Great Websites for Writers -
Recommended by Writers in the Young Playwrights Family
burryman.com/submissions.html
The Burry Man Writers Center maintains a list of opportunities to submit theatrical work, although not strictly for young writers.
jonathandorf.com/youngplaywrights.html
Playwright Jonathan Dorf maintains a section on his website specifically for young playwrights, complete with competition listings and tips and tricks for writing and producing your work.
blogspot.com/
New York City Playwrights posts production opportunities available to playwrights in the New York City area. Some opportunities are open to regional, national, or international writers. Like the Burry Man Writers Center, this blog doesn’t cater exclusively to young playwrights, but some of the competitions they post are all-ages, and for YPI alumni asking themselves “What’s next?,” it’s definitely a great resource to have!
Dramatists Guild of America
Get your Dramatists Guild membership, read the Dramatists’ Bill of Rights, find writing opportunities, search order the Resource Directory, and more! Also check out The Dramatist Tumblr: http://www.dramatistsguild.tumblr.com/
I Interview Playwrights
Playwright Adam Szymkowicz’s blog which features over 600 insightful and informative interviews of playwrights - including their inspirations, advice, and recent projects.
playbill.com
Listings, tickets, job opportunities, and more!
The Playwrights’ Center
The Playwrights’ Center’s ‘Opportunities’ page is a regularly updated
playwrightsroadmap.wordpress.com/
The Young Playwrights’ Road Map is an advice blog for aspiring playwrights, with the unique twist that the articles are written by former young playwrights! Their been-there done-that advice covers everything from how to work with a dramaturg to how to revise even if you don’t have a second set of eyes to look at your play. They also post information about upcoming competition deadlines, but don’t maintain an exhaustive list.
TDF Theatre Dictionary
The theatre has hundreds of specialized words and phrases. We define them with fun, short videos. Want to go deeper? Along with a video, every term we define gets an essay that explains its history, usage, and alternate meanings.
Theater Communications Group
TCG’s Website includes information on writing opportunities, grants, and publications like American Theater Magazine.
vcu.edu/arts/playw
It has pretty much anything you’d ever need to know about playwriting and enough to get your feet wet in screenwriting.
Write to Done
An ongoing collection of articles on writing.
writeworld.tumblr.com/
WriteWorld is a blog which collects quotes, images, and sound files meant to be used as jumping-off points for writers. I love going through their “sentence blocks” list when I’m looking for a prompt to do some speed writing.
