Submissions for the 2026 “Best of” Annuals published by Smith & Kraus open September 1st- November 1st
Accepting 250 submissions only for 10-Minute Plays. Will close submissions after 250 are received or by November 1st.
No cap on Monologue submissions.
Submissions will be sent to Debbie Lamedman, editor. Please read the following guidelines before submitting:
For The Best Men & Women’s Stage Monologue 2026
*Monologues MUST BE FROM PLAYS. They cannot be stand-alone pieces.
*They must be from plays produced between August 2024 through September 2025
*Monologues from plays that only had Virtual Productions are NOT eligible.
*Monologues should be from 1-3 minutes long.
*Monologues should be pieces that have onstage action and work well for auditions.
*You may submit to both the Women's and Men's Anthology, but only ONE submission per book.
*Do not submit any monologue that has been submitted previously in the past year.
*IF YOU SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE MONOLOGUE PER ANTHOLOGY, THEY WILL NOT BE READ!
To submit for Men's Monologues, click here.
To submit for Women's Monologues, click here.
FOR THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS 2026
READ THE GUIDELINES! THEY HAVE CHANGED!
*Submissions will close when we reach 250 scripts or end of day on November 1st, whichever comes first.
*Plays must be produced between August 2024 through September 2025.
*Plays that only had Virtual Productions are not eligible.
*Plays that were produced as staged readings are eligible ONLY if the reading was performed LIVE in front of an audience and not virtually.
*No Radio Plays. No Musicals. No Children's Plays. No solo shows. No Zoom plays.
*Plays should run approximately 10 minutes.
*Please include a cover page with a brief synopsis.
*Please include a page with Character Breakdown, Setting/Place, and Time.
*Only ONE submission is permitted per playwright. If you submit more than one play, they will not be read.
