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01 May 15 · Opportunities
DANGER! Write a 15 minute play about it and win £300! Player Playwrights, London’s only weekly forum for new stage writing, is holding an open competition for new short plays (20 minutes max) on the theme of danger. The finals of the competition will be held at the Player-Playwri
Read with a free account →01 May 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
Read with a free account →30 April 15 · Opportunities
The competition is open to anyone currently living, working or studying in the East Midlands region (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire. This competition is for early career writers who have had no more than one play professionall
Read with a free account →29 April 15 · Business Advice / Events
Do you want to know what an agent can do for your writing? Writers’ Guild Great Britain is holding a special event (Monday 1 June 2015 at 7pm) to help you find out about the role of agents in a writer’s career. A panel of agents from different agencies will speak about: • The rol
Read this article →29 April 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: Verity Bargate Award 2015 (£6,000 prize) Descript
Read with a free account →28 April 15 · Opportunities
Channel 4 is offering up-and-coming British film-makers the chance to have their own original feature length single drama produced in the new look Coming Up scheme. From the submitted applications, a shortlist of 6 writers will be commissioned to write a full screenplay under the
Read with a free account →28 April 15 · Opportunities
One playwright will get the chance to develop a play on the theme of “family” over a four month period with dramaturgical support from the artistic directors of Invertigo, with a rehearsed reading at The Pleasance and a £350 fee. Following a successful collaboration with Dan Murp
Read with a free account →28 April 15 · Opportunities
After a blinder of an evening last month, Team SF are back with a vengeance to seek out and provide a platform for London’s upcoming best and brightest! What are we looking for? Like-minded creatives who seek a platform for collaborative theatre-making opportunities. That’s it! W
Read with a free account →28 April 15 · Opportunities
In partnership with Off the Fence Theatre Company and Upstairs at the Western, Story City is offering this opportunity for an emerging artist/ company. The winner will get a week from Saturday 4th July to Friday 10th July to develop their performance, ready for an audience on the
Read with a free account →27 April 15 · Jobs / Opportunities
The Charles Causley Trust is looking for two writers in residence to support the Charles Causley’s House project, based in Launceston, Cornwall. Two residencies are available, both on 3 month fixed term contracts of service. Poet in Residence beginning 1st August 2015 Writer in R
Read with a free account →26 April 15 · Original Content
In this guest post – an example of how committed writers can make the most of challenging circumstances – Tamara von Werthern explains how she managed to complete a play on a tight deadline on a family holiday. I put the phone down with a mixture of elation and dread. The good ne
Read this article →26 April 15 · Opportunities
Writer’s Digest has been shining a spotlight on up and coming writers in all genres through its Annual Writing Competition for more than 80 years. Enter the 84th Annual Writing Competition for your chance to win and have your work be seen by editors and agents! The winning entrie
Read with a free account →25 April 15 · Opportunities
The 2015 Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play of the Year supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation, is now open for applications. The winner will receive £6000. Eligibility and Criteria: The award is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK. The
Read with a free account →25 April 15 · Opportunities
Bare Fiction magazine is now open to submissions of poetry, fiction and plays for their next issue. What they are looking for: “We want our readers to discover genre-defying boldness from exciting writers in poetry, fiction and plays, literary review, interviews and commentary. T
Read with a free account →24 April 15 · Funding and Bursaries
KSF Artists of Choice are open to US and UK based artists who are forging a career in the arts with an exciting, innovative idea for: a play, a musical, a dance piece, a choir, a band or a short film. KSF Artists of Choice will receive a grant of up to £10,000 or $10,000 if based
Read with a free account →24 April 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
Read with a free account →24 April 15 · Funding and Bursaries
The Royal Society of Literature is accepting applications for Brookleaze Grants for Writers. The purpose of these grants is to buy time for novelists, short-story writers, poets or playwrights with pieces of work in hand. The Council of the RSL, who will be responsible for awardi
Read with a free account →24 April 15 · Funding and Bursaries
The Bellagio Arts & Literary Arts Residency is for composers, fiction and non-fiction writers, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers, and visual artists who share in the Foundation’s mission of promoting the well-being of humankind and whose work is inspired by or relates to globa
Read with a free account →23 April 15 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in May and early June 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 you’d like to per
Read with a free account →23 April 15 · Opportunities
The Yale Drama Series is an annual, international competition for emerging playwrights. The winner is awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of the winning play by Yale University Press and a staged reading. The reading of the 2013 winning play will take pla
Read with a free account →23 April 15 · Jobs
Channel 4 is seeking a Script Editor for Hollyoaks. The role is principally required to support the Commissioning Editor in ensuring delivery and quality control across all Hollyoaks scripts and storylines. Key Responsibilities: • To ensure that all script and storyline materials
Read with a free account →23 April 15 · Opportunities
The St. James Theatre is delighted to announce its new initiative designed to support emerging theatre talent and to start a creative conversation with its audiences, St. James RE:act. They are inviting applications from writers, directors and theatre makers in the early stages o
Read with a free account →23 April 15 · Opportunities
Theatre6 is currently inviting playwrights to submit unproduced work to be developed. Following the successful run of Honest by Alice Nicholas in 2014, they are keen to establish new, productive relationships with talented writers. What to submit: They would like to receive submi
Read with a free account →22 April 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: The 2015 Bruntwood Prize Description: We couldn’t
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