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08 June 17 · Opportunities
Congleton Players have announced their 2017/18 one-act playwriting competition. They are looking for a range of one-act plays to be performed for their one-act play festival. Congelton will prepare a shortlist out of all submitted plays, and all short-listed plays will be perform
Read with a free account →05 June 17 · Opportunities
Onstage/Offstage is looking for two 10-15 minute plays to produce and air on its podcast. The theme is “Resisting.” Selected plays will be broadcast on WRFI 88.1 Ithaca Community Radio and podcasted on their web site and iTunes. Submissions will air/be available as podcast on a d
Read with a free account →01 June 17 · Opportunities
Pint-Sized is looking for submissions for new shows at The Bunker Theatre, London in October and November 2017. Each Pint-Sized showcases 5 pieces of new writing from the best in emerging talent, wrapped up with a live band playing tailor-made tracks written about the pieces invo
Read with a free account →30 May 17 · Opportunities
ANPF’s flagship festival is an international playwright competition that culminates in the reading of four new plays chosen from hundreds of submissions by a cadre of volunteer readers. This unique and much-loved five-day festival in Ashland, Oregon, features professional actors
Read with a free account →04 May 17 · Opportunities
Now in its 15th year, US-based New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest is accepting scripts to bring works of social significance to the attention of producers and directors. They are looking for everything from original full lengths and shorts, to children’s plays and scripts tha
Read with a free account →02 May 17 · Opportunities
Soundwork, the not-for-profit site that is building up a repertoire of audio plays, stories, monologues and poems, all of which you can listen to for free, has announced its latest competition: a monologue of up to fifteen minutes, any style, any theme. Further details: No entry
Read with a free account →02 May 17 · Offers / Opportunities
Ugly Duck is offering cheap rehearsal space in (or space for readings) over the next few months, in the lead up to Edinburgh Fringe. Ugly Duck says: “Our new venue, Off Quay (located in the Docklands) has lovely rehearsal rooms up on the 8th floor with rooms starting from £15/hou
Read with a free account →24 April 17 · Opportunities
The Leytonstone Itch are looking for writers (ideally from East London) to get involved in its upcoming summer event – the East Not East Festival, on 15 July in Wanstead Park www.eastnoteastfestival.com. LI says: “We will be managing our own tent and we’re looking forward to scra
Read with a free account →24 April 17 · Opportunities
Itch and Scratch are now open for submissions for its Audio Plays project. They want 15 minute plays with no more than 3 actors on any themes (one submission per writer, UK writers only). Itch and Scratch says: “Over the next few months, we’re looking to produce 3 short audio pla
Read with a free account →18 April 17 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts is open between 10am on Monday 17thApril 2017 and 5pm on Monday 15th May 2017 for Comedy scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online). “This year we are asking writers to tell us which 10 consecutive pages of their script to
Read with a free account →11 April 17 · Opportunities
Player-Playwrights, London’s weekly forum for new stage writing, is holding an open competition for new short plays on the theme of ‘Them and Us’ for playwrights in London, Greater London or the Home Counties The finals of the competition will be held at the Player-Playwrights ve
Read with a free account →10 April 17 · Events / Opportunities
Ruislip Dramatic Society is hosting its first Scratch Night on 7 July 2017 at Uxbridge Library and is looking for 4 short 15 minute new plays, or parts of a new play on any topic by local writers. RDS says: “This is a fantastic opportunity for a writer to showcase their skills an
Read with a free account →10 April 17 · Events / Opportunities
Fizzy Sherbet’s new submission window is open. It is looking for short plays by women writers to be presented in a rehearsed reading at Hackney Attic, London, in mid-June. Fizzy says: “We accept 10-15 minute short plays written by women. Submissions can be on any topic & from any
Read with a free account →03 April 17 · Opportunities
The BBC has announced it will be accepting comedy scripts from 17 April-15 May 2017. The BBC Script Room for Comedy is its system for receiving unsolicited original scripts. The BBC says: “Rather than accepting scripts year-round in a rolling system, we have distinct submission w
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Shore Scripts is seeking short scripts for its Short Film Fund competition. Shore Scripts says the contest is an opportunity to become a produce screenwriter. It will be commissioning at least one short film with a budget up to $15,000 (£12,100). Minimum budget of $6250 (£5000).
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Events / Opportunities
The newly launched arts space Bohemian Balcony is holding a Swindon Scratch night at 7.15pm on 13 April 2017. £1 on the door. The Balcony says; “Come along to network and support creative talent in our town. “Whatever your creative discipline or current project, be brave and brin
Read with a free account →27 March 17 · Opportunities
Bread & Roses Theatre is accepting submissions for The Platform scratch night on 11-13 June 2017. All profits from The Platform are always shared between all contributing creatives, in the past this has usually worked out at £15-£30 per person depending on ticket sales. Submissio
Read with a free account →16 March 17 · Opportunities
Wexford Literary Festival is welcoming entries to its inaugural one-act play competition. Playwrights are invited to submit plays of up to 15 minutes. Four finalists will have their pieces performed by Enniscorthy Drama Group at this year’s festival, with a prize of €300 euro goi
Read with a free account →27 February 17 · Opportunities
While not strictly for playwrights this may be of interest to all you creatives out there… The London Short Film Festival is looking for submissions as it returns for it’s 15th anniversary from 5-14 January 2018. LSFF says it accepts both UK and international submissions “present
Read with a free account →27 February 17 · Opportunities
Secret Hour Theatre are looking for 15 minute duologues and monologues for Secrets, a new writing night taking place at the Camden Fringe 2017. The duologues/monologues must respond to the theme: Secrets. Secrets will showcase four unique pieces of new writing. Each piece should
Read with a free account →20 February 17 · Opportunities
The Sitcom Mission 2017, the UK-based international comedy writing competition, is now open for entries. Its seeks out the best 15 minutes of original comedy to be part of a showcase judged by comedy commissioners and attracts top producers from the industry. They include comedy
Read with a free account →20 February 17 · Opportunities
The George Devine Award is an annual prize, established in 1966 in honour of the first director of the Royal Court Theatre. The award is now administered by his daughter, Harriet Devine. The prize is open to any promising playwright for an original stage play, which need not have
Read with a free account →13 February 17 · Events
The St George’s Players playwriting group invites writers to its next meeting at 8pm on Wednesday 15 February at The Honor Oak, Forest Hill. The group says: “We support each other to develop our writing. Our ultimate aim is to write a play the Players can perform. “We’ll be readi
Read this article →06 February 17 · Opportunities
BBC Essex is open for submissions for its Playwright of the Year 2017 competition. It is looking for a 15 minute fictional radio play with an Essex connection to be recorded at a special performance later in the year for broadcast on BBC Essex. It is an opportunity to hear your w
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