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• 2026 JESSE L. KEARNEY BBM PLAYWRITING INITIATIVE (01/19/2026)

• Discount tickets - SPOONS by Ben Firke (01/19/2026)

• 2026 Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize (9th Edition) (01/19/2026)

• A is For seeks one-act plays on reproductive justice (01/18/2026)

• Black Woman Genius - POSTURES OF RETURN by Catherine Noa Ashley (01/18/2026)

• Black Girlz Productions Call for Submissions: Love Letters to Black Women (01/18/2026)

• Hannah Arendt Special IHRAF Festival seeks short play productions (01/18/2026)

• BLACK WOMAN GENIUS ~ GENIUS by Kenndall Wallace (01/18/2026)

• Perlberg Festival 2027 seeks full-length plays (01/17/2026)

• Germ Magazine open for submissions (01/17/2026)

• Pages in Paris Writing Residency seeks one-act plays (01/16/2026)

• TYPE! Open for short plays (01/16/2026)

• AND ALL THE ANGELS CRIED by Jane Domenghini (01/15/2026)

• Good River Review open for 10-minute plays (01/15/2026)

• Labute Festival seeks one-act plays (01/15/2026)

• Go Try Play Write - January 2026 (01/14/2026)

• Crowname seeks submissions for Issue #8 (01/14/2026)

• The 2026 Fresh Fruit Festival MainStage (01/13/2026)

• 14th Annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival seeks monologues and one-act plays (01/13/2026)

• 13th Annual New Play Festival PLAYWRIGHTS’ REVOLUTION 2026 seeks full-length plays (01/17/2026)

• Reunion: The Dallas Review open for submissions for 2026 (01/12/2026)

• Black Men Talk Festival 2026 seeks 10-minute plays (01/11/2026)

• Liminal Space Productions seeks short plays for one-night showcase (01/11/2026)

• Curtain Rising: Staged Readings of New Works seeks short plays (01/10/2026)

• Live & In Color’s June Bingham New Playwright Commission 2026 (01/10/2026)