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Call for Submissions

OPEN JANUARY 1 TO APRIL 1, 2025

We're calling on TEEN WRITERS (ages 13-19) from across the country to write and submit short 10-minute plays confronting gun violence.

What if you had ten minutes to say whatever you wanted about gun violence?

From shooter drills at school to sirens on your street to new hashtags on social, the threat of gun violence is all around, every day. But how often do you get to talk about it? How often do you really feel heard?

We know you have to think about it. Now we’re asking you to speak on it. We need you to channel your fear and frustration, your anxiety and anger, and, yes, your hope, into stories

 

Stories that tackle the issue of gun violence.

Stories that show us that this is not normal.

Stories that show us how to be better.

We need your voice now more than ever.

So…what if you had ten minutes to say whatever you wanted about gun violence?

 

What if you had ten minutes to change the world?

TEENS WRITE & SUBMIT

10 min

SHORT PLAYS ON GUN VIOLENCE

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS

April 1

OPEN TO ALL TEENS AGES 

13-19

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6 PLAYWRIGHTS ARE...

$500

PAID

Select playwrights receive a $500 stipend for their play.

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PRODUCED

The plays chosen by the Selection Committee will be staged in dozens of communities across the country in the ENOUGH! Nationwide Reading.

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PUBLISHED

Plays will be published in a collected anthology that will be licensed for future productions by Playscripts, an imprint of Broadway Licensing. View past plays.

Playwrights will also be provided airfare and housing to attend the flagship Nationwide Reading at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., receive free memberships and craft training from The Dramatists Guild , and feedback from nationally renowned playwrights.

Selection Committee

PAST SELECTION PANELISTS

Every year, our plays are chosen by an electrifying group of some of the most awesome and acclaimed voices in American Theater today. Below are past members of our honorary selection panel. Our 2025 panel will be announced soon!

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Lydia R. Diamond

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Samuel D. Hunter

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Tarell Alvin McCraney

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Octavio Solis

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Idris Goodwin

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David Henry Hwang

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Mary Kathryn Nagle

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Lloyd Suh

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Lauren Gunderson

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Naomi Iizuka

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Manuel Oliver

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Karen Zacarías

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Zora Howard

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Rajiv Joseph

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Robert Schenkkan

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Don Zolidis

meet the 2023  PLAYWRIGHTS

FAQ

FAQ

Have a question we don't address below? Please email us and we'll be happy to help!

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RESOURCES

Check out our resources page for writing prompts, pro tips, and more!

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