The Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) is a nonprofit organization in Ashland, Oregon that encourages playwrights in the creation of new works through public readings. The organization was founded in 1992 and is managed by a volunteer board of directors and artistic board, ANPF's flagship festival is a playwright competition that culminates in the reading of four new plays culled from hundreds of submissions. The festival features professional actors from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the community. In 2011 more than 200 playwrights participated through submissions and at the festival.