Submissions for the 2026 Play Lab are now open. Selected authors must register for the Conference (June 6-13, 2026) and be present for the reading in Valdez, Alaska. Registration is $250 (including all activities, a 2-hour glacier cruise, and daily lunch). Travel to Valdez is also the playwrights’ responsibility. Minimal free communal housing is available.

Alaskans and past participants have until November 3 to submit. The Conference will consider the first 300 submissions from playwrights who don’t meet either of those criteria. 

Submission Guidelines
1. One submission per author.
2. Running time 20 to 120 minutes.
3. No more than 10 actors required. 
4. No prior professional productions or publications. 
5. No musicals. 
6. PDF or Word documents accepted. 

Plays should be submitted online. The Coordinator will confirm receipt of your play within a week of submission. 

If you have questions or problems submitting, email the Coordinator.

The 2025 Play Lab reading of Heidi Franke’s The Menacer, featuring Katy Laurance and Chandler Paskett, directed by Rob Lecrone. .