Showcasing the Works of Women Playwrights March 25-28, 2027
Powerstories’ Voices of Women Festival encourages submissions from women-identifying playwrights, playwrights of color, and other underrepresented groups. We are committed to promoting intersectional equity and enabling various submissions related to the theater of historically marginalized populations, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities.
For the 2027 Voices of Women Theatre Festival, we are accepting the following:
- We will select one play from – General Submission open to any women playwrights – (60-120 minutes) – Powerstories-produced rehearsed staged reading
- We will select one play from – Women Playwrights over 40 – ( 60-120 minutes) – Powerstories-produced rehearsed staged reading
- Information about ten-minute play submission will be coming soon.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- There is a $10 fee to submit your play.
- Dramatist Guild members are exempt but will need to supply verification.
- Playwrights may only submit one play.
- Playwrights must not submit previously submitted works to any Powerstories opportunity.
- All plays should be submitted as PDFs with the title in caps, followed by the playwright’s name. Example: VOW 2027 Playwright Name
- Play’s cover sheet must include the author’s information (name, address, telephone, email). A short synopsis is encouraged.
- Submit only the first ten pages.
PLAY REQUIREMENTS
- Play must be unproduced, new works, OR works not recently produced.
- We will not accept musicals.
- The maximum cast size is 5.
- Your submission reflects overall quality and is a substantially developed and well-written play.
- Your submission is no longer than 120 minutes.
7th ANNUAL FESTIVAL INFORMATION
If selected:
- Powerstories will produce a rehearsed reading of your play.
- Our selected playwrights will work side-by-side with their directors and cast to workshop the work in real-time before it is performed as a staged reading to a live audience.
- Powerstories will hire a director to audition for the roles, manage the project, and incur all costs of the reading.
- We will provide a professionally moderated talkback and written feedback.
- Powerstories will offer selected playwrights a small stipend to help offset the costs of participating in the development process.
- We would be delighted to have selected playwrights attend the development process in person. However, the playwright is not required to be in residence as Powerstories is unable to cover travel and housing costs.
- You will receive an All-Access Festival Pass to support your fellow playwrights’ works.
- Our selected playwrights will work side-by-side with their directors and cast to workshop the work in real-time before it is performed as a staged reading to a live audience.
- We trust that your play will be exclusively presented with Powerstories Theatre’s Voices of Women Theatre Festival in the Tampa Bay Area and will not be produced directly before or after the festival (January 2027 – April 2027).
Each full-length entry will be numbered and time-stamped. We will stop accepting plays after the 150th submission. Last day to submit is September 15, 2026.
Playwrights will be notified of acceptance by January 8, 2027 or sooner.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and leadership of Powerstories Theatre, we look forward to receiving your submissions and presenting to the world your amazing stories.
