More Opportunities for Artists

Applications for the 2025 contest are now open!

The New Play Contest is an annual juried contest for playwrights with a new, previously unproduced play. The winner receives a bursary, as well as a free performance slot in the upcoming Toronto Fringe Festival (July 2-13, 2025).

Applications are now open for the 2025 contest!

The Adams Prize for Musical Theatre is an annual juried contest for composers/playwrights with a new, previously unproduced musical. The winner receives a bursary, as well as a free performance slot in the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival (July 2-13, 2025).

Supported by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), the Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators (RGTC) Program enables arts organizations to directly invest in the creative process of artists throughout the province. We are honoured to be participating in this program again in 2024/2025.

Applications open: September 2024
Deadline: January 10, 2025 at 1:00PM EST

In our selection process our mandate is to support projects in development that focus on unique, innovative, and unexpected methods of storytelling that align with the Fringe Festival values. Artists/collectives using any range of creative processes (script writing or otherwise) in the development of new, previously unproduced works.

All applications must be submitted here through the OAC online portal:  https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/recommender-grants-for-theatre-creators

For any questions or issues about the application portal, please contact the program administrator listed on the OAC website.

For questions specific to Toronto Fringe, please contact suzanne@fringetoronto.com

Winners announced for the 2024 contest!

This contest is for anyone who has wanted to write a play but just needed a little encouragement and motivation! It challenges new and experienced writers to create a script in 24 hours while incorporating four secret elements that will be announced shortly before the contest begins.

Toronto Fringe invites peers from our professional community to adjudicate some of our artistic programs, and form selection committees. If you are interested in being considered, or wish to nominate a member of the performing arts community who represents the diversity of lived experiences that are reflected on Fringe stages, you may do so with this form.

Toronto Fringe annually presents the New Play Contest, the Adams Prize for Musical Theatre Contest, 24-Hour Playwriting Contest, and the Next Stage Theatre Festival. New committees are formed for each program each year. Jurors are compensated. Submitting a nomination does not automatically guarantee the nominee will be offered a position on any selection committee.