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12 June 26 · Opportunities
Theme for 2026 Horror The Prize A £10,000 cash award, a rehearsed reading of the winning play, and mentorship opportunities with members of the judging panel. What to Submit Writers should submit a full-length horror play (approximately 70–120 minutes). The play must be: Original
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En Route Theatre Company is looking for submissions for VOYAGES, a new writing festival taking place at the White Bear Theatre, Kennington, from 25–28 August 2026. VOYAGES is seeking original plays exploring journeys of all kinds. “Voyages” may be interpreted freely and is intend
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Summerseat Players, a volunteer-led theatre company based at Theatre Royal Ramsbottom. We’ve just launched submissions for our inaugural New Writing Festival, taking place in July 2027, and wondered whether this might be relevant to writers, artists or theatre-makers in your netw
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities
World building writing workshop with Joshua Azouz Saturday 20 June, 10am-1pm Join award-winning writer Joshua Azouz (Kiss / Marry / Push Off Cliff, National Theatre) for a practical workshop that explores the engine of a play. Redrafting workshop with Beth Flintoff Saturday 27 Ju
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · News / Opportunities
Take part in our Big Summer Raffle to be in with the chance of winning 12 months of script development and a table reading of your play with professional actors. The raffle supports our work and helps us to create more resources for playwrights so you are doing a good deed by buy
Read with a free account →05 June 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Nick Hern Books (NHB) – the UK’s leading specialist theatre publisher and performing rights agents – is looking for five passionate, up-and-coming playwrights to join our exciting new Mentoring scheme. Each mentee will be paired with an experienced, NHB-published playwright, who
Read with a free account →05 June 26 · Opportunities
The Writers’ Block is running a 4 day training programme for Emerging Playwrights, funded and in partnership with The Minack Theatre. The outcome of the programme is for the Minack Youth Theatre to commission a selection of short, original plays for Autumn 2026 for their Play in
Read with a free account →05 June 26 · Opportunities
A Play, a Pie and a Pint run two yearly open submission windows – two opportunities for them to read new work, both by writers who are new to PPP and by writers who have written for them before. Window 1 is for Emerging Playwrights (Open 25th of May 2026 to 3rd of August 2026). W
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Applications to become Jerwood Writer in Residence 2027 with Pentabus are open! The £12,000 Jerwood Bursary supports a professional playwright in the early stage of their career, giving the recipient the opportunity to spend up to a year at the base in Ludlow in South Shropshire.
Read with a free account →29 May 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →29 May 26 · Opportunities
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Read with a free account →22 May 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →22 May 26 · Opportunities
After the award-winning success of 2024’s winning play ‘Dweeb-A-Mania’, we’re so pleased to announce that the Polka Playwriting Award is back for 2026! The only playwriting award of its kind, the winning playwright receives: A WGGB rate commission and associated royalties A stagi
Read with a free account →22 May 26 · Opportunities
CALL OUT: NEW WRITING FESTIVAL 2026 Collective Acting Studio invites playwrights to submit their work for our New Writing Festival, running from Monday 14th September – Friday 23rd October 2026. As part of our third-year BA Acting programme, this festival is a dedicated space for
Read with a free account →22 May 26 · Opportunities
Write Your Draft – a 6 week creative writing course with Fran Bushe Monday 8th June 2026 – Monday 13th July 2026 7-9pm Write your draft A 6-week in person creative writing course for ideas that deserve to become something more. Write your Draft is a 6-week course designed to help
Read with a free account →22 May 26 · Opportunities
From June 1st to June 30th, 2026, IATI Theater is accepting scripts for its 2027 Cimientos Season. Submissions are only accepted through the electronic form–see link below. Make sure to read guidelines before completing the submission form. For more information: iatitheater.org o
Read with a free account →15 May 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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We are delighted to be joining forces with @nwnnewwritingnorth ‘s Creative Associate Programme to offer a Live Theatre Writer In Residence opportunity. We are seeking one writer to take part in a six-month residency between Aug 2026 – Feb 2027 to create a new piece of artistic wo
Read with a free account →14 May 26 · Opportunities
Do you want to write for TV and work with a production company? From Friday 15th May, New Writing North will have an opportunity for aspiring TV writers based in the North of England to submit to the Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards There will be four winners selected in e
Read with a free account →14 May 26 · Opportunities
New Earth Writers’ UK Academy Plus is a British East and South East Asian (BESEA) writers’ programme dedicated to the development of a full length play. The programme will take place part-time over 5 months from October 2026-February 2027, and will support five early-mid career B
Read with a free account →14 May 26 · Opportunities
ITV Studios Disabled Writers in Development is an opportunity for four Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent individual writers to develop a treatment and pilot script. This programme was developed in 2023 through ITV’s Diversity Development Fund aiming to expand and elevate the t
Read with a free account →08 May 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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