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14 July 15 · Opportunities
BBC Writersroom’s regular window for unsolicited scripts is open between 10am on 7th September and 5pm on 24th September 2015 for Drama scripts (TV, film, radio, stage or online). You can find all the details on the BBC Writers Room website as well as guidelines and resources for
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Screenplay First is an exciting new screenwriting award brought to you by BBC Films and BBC Writersroom BBC Films is committed to finding and developing new talent, collaborating with some of the foremost writers and directors in the industry. To celebrate 25 extraordinary years
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The BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum is open for the submissions of Children’s film and television. This competition is open to all writers, resident in the UK or of UK citizenship. The extracts must have a focus on content for children. This includes feature films, single dramas
Read with a free account →10 July 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
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TALOS: the 1st Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London will take place 24-25 October 2015 in Chelsea Theatre in London. The festival is seeking submissions of short plays with science fiction elements. Scripts should be no more than 30 minutes long in performance and may be or
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Are you a playwright or dramatist? Do you write dramatic literature or drama to be performed by actors? To support young playwrights, the Lagos Theatre Festival 2016 is seeking submissions of scripts for the Festival. The topic of the play should reflect the experiences of young
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Calling all writers and horror fans! To celebrate their 5th year and as part of our dedication to support new work in the horror theatre world, this year the London Horror Festival and the Etcetera Theatre are teaming up to host a short playwriting competition with the guiding th
Read with a free account →03 July 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
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Masterclasses on How To Teach Dramatic Writing Wednesday 8 July 2015 from 9am-6pm Location: Platform Theatre, Central Saint Martins, Handyside Street, London, N1C 4AA Price: Free Event capacity: 300 The MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins is deligh
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The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain is supporting London Writers Week, an annual celebration of new writing in the UK, which runs for the first time this year from Wednesday 8 July to Saturday 11 July 2015. London Writers Week is a new partnership between MA Dramatic Writing at D
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Papatango Theatre Company Workshop 31 July 2015, 10am-12pm, Dalston Papatango are committed to giving new writers the best possible opportunities. Their programme of workshops runs every month, completely free of charge to participants. These cover principles of exploratory writi
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Introduction to Playwriting: National Theatre Taught by Evan Placey Every Monday from 7 September until 9 November 2015, 2-5pm 16 places available Cottesloe Room, Clore Learning Centre £375, (£300 concessions, bursaries available) Learn to apply the basic elements of writing for
Read this article →01 July 15 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Alfred Fagon Award 2015 Description: This annual
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From today (1 July 2015) until 31 July 2015, the Soho Theatre will be accepting submissions for the bi-annual Verity Bargate Award. We’ve previously featured the Verity Bargate Award as a Pick of the Week – and no wonder, it’s a cracking opportunity. For full details, check out o
Read with a free account →30 June 15 · Writing Workshops
Pentabus Theatre – the nation’s rural touring company – is on the lookout for 16-25 year old writers for their 2015 / 2016 Young Writers Group. Who are Pentabus Theatre? They develop and produce new plays about the contemporary rural world. They tour around the country, telling s
Read this article →30 June 15 · News
The winner of the 2015 Papatango New Writing Prize has been announced! Playwright James Rushbrook has taken home the seventh annual prize for his play TOMCAT, which was chosen from over 600 entries. A little teaser of the play can be found on the Papatango website: “Oh, she’s dan
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This annual writing competition is held in memory of T.F. Evans, longtime editor of the Shaw Society Journal. The prize is offered for an additional scene to a play by Bernard Shaw. It will be offered to the entry that most impresses the judges, who will be looking for that combi
Read with a free account →26 June 15 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing op
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Open Theatre Project has opened a call for new scripts that feature Solo Performances for a new production series we are developing for 2015 or 2016. We are currently looking for work that steps outside of autobiography and instead uses the freedom of having 1 voice to bring big
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RE:act – Songs For a New World brings together four emerging writers, directors and a group of actors to respond to the story, themes and characters within Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World Written in 24 hours, rehearsed at quick fire speed and performed on the stage of
Read with a free account →25 June 15 · Opportunities
The in-house Bread & Roses Theatre Company (BRTC) has been running regular new writing night The Platform since October 2012 in what was originally nothing more than the upstairs function room at the Bread & Roses Pub. This was the project that inspired the transformation of the
Read with a free account →25 June 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in July (and late June/early August) 2015. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if yo
Read with a free account →24 June 15 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
(Ed note: I did this programme in 2014 and can’t say enough good things about it – recommend wholeheartedly!) Submissions are now open for Theatre Royal Stratford East’s summer Musical Theatre Initiative. Successful applicants will be invited to an open day event on the first day
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Monkeywood Theatre return to The Lowry in September 2015 with BY FAR THE GREATEST TEAM, a brand new show exploring and celebrating football fandom in Manchester. Alongside the production, they are seeking 5-minute plays from Manchester United and Manchester City fans about what i
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