done via online so that international workshop attendees may participate. The other workshop may be done in person at the Kerouac House or via online. The Kerouac Project will work with residents to facilitate and advertise these workshops. Residents have creative direction regarding the workshop content. Residents are not paid additionally for the workshops. Proceeds of workshops benefit the Kerouac Project so that we can continue future residencies and community outreach.
We understand that some residents may have remote jobs to help with income. That said, residents are expected to utilize a good portion of their time at the Kerouac House and in the Orlando community for writing and inspiration. At the end of the residency, each resident is required to do a Final Reading at the Kerouac House showcasing new creative material they’ve worked on since becoming a resident.
You will be required to select a category into which your submission best fits. The five categories are: Poetry, Play, Screenplay, Fiction/Short Story, and Nonfiction.
Your writing sample must match the category. So, for example, if you are applying in the fiction category, your writing sample must only be a fiction sample. You cannot include some fiction and some poems you may have written. You are allowed one submission per category.
This means you can submit to more than one category if you wish to do so. However, each submission is separate, and you must complete the whole application process again for each submission. This includes the payment of the $50 application fee for each submission.
All applications/submissions are received electronically, and a $50 application fee is required at the time you submit, and for each subsequent application, should you decide to submit in more than one category.
We require a standard format for all fiction and nonfiction prose submissions. The format is:
10 pages in length maximum.
1-inch page margins.
1.5 line spacing.
Text must be in a 12-point serif font, (preferably Times New Roman as its compact structure allows you the maximum number of words per page).
Those submitting poetry, a play, or screenplay, may continue to follow the genre conventions in their submissions, though your writing sample must also be limited to 10-pages in length.
The residency submission/application period opens on February 7, 2025, and remains open for eleven weeks, closing at midnight (Eastern Time) on April 14, 2025. We encourage applicants to apply early rather than waiting until the end to submit.
7. Anonymous Was a Women Environmental Arts Grant
Deadline: April 15
Website: www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/anonymous-was-a-woman-environmental-art-grants/
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.
The AWAW EAG supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.
For the 2025 cycle, the program will distribute over $520,000 in funding. This more than doubles the yearly funding since AWAW EAG’s inaugural year, offering more artists the opportunity to have their projects funded.
The AWAW EAG is made possible by Anonymous Was A Woman with additional funding provided by individual donors. If you would like to contribute to this initiative, please email awaw@nyfa.org.
8. Parity Development Prize
Deadline: April 16 (or first 150 applicants)
Website: https://parityproductions.org/apply-for-the-development-award
Parity Productions champions women, trans, gender-expansive, and intersex writers at the intersection of race, economic status, age, ability, and other identities within our constituency.
Every year, Parity presents the Parity Development Award to one woman (cis or trans) and one trans, gender-expansive, or intersex playwright who have both demonstrated a dedication to the craft of playwriting and a singular talent for storytelling and whose work is in harmony with our artistic mission. The selected playwrights receive $2,500 each and extensive developmental support for their play, including one “closed door” reading with the Parity team, and at least one public reading, with an option for Parity to produce the Awarded work.
We believe the next great play can come from anywhere; we read all eligible applications and make no judgments based on a playwright’s education or age
9. SOZU FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: April 18th, 2024
WEBSITE: https://www.sozoartists.com/fellowship
SOZO Fellowship Pilot is a 6-month coaching program designed to equip full time working, mid-career independent artists with sustainability and entrepreneurship training to reach new heights in their livelihood and creative endeavors. Our goal is to empower you with the guidance, tools, and community to cultivate self-efficacy, develop new work, and propel your career forward. SOZO Fellowship Pilot embraces a holistic approach through our unique framework, Artists and Producers as Entrepreneurs and Changemakers (APEC). By addressing systemic gaps in artist support, we aim to unleash your fullest potential, enabling you to lead with your expansive vision. This is a paid Fellowship opportunity. Each selected Fellow will receive a $1,500 honorarium for their participation.
10. P73 Fellowship
Deadline: April 27
Website: https://page73.org/application
The Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship provides a year of comprehensive support to one early-career playwright who has not received a professional production in New York City (please see eligibility requirements below). Through this program, Page 73 provides artistic and financial resources to this writer as they develop one or more new plays of their choosing. The Page 73 Playwriting Fellow receives an unrestricted award of $20,000, a development budget of $10,000 managed by Page 73 and the Fellow over the course of the Fellowship year, and at least one workshop culminating in a public reading.
