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Writing advice, interviews, projects and opportunities from our earlier websites, kept together for you to explore.

These are historical copies. Dates, prices and submission windows may no longer apply. Find current opportunities.

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05 September 25 · Opportunities

Live Theatre | The North East Playwriting Award

Applications are now open for Live Theatre’s North East Playwriting Award, open to all writers over the age of 16 who are from, living or working in the North East of England. Playwrights of all levels, new to established, are invited to submit their plays between Fri 1 Aug 2025

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29 August 25 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 29 August 2025

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29 August 25 · Opportunities

RSC: Playwright open call for new COHORT programme

After their announcement in 2024, our Writers-in-Residence Zoe Cooper and Stewart Pringle have launched our first COHORT programme for playwrights. Inspired by Sir Peter Hall’s founding vision of a ‘company’ of actors who share life and the experience of Stratford-upon-Avon with

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29 August 25 · Opportunities

Scriptwriters & Co | Scratch Night Submissions

S&CO’s Summer Scratch Night willtake place online from 7-10.30pm BST onTuesday 23 September 2025. Submissions are open for writers anywhere in the world. This time they’re looking for original plays, screenplays or audio plays of 5-10 pages, based on the prompt ‘Yesterday’, ‘Toda

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22 August 25 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 22 August 2025

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21 August 25 · Opportunities

Writer-Documentarian-in-Residence (paid)

I am seeking a writer/ documentarian to act as a long-term creative witness to my life and work. Over the course of a year, you will follow my practice intermittently – attending moments, scenes, and encounters – creating monthly written pieces and visual records in response to w

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15 August 25 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 15 August 2025

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

LifeBox Theatre Stagewrite

Are you a writer looking for an opportunity to have your theatre script staged for the first time? Here’s something you might like to know… We’ll be opening for submissions for StageWrite on Monday 17th November 2025, ahead of our next StageWrite event on Sunday 29th March 2026.

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

Traverse Theatre – IASH Creative Fellowship

Applications now open! 🚨 The 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship is live 🎭✍️ Got a bold idea for a play that speaks to the world we live in, and where we’re headed? The IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship offers one writer or theatre-maker a unique 10-month opportunity, with t

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

Raindance Film Festival 2026 open for submissions

Raindance is dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film in the UK and around the world. Based in the heart of London, Raindance’s ecosystem includes Raindance Film Festival, Raindance Raw Talent, Raindance Open Courses, the higher education institute Raindance Film Sch

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

CLubbed Thumb NY accepting submissions

From time to time we evaluate our submission policy to ensure that we’re giving writers the opportunity to share their work, in a way that is sustainable for our small team. To that end, Clubbed Thumb will open play submissions this year for the month of August. Alongside submitt

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

Cardboard Citizens looking for board member

Join our Board of Trustees! We’re looking for Trustees who share our belief in the power of theatre to create change and who can help shape the next chapter of Cardboard Citizens’ journey, as we grow our public profile and deepen the impact of the stories we tell. We’re especiall

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

Page of Plymouth – Literary Residency

Literature Works and our partners are looking for a Page of Plymouth writer-in-residence – a poet, writer, storyteller, spoken word artist, lyricist or playwright – to play a central creative role in a unique project funded by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund @heri

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

Rebound Productions | Search for New Playwrights

Are you a budding Playwright? Would you like to have your work performed on a London stage? Rebound Productions are looking for a series of ONE ACT, 12-15 PAGES, 4 CHARACTER fictional stage plays. This is a fantastic opportunity for new and emerging playwrights to have their work

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

Mercury Theatre | Open Submissions

The Mercury Theatre is dedicated to finding, supporting, and producing the next generation of playwrights based in the East of England. There is currently no full-time literary manager, so consequently the team cannot offer feedback and are only open for submissions across two pe

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15 August 25 · Opportunities

Film Hub South West | BFI Network New Voices 2025

BFI NETWORK South West is excited to launch the fourth iteration of New Voices, a talent development scheme aimed at underrepresented writer-directors in the region. They’re seeking writer-directors who have a short film idea but need some support to develop their script, build t

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29 July 25 · Opportunities

Common Ground: Creatives Call-out

Common Ground are looking for writers, directors, and actors to take part in their upcoming scratch night on the 29th of August at Stanley Arts London. “From Scratch” is an unconventional scratch night, focusing on building an ensemble of collaborators over the course of 5 days.

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28 July 25 · Opportunities

Camden Peoples’ Theatre: Test Match 2025

Applications are now open for TEST MATCH, our new Work-In-Progress support scheme! Applications are open for Test Match, with applications via Eventotron – link here. To apply, you will first need to create a free account with or sign into an existing account with Eventotron. At

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25 July 25 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up

Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 25 July 2025

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