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January 15th, 2026
Presenting the collected plays published in all The Short Play's the Thing publications.
Short Plays Collection #1 is edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Published in Short Plays USA
Short Plays USA Contest #1 – First Place
Screwball
by Judy Klass
(Nashville, Tennessee, United States)
Published in Short Plays Magazine
Short Plays Magazine Contest #1 – First Place
Save Me a Seat From Broadway
by Jessica Conine
(Rome, Georgia, United States)
Published in Short Plays Magazine
Welcome, Daughter
by Ellen W. Kaplan
(Raleigh, North Carolina, United States)
Published in Short Plays USA
Tree Grows in Akron
by Christopher Franciosa
(Encino, California, United States)
Published in Short Plays USA
Real Issue
by Kenna McHugh
(Sacramento, California, United States)
Published in Short Plays USA
The Art Gallery
by Gary Beck
(New York, New York, United States)
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