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36th Playwrights' Festival
June 18 – 21, 2026
- 37 Origami Bees | Will Gilman (Airway Heights, WA)
- Crowbar | Sara Freedman (Bend, OR)
- DOUBLE BILL | Jean Hardie (Spokane, WA)
- Fellow Traveler | David Golden (Seattle, WA)
- Mr. Swain | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- My Bahian Tree Rat | David Golden (Seattle, WA)
- One Swear Short | Carrie Bostick (Spokane Valley, WA)
- The Photograph | Pam Kingsley (Spokane, WA)
- The Push | Sara Freedman (Bend, OR)
- We Know Where You Are | Blake Anthony Edwards (Spokane, WA)
- WIP (Woman In Progress) | Lily Johnson (Spokane, WA) Youth Division
- Office Hours | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
35th Playwrights' Festival
June 19 – 22, 2025
- A. Lee | Pam Kinglsey (Spokane, WA)
- Blackout | Lee Lawing (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Brain by Committee | Abby Burlingame (Spokane, WA)
- The Fabulists | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Goodbye Cecile | Molly Allen and Steven Wylie (Spokane, WA)
- Intro to Greek Theater | Burcu Seyben (Twin Falls, ID)
- Living Doll | David Golden (Seattle, WA)
- The Nearest Far Away Place | Aleks Merilo (Tacoma, WA)
- The Note | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- Sex In The Middle Ages | Barbara Lindsey (Shoreline, WA)
- TEOTWAWKI | Aleks Merilo (Tacoma, WA)
- Terminal Turmoil | Ella McQuaig (Spokane, WA) Youth Division
34th Playwrights' Festival
June 13 – 16, 2024
- Ask. Tell. | Barbara Lindsay (Shoreline, WA)
- Broken | Siena Lotrario (Spokane, WA) Youth Division
- Damn Ye Jack Slade | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Jack and Jorma (Yorma) | John C. Davenport (Seattle, WA)
- Lily | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- Master of the Revels | Ross Peter Nelson (Helena, MT)
- Oblivious | John C. Davenport (Seattle, WA)
- Salt Pie | Jean Hardie (Spokane, WA)
- The Invention of Pickle Ball | Rachel Carnes (Eugene, OR)
- Until the End | Joy Simmons (Spokane Valley, WA)
33rd Playwrights' Festival
June 15 – 18, 2023
- Broadway Pickup | Rich Rubin (Portland, OR)
- Crazy Quilts | Karen Fix Curry (Camano Island, WA)
- Distant Objects | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Inevitable Pandemic Play: Day 182 | Jean Hardie (Spokane, WA)
- Maid/Man | Rich Rubin (Portland, OR)
- Thank You For Breastfeeding | Ashley Arai (Olympia, WA)
- The 19 1/2 Deaths of Dung Beetle-Man | Matthew Weaver (Spokane, WA)
- The Interview | Kate Danley (Mukilteo, WA)
- The System | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- When the Chaos Started | Lee Lawling (Bainbridge Island, WA)
32nd Playwrights' Festival
June 16 – 19, 2022
- Boxes | Pamela Kingsley (Spokane, WA)
- Crosswords | Natalie Schmidt (Spokane, WA) Youth Division
- Ethan and Emma | Jean Hardie (Spokane, WA)
- Finding Mother Courage | Pamela Kingsley (Spokane, WA)
- Inertia | Rachel Carnes (Eugene, OR)
- Looking for Business | Mica Pointer (Shoreline, WA)
- Mea Culpa | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- Perspective | Tristan Canfield (Spokane, WA)
- The Terrible and the Sublime | Scott Stolnack (Seattle, WA)
- Tin Soldier | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Willy’s Mom Gets in the Car | Matthew Weaver (Spokane, WA)
31st Playwrights' Festival
June 20 – 23, 2019
- Cutting Edge Beauty | Dacey Else (Nine Mile Falls, WA) Youth Division
- Eggs Over Easy | Rich Rubin (Portland, OR)
- Hell On Wheels | Jean Hardie (Spokane, WA)
- Meta… | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- Mother’s Day | Pamela Kingsley (Spokane, WA)
- Puppies and Kittens | Barbara Lindsay (Shoreline, WA)
- Streamliners Across America | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- The Great Fish and Jonah | Matthew Weaver (Spokane, WA)
- The Green Light in the West | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- The Sitting | Pamela Kingsley (Spokane, WA)
30th Playwrights' Festival
June 7 – 17, 2018
- Donny and Doody | Pamela Kingsley (Spokane, WA)
- Don Talk #23 | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- Love To Go By | Chris Demlow
- Monument Valley | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Saint Brendan’s Last Voyage | John Byrne
- Sebastian and Chloe | Matthew Weaver (Spokane, WA)
- Temptress Standing by an Open Window | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Victoria’s Secret | Ross Peter Nelson (Helena, MT)
- Working Girl | Jean Hardie (Spokane, WA)
29th Playwrights' Festival
June 8 – 17, 2017
- Grief | Jessica Loomer (Spokane, WA)
- Hostage | Molly Allen (Spokane, WA)
- Interlude | John Michael Duggan (Boise, ID)
- Memories of the American Occupation | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Motherhood | Robin Brooks (Seattle, WA)
- The Sum of Me | Catherine Rush (Seattle, WA)
- To Mr. Wilson c/o Shapiro & Gold | Aleks Merlio (Gig Harbor, WA)
- What Floor | Elena Naskova (Seattle, WA)
28th Playwrights' Festival
June 2 – 12, 2016
- Blur in the Rear View | Aleks Merilo (Gig Harbor, WA)
- Exile | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- Fly Fishing at Midnight | Arianna Chadwick-Saund
- Off Course | John C. Davenport (Seattle, WA)
- Softly As in A Morning Sunrise | Robert M. Barr
- Tango Mike | Aleks Merilo (Gig Harbor, WA)
- The Tragic Tale of a Man Who Fell in Love with a Bookcase | Michael Mills
- Zoloft Tango | Ross Peter Nelson (Helena, MT)
27th Playwrights' Festival
June 4 – 7, 2015
- His Mother Calls Him Petey | John C. Davenport (Seattle, WA)
- Myra | Bryan Harnetiaux (Spokane, WA) **Playwright-in-Residence non-competitive entry**
- Seconds | Blake King-Kruger (Spokane, WA)
- The Invisibles | Adam Sharp (Spokane, WA)
- The Italian Prisoner | Paul Lewis (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- The Magic Spiral | Christopher Lamb (Spokane, WA)
- The Window | Tristan Canfield (Spokane, WA)