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23 December 14 · Opportunities
Ghost Dog Productions runs a regular new writing showcase called Playground. Once again they’re on the lookout for submissions of 10min plays based around various themes. Our next show dates and themes are: 23rd & 24th March – MIND GAMES 20th -22nd April – SURVIVAL Deadlines are:
Read with a free account →23 December 14 · Opportunities
Sphinx are looking for theatre pieces of roughly 10 to 20 minutes to be part of our festival programme at the National Theatre Temporary Space on 28th March 2015. What to submit: Pieces must be female centred and/or driven and will be presented either as scratch performances, wor
Read with a free account →22 December 14 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
Disabled artists and arts organisations with a strong track record in their field can apply for funding from Unlimited to create and present new work, across all art forms. The work may still be at a very early stage of conception, or have already undergone some research and deve
Read with a free account →22 December 14 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards. The Arts Awards support projects that engage the public with biomedical science through the arts. Applications are invited for projects of up to £40,000 through their small
Read with a free account →22 December 14 · Funding and Bursaries / Opportunities
The Artists’ International Development Programme is a £750,000 fund, jointly funded by the British Council and Arts Council England. The programme offers early stage development opportunities for individual freelance and self-employed artists based in England to spend time buildi
Read with a free account →22 December 14 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in January 2015 and late December 2014. 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
Read with a free account →22 December 14 · Opportunities
Story Fridays in January is on 9th January and the theme is The 1980s. Deadline for submissions is Monday 29th December. They are looking for writer-performers for each event. Any story or monologue – fictional or factual – will be considered. They are looking for a wide variety
Read with a free account →22 December 14 · Opportunities
CBBC is setting up an intensive, skills-based programme designed to give emerging writers valuable insights into writing for an ongoing children’s TV series, covering all stages of the scriptingprocess with input from experienced writers, producers, script editors and executive p
Read with a free account →22 December 14 · Opportunities
The BBC has published their writersroom submission windows for 2015, with some slight tweaks to their model. Rather than grouping submissions strictly by medium as in 2014 (with different entry dates for radio/stage, screen, etc), they will have two submission windows: a window i
Read with a free account →20 December 14 · Opportunities
With brand new plays from both male and female writers, Represents… is a showcase with a difference. Whoop ‘n’ Wail have committed to achieving gender equality on the UK stage by creating a night of entertaining, engaging theatre with all plays having significant roles for women.
Read with a free account →19 December 14 · 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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline); and 3) Worksho
Read with a free account →18 December 14 · Opportunities
The BBC Radio Drama Readings Unit welcomes submissions from writers new to radio for their annual series, Opening Lines which is broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The next window for sending in material to Opening Lines – BBC Radio 4’s showcase for short stories is January 5th – February
Read with a free account →18 December 14 · Opportunities
An opportunity for playwrights to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professional actors, The Progressive Playwright is the Tron’s monthly scratch event, giving playwrights the chance to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professi
Read with a free account →18 December 14 · Opportunities
An opportunity for playwrights to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professional actors, The Progressive Playwright is the Tron’s monthly scratch event, giving playwrights the chance to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professi
Read with a free account →18 December 14 · Opportunities
An opportunity for playwrights to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professional actors, The Progressive Playwright is the Tron’s monthly scratch event, giving playwrights the chance to hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professi
Read with a free account →18 December 14 · Writing Workshops
Master Raconteur will be running a four-session workshop with Simon Vinnocombe (who has recently worked with the National Theatre) on playwriting. Dates: Saturday 31st January/ Feb 7th / 14th /21st 2015 from 10am – 4pm Location: Central London, TBA More details are available on t
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Bare Fiction magazine is now open to submissions of poetry, fiction and plays for their March 2015 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 comment
Read with a free account →16 December 14 · Opportunities
The King’s Head Theatre is pleased to announce the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award. This year the award is open to anyone who has not been professionally produced more than once. The winning writer’s script will be produced at the King’s Head Theatre. What to submit: “We are looking for
Read with a free account →12 December 14 · 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 now grouped into three sections: 1) Opportunities with Deadlines; 2) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline); and 3) Worksho
Read with a free account →12 December 14 · Opportunities
Amateur playwrights are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays for the 11th Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Drama Writing Award. Three winning scripts, judged purely on the writing, will be selected for performance in October during the 2015 Windsor Fringe Festival. Judges: I
Read with a free account →12 December 14 · Opportunities
Almost Random Theatre is seeking four outstanding 10 minute plays to be put on in Oxford in February 2015. The play must be no more than 10 minutes long and require no more than three actors. The theme of the competition is ‘Valentine’. What to submit: A ten minute play on the su
Read with a free account →11 December 14 · Opportunities
Something’s got under your skin. It’s niggling away. You need to do something about it. We’re listening… GRIT is an open call to writers of all ages and experiences to submit a play about everyday resistance, revolution and defiance. What to submit: The plays should fit roughly w
Read with a free account →11 December 14 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for the Papatango New Writing Prize 2015. What to submit: In their own words: “Papatango are not prescriptive in the plays we consider, asking only that they have never before been professionally performed, although musicals, adaptations and children’s pl
Read with a free account →11 December 14 · Uncategorized
This annual award was established in 2009 by Moniack Mhor to honour Jessie Kesson’s inspirational life and work. Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre is inviting established writers to apply for the Jessie Kesson Fellowship in 2015. The successful candidate will receive time and space to
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