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 MEET THE FINALISTS & SEMI-FINALISTS

We received more than 700 open submissions for the 2025 Conference, and we read each and every one cover-to-cover! We were thrilled to read so many wonderful plays written by talented playwrights from across the country. We invite you to learn more about our amazing 2025 Finalists and Semi-finalists. 

2025 FINALISTS

Benjamin Benne - Wave After Wave (f.k.a. this man i call mi primo
Molly Bicks & Carsen Joenk - Miss Atomic Power
Banna Desta - Red Taxi
LM Feldman - hand foot hand
Dominic Finocchiaro - Angel's Share
Peter Kim George - Men Accumulate
Chloe Hung - Care Lee
C.A. Johnson - Somebody's Body
JuCoby Johnson - The Red Man
Sophie McIntosh - what if everyone lives
Erik Patterson - Christmas at the Korenbaums
J.C. Pankratz - This is a Face
Phanesia Pharel - Dead Girl's Quinceñera
Ajitha L. Reddy - Sita Burning
Barry Slater - Vichy
Arturo Luíz Soria - Novios

2025 SEMI-FINALISTS

Edwin Rivera-Arias - Stubbornness and Bone
Zach Barr - The Pilon
Kev Berry - Our Almighty Beginnings
Cris Eli Blak - Anonymous Skin
Steven Bogart - Made in Heaven
Thomas Brazzle - Smoked
Stacey Isom Campbell - 1999
Brandy N. Carie - How to Live Forever
NJ Draine - Goat Head.
Emily Emerson - The Morrigan
Connor Ermir - Brawl!
Kareem Fahmy - Fountains of Youth
Kendra Ann Flournoy - Bambiland
Tatiana Isabel Gil -Salve Maria
Steven Haworth - Red River Falls
Orlando Hernandez - Eva Maria Please Come Home
Maggie Kearman - Like Flies. A Rage Play
Shannon T.L. Kearns - Stories We Tell at the End of the World
Nina Kissinger - This is Government
Aline Lathrop - Listful
Jennifer Maisel - Provenance
Allison Merkel - Mira & Dill
a.k. payne - Dwellers: a play inspired by A Map to the Door of No return by Dionne Brand
Lee Papa - Shady River Lane
Brian James Polak - The Call List
Deepa Purohit - Mai & Maa
Jacquelyn Reingold - Fear Less
Kira Rockwell - Holy Chicken Sandwich
Andrew Saito - Harlem Canary/Tokyo Crow
DeLanna Studi - I is for Invisible
Camille Simone Thomas - At God's Back
Gaven D Trinidad - Mercury Makes the Skin Glow
Jaden Tyler Urso - So Far Away
Patrick Vermillion - Stand Your Ground