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Del Shores Foundation Writers Search for LGBTQ+ Southern Writers

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Call for unproduced scripts by LGBTQ+ Southern writers

The fourth Del Shores Foundation Writers Search is now open for submissions from unproduced playwrights and screenwriters who identify as LGBTQ+ and currently live in the South.

Cash awards are given to the semifinalists, finalists and winners for best play, screenplay & short/web series, and production grants accompany the winning scripts to move their work toward production.

Use waiver code “DSFSC” for free submission. Final submission deadline 8/31/25. For more information and submissions visit delshoresfoundation.org.