The Fellow is encouraged to think creatively about using Fellowship resources to meet concrete goals that might not otherwise be possible. These goals may include, but are not limited to, development of one or more new plays, assistance in building relationships within the New York City theater community, research, and/or travel. Please note that Page 73 does not commit to producing the work of the Fellow. Page 73 also helps the Fellow identify and connect with collaborators, including directors, designers, actors, and dramaturgs.
The Fellow will actively work with Page 73 for the 2026 calendar year. After selection, the Fellow will collaborate with Page 73’s staff to design a plan for the year and establish a timeline for the development work to be done on the new play or plays.
If the Fellow is not a New York City resident, they must be prepared to travel to New York during the Fellowship year in order to fully engage in the opportunities that the Fellowship provides.
Anyone who wishes to be considered for the 2026 Fellowship must submit this application.
Applicants for both programs:
1. The applicant must be a US resident at the time of participation;
2. The applicant must have completed at least 2 full-length plays or at least 3 one-act plays;
3. The applicant must have made a commitment to playwriting as a professional goal;
4. The applicant must have never received a production in New York City that is fully contracted with Actors Equity Association and ran for at least four weeks or twenty-one performances;
5. The applicant must not be enrolled in a full-time degree/certificate program at the time of participation.
11. P73 Writers’ Group
Deadline: April 27
Website: https://page73.org/application
The Page 73 Writers Group is a yearlong writers group consisting of seven or eight playwrights. Led by Page 73’s Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director, the Writers Group meets twice monthly on weeknight evenings at our office in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Each playwright receives a $3,000 stipend for participating. Participants take turns bringing in pages for the group to discuss.
The Writers Group begins in January and meetings run through December; sessions are typically suspended for a period in the summer. Please consult the eligibility requirements below. Page 73 selects participants from individuals we meet through this application process as well as from individuals who have become known to the company through other means.
Note: While Page 73's staff may, at their discretion, offer a spot in the Writers Group to a playwright who meets the eligibility requirements but has not submitted an application for the program, anyone who wishes to be considered for the 2026 Fellowship must submit this application.
Applicants for both programs:
1. The applicant must be a US resident at the time of participation;
2. The applicant must have completed at least 2 full-length plays or at least 3 one-act plays;
3. The applicant must have made a commitment to playwriting as a professional goal;
4. The applicant must have never received a production in New York City that is fully contracted with Actors Equity Association and ran for at least four weeks or twenty-one performances;
5. The applicant must not be enrolled in a full-time degree/certificate program at the time of participation.
12. CARLO ANNONI INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRITING PRIZE
Deadline: April 30
Website: https://premiocarloannoni.eu/?lang=en
The Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize is now open for submissions of short and full-length plays with topics concerning the LGBTQ+ community worldwide, including love, diversity and identity in a time of gender fluidity.
€1000 will be awarded to two best plays (one in English and one in Italian). There are also special jury mentions in multiple categories.
The award ceremony will take place in September 2025 in Milan, Italy.
We accept plays that have already premiered.
Please submit your entries by midnight (CET) of 30 April. This is an ongoing yearly opportunity.
13. The Inkwell Theater Development LAB
Deadline: April 30
Website: https://inkwelltheater.com/lab-submission-guidelines/
A unique program in Los Angeles, the LAB aims to bring the writer out of their office, or coffee shop, and into the rehearsal room. While we recognize the necessity for writers to work on their own, we believe that nothing benefits works-in-progress more than artistic collaboration.
The LAB is focused on developing new plays through a collaborative workshop process. We believe that by working in a rehearsal setting with a director and actors, a playwright can best further their plays. Playwrights tell us often how they gained new insights from simply seeing their work with a cast, not to mention the constructive input from directors and other artists.
We begin with a writer and their first draft. During a 3-week intensive process, writers will not only see and hear that draft as written but will also see their rewrites, changes, and inspired ideas come to life. This is aided by introducing an experienced and versatile director, bringing their own unique insights to the play. Mixing in a cast of talented performers only adds to the volume of artistic brainpower being brought to bear upon the play. And pulling the playwright into the rehearsal room brings the whole thing together.
The playwrights selected for each LAB season are the recipients of The Lerner Fellowship, which provides financial, logistical, and artistic support. Max K. Lerner was special counsel and a senior advisor to the Shubert Theatre Organization for over 30 years.
