Applications for the DGF National Fellows Program are now open. The DGF National Fellows program is a nine-month virtual intensive for dramatists who want to develop their existing work and advance their careers. Applications will be accepted until July 21st, or until 250 completed submissions per discipline are received, whichever comes first. Apply and find more info at:
Support for DGF's Fellows program has been generously provided by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation and Jeffrey Seller Family Foundation.
The DGF National Fellows program is a nine-month virtual intensive for dramatists who want to develop their existing work and advance their careers.
The National Fellows program is a free program created by the Dramatists Guild Foundation, designed to eliminate historical barriers of entry for many emerging dramatists. This nationwide cohort of playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, and bookwriters will work together under the guidance and leadership of prominent program chairs to develop their current work.
Selected writers, in all stages of their careers, will work with industry professionals as the Chairs for the program, over nine months to learn how to develop, promote, and market their work for a staged production. National Fellows will receive a stipend, access to career resources, become part of a nationwide cohort of dramatists, and have the opportunity to visit New York at the end of the Fellowship and attend the Dramatists Guild Foundation Gala in October.
Please note: this Fellowship opportunity is not for anyone who resides in the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania). If you are in one of these areas, you are welcome to apply for our New York Fellows Program in 2026.
For more submission opps—delivered straight to your inbox—subscribe today!
Most plays aren’t about what happens. They’re about what can’t. What can’t be said. What can’t be undone. What can’t be forgiven. That’s the tension. That’s the engine.
Audrey Cefaly's plays (Alabaster, Maytag Virgin, The Gulf, The Last Wide Open, Trouble) have garnered the Lammy Award, the Calicchio Prize, the NNPN Goldman Prize, the Edgerton, and a Pulitzer nomination. Her works have been produced at Signature Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Barter Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Florida Studio, Florida Rep, Gulfshore Playhouse, and countless others. Cefaly is a Dramatist Guild Foundation "Traveling Master," an Arena Stage playwright cohort, and a recipient of the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference. She is published by Concord Theatricals, Applause Books, Smith & Kraus and TRW.
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DGF National Fellows Program - Deadline July 21, 2025 or Max of 250 Submissions
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Applications for the DGF National Fellows Program are now open. The DGF National Fellows program is a nine-month virtual intensive for dramatists who want to develop their existing work and advance their careers. Applications will be accepted until July 21st, or until 250 completed submissions per discipline are received, whichever comes first. Apply and find more info at:
Support for DGF's Fellows program has been generously provided by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation and Jeffrey Seller Family Foundation.
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The DGF National Fellows program is a nine-month virtual intensive for dramatists who want to develop their existing work and advance their careers.
The National Fellows program is a free program created by the Dramatists Guild Foundation, designed to eliminate historical barriers of entry for many emerging dramatists. This nationwide cohort of playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, and bookwriters will work together under the guidance and leadership of prominent program chairs to develop their current work.
Selected writers, in all stages of their careers, will work with industry professionals as the Chairs for the program, over nine months to learn how to develop, promote, and market their work for a staged production. National Fellows will receive a stipend, access to career resources, become part of a nationwide cohort of dramatists, and have the opportunity to visit New York at the end of the Fellowship and attend the Dramatists Guild Foundation Gala in October.
Please note: this Fellowship opportunity is not for anyone who resides in the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania). If you are in one of these areas, you are welcome to apply for our New York Fellows Program in 2026.
For more submission opps—delivered straight to your inbox—subscribe today!
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Audrey Cefaly's plays (Alabaster, Maytag Virgin, The Gulf, The Last Wide Open, Trouble) have garnered the Lammy Award, the Calicchio Prize, the NNPN Goldman Prize, the Edgerton, and a Pulitzer nomination. Her works have been produced at Signature Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Barter Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Florida Studio, Florida Rep, Gulfshore Playhouse, and countless others. Cefaly is a Dramatist Guild Foundation "Traveling Master," an Arena Stage playwright cohort, and a recipient of the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference. She is published by Concord Theatricals, Applause Books, Smith & Kraus and TRW.
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