Broad Horizons invites playwrights to submit scripts to its new-plays series, called "New Voices, New Plays, New York." Out of the many submissions we receive from around the world, we select one or more winners and several finalists that demonstrate strong potential for engaging audiences and that embody our commitment to finding distinctive voices, styles, and points of view. The winning play receives a staged reading performed for a live audience in New York City.​

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Details of Opportunity

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Broad Horizons welcomes submissions of the first 25 pages of unpublished, full-length scripts, including original works, adaptations, and translations. Selected scripts will undergo a development process, which includes:

 

• feedback from the company dramaturg and director

• casting by professional casting director based in New York City

• three-day rehearsal in New York City with cast, director, and stage manager, culminating in a reading performed for an invited audience

• monetary assistance to help cover travel costs

 

Writers must be able and willing to engage fully in developmental process, which includes providing input for casting, traveling to New York City for rehearsals and reading, and revising the script as needed, in response to feedback from the dramaturg and director.

 

Workshops are normally held in June. Other times of the year may be considered.

 

Submission

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Writers interested in participating should attach a PDF of the first 25 pages of their scripts to an e-mail addressed and sent to bhorizonsnyc@yahoo.com.

 

The deadline for submission is October 1, 2025.

 

In the text of the e-mail, the following information should be included:

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• working title,

• the writer's name and e-mail address,

• a brief summary of 250 words or less of the arc of the play

• if applicable, a brief developmental history of the script

 

Fee

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There is an administrative fee of $10 per submission, which should be paid at the time of submission. The money goes to paying dramaturgs to read and assess scripts. Payments can be made using your credit card via PayPal. Click the PayPal button below. You need not have an account with PayPal in order to use your credit card.

 

Please relay your questions here.