If selected for the Max K. Lerner Fellowship, playwrights will be offered a rehearsal and presentation slot during the LAB season and a $1000 honorarium. The Inkwell Theater Development LAB will provide a professional team of artists (director, actors, dramaturge, etc) and production support, as well as rehearsal and production space. For more information, you can contact us at lab@inkwelltheater.com
14. Golden Thread ReOrient Festival
Deadline: April 30
Website: https://goldenthread.org/get-involved/submissions/
Golden Thread Productions is seeking short plays for consideration in ReOrient Festival of Short Plays 2026. ReOrient Festival showcases the diversity of voices and aesthetics from the Middle East and its worldwide diaspora in a curated festival of short plays produced biennially in San Francisco.
Submission Guidelines:
-Length: 10-30 minutes
-One submission only per playwright
-Deadline: Apr 30, 2025
Eligibility:
-Playwrights of Middle Eastern heritage writing about any topic
-Playwrights of all backgrounds writing about the Middle East
-The plays must be in English (Translations of plays originally written in other languages are also welcome)
Areas of Interest include:
-Plays that engage with urgent contemporary issues, reflecting the social, political, and cultural landscapes highlighting the Middle East and its diaspora
-Plays that center Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora
-Plays that experiment with non-realistic forms, non-linear or physically-based storytelling and innovative performance styles
Comedies
-Plays that explore and demonstrate aspects of daily or family life
-Adaptations of classical texts and or historical figures
-Exploration of Middle Eastern performance traditions
Production Expectations:
-5 to 7 plays will be selected for development and production in the fall of 2026.
-Each play is supported by a director and a dramaturg.
-All plays are performed as part of one evening with an ensemble that is shared amongst different productions.
-The design elements for all plays are handled by one design team.
15. Neukom Literary Arts Award
Deadline: May 1
Website:https://sites.dartmouth.edu/neukominstitutelitawards/ni-lit-award-for-playwriting/
The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College – in collaboration with Northern Stage – is excited to announce the 2025 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards for Playwriting, for full-length plays and other full-length works for the theater addressing the question “What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world?”. The award comes with a $5,000 honorarium as well as a weeklong workshop and public reading produced by Northern Stage (https://northernstage.org/) in early 2026. Note that works that have received a full production are NOT eligible for the competition.
An anonymized (blinded) copy of the piece
Playwright resume/bio
Production history of the piece
-page statement of purpose that answers the following questions:
- How does your piece address the theme of exploring humanity in our computerized, digital world?
- The winning play will have a weeklong workshop and public reading at Northern Stage in White River Junction, VT in early 2026. What are your developmental goals for the play and how would this workshop serve those goals?
16. Barter Theatre Appalachian Festival of Plays
Deadline: May 1
website: bartertheatre.com/appalachian-festival-of-plays-and-playwrights/
Six new Appalachian plays are chosen from the submissions to be given public readings by Barter’s company. The playwrights are brought in at the beginning of the festival week to be a part of the rehearsal process. Each play is given about 8 hours of rehearsal time with the focus being on clarity of story. After each reading, there is a moderated discussion between a panel made up of three regional theatre professionals and, most importantly, the audience, for their feedback. That way, the playwright receives feedback from three separate groups: artists, panelists, and audience. Playwrights have found this to be a very useful step in developing their plays, as well as a wonderful opportunity to meet other artists, make new friends, and enjoy the beauty of Southwest Virginia!
Plays must be written by an Appalachian playwright (currently living in a state that contains the Appalachian Mountain Range— which, for our purposes, run from New York to Alabama.) OR The plays must be set in the Appalachian region. Plays must be unpublished and must not have had a full professional production. Plays must be full length. Plays must be submitted electronically.
17. Kleban Musical Prize
Deadline: May 15th, 2024
website: https://newdramatists.org/kleban-prize-musical-theatre
Edward Kleban, the lyricist of A Chorus Line and other extraordinary works, created the Kleban Prize in his Will, which is given annually to writers of extraordinary promise – to a librettist and a lyricist, respectively. The prize is administered by New Dramatists on behalf of the Kleban Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors. To ensure a robust and equitable adjudication, applications
(including work samples) are submitted and reviewed blindly by an independent panel of musical theatre artists and industry leaders. The Kleban Foundation Board sets the amount of the Prize annually. In recent years, a sum of $100,000 in each category has
been paid in two annual installments to Prize recipients.
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