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15 May 17 · Opportunities
Volume II of Rich Creative’s feminist scratch night: The Female Gaze & Other Stories is now in development. Their second evening is subtitled Volume II: Written On The Body. They want to showcase stories about the body: from pregnancy to eating disorders to the sexualisation of t
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Founded in 2013, the Creative Future Literary Awards are the UK’s only national writing competition and high profile awards ceremony for under-represented writers. They showcase talented writers who lack opportunities due to mental health issues, disability, identity or other soc
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Award winning web-series Cops and Monsters is looking for writers to be involved with their 2nd series, due to be shot later this year and early next year. Cops and Monsters follows the Paranormal Investigation Team Scotland as they police and protect the supernatural community i
Read with a free account →12 May 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →11 May 17 · Inspiration / Opportunities
Dawn King, winner of the 2011 Papatango New Writing Prize for Foxfinder, which was one of The Independent’s Top 5 Plays of the Year, is to provide a free playwriting workshop at Ovalhouse. It will cover topics including writing exercises, dramaturgy, exploratory writing, story st
Read with a free account →10 May 17 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
I 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: Opportunities – Pick of the Week: Submissions o
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Submissions are open for issue 004 of The Dionysian magazine – a women in theatre issue. Submissions are open to female-identifying playwrights only for this issue. The Dionysian says it is “constantly looking for new and upcoming playwrights while also presenting established pla
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BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen plan to commission funny, shareable, comedy shorts for BBC iPlayer, and are looking for Northern Ireland talent to write them. Fright Short follows on from Tight Shorts – the BBCNI comedy strand which started last year during Euro
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The British Council has announced a new opportunity open to artists who are migrants, based anywhere in the world. It says: “To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the British Council’s Edinburgh Showcase, we invite practitioners to dream about the future with us in Imagine 2037, a
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The Bruntwood Prize – the biggest playwriting competition in the UK – has announced its 2017 live online workshop programme, which should help you get your scripts ready before the June deadline. Bruntwood says: “We’re pleased to announce our 2017 live online workshop programme,
Read with a free account →09 May 17 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for The Director’s Cut Club showcase: Nothing to Declare on 11 June at Southwark Playhouse. They are asking writers to respond to a detailed brief outlined on their website. What to submit/How to apply: Plays must respond to the brief on the website, whic
Read with a free account →09 May 17 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The Actors Temple Studio is calling new writers for its next Playwright/ Playread Workshop on Sunday 4 June 2017. They say it is “an opportunity to develop and workshop your writing at our Studio in Warren Street. “Chosen writers will have a section of their script rehearsed for
Read with a free account →05 May 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Alleyway Theatre, based in Buffalo, New York, has announced its annual international Maxim Mazumdar competition in memory of the Canadian playwright and actor. The competition is open to anyone of any age or citizenship. Alleyway Theatre seeks: A full-Length: Play or musical not
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US based Little Fish Theatre Company is accepting scripts for its 16th annual Pick of the Vine short play production to be presented in January-February 2018. What you get: There will be a $50 flat fee royalty payment to playwrights per play produced. What to submit/How to apply:
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The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation 2017 playwriting competition is now open for scripts that must concern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or genderqueer life and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art, or event. Only full-length work
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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 →03 May 17 · 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: Actor Awareness seeks scratch night shorts on rac
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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
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The Writers Club is a unique club for playwrights, where writers come together to develop their scripts, learn, share and inspire. In association with Directors Cut Theatre Company. Workshops are run by artistic director Heather Ward who has an MA in Theatre Directing, studied pl
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Actor Awareness is seeking submissions for a new scratch night on the themes of race, religion or culture. AA’s Tom Stocks says: “After another successful scratch night we open up submissions for our next theme….race, religion and culture. “With everything going on in the world a
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Sky Arts is launching Art 50 to invite artists of all kinds, from all walks of life, from all artistic genres, to create a piece of work which says something important about what it will mean to be British after we leave the European Union. Sky Arts says: “We are working with our
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 →28 April 17 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to help support LPB without spending any extra cash? Check out our ‘Gifts & Gear’ series and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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). O
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