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03 March 23 · Opportunities
Wonju City of Literature is offering a chance for one writer from a City of literature to come to Wonju and stay at Toji Cultural Centre for eight weeks! Guidelines Place for Residency: Toji Cultural Centre Residency Duration: Eight weeks Initiating Date of Residency: September 1
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The Northern Digital Storytelling Festival (NDSF) is a free online collaborative event that celebrates advancements in digital storytelling. All are welcome, from those already using digital tools to beginners keen to learn. Presentations and panel discussions led by over 30 indu
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stablished in 2000 by New Writing North, the Northern Writers’ Awards supports work-in-progress by new, emerging and established writers across the North of England. The Awards support writers creatively as they develop their work towards publication, as well as helping them to p
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The David Nobbs Memorial Trust, established in 2017 after the death of the beloved Reggie Perrin author, has launched its latest annual narrative comedy writing competition, encouraging and championing emerging talent with financial aid. Now in its sixth year, the competition has
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Writers from across the UK are invited to enter Chesil Theatre’s TakeTen New Writing Festival. The festival’s theme is ‘Snakes and Ladders’, which can be interpreted in so many ways and across every theatrical genre, from plays about life’s ups and downs, successes and failures,
Read with a free account →25 February 23 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
The Eclipse Award aims to help UK Black artists and other artists who are also marginalised for their race, and who make boundary-pushing performance work, to undertake an Edinburgh Fringe run. The award is an initiative by Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall, and aims to support unde
Read with a free account →24 February 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU more than ever! Find out about 7 easy ways to support us here and help us to continue our work! *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news!
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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: Pint-Sized Plays Writing Competition 2023 Descrip
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Play Submissions Helper Blog has a round-up of Play Submissions, they are are largely US based but often open to international writers. Check out their list for March here. Deadlines: various throughout March 2023 Source: Play Submissions Helper Blog
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Pen to Print and Alternative Stories are on the hunt for innovative, original plays that have been designed specifically for listening. This Audio Play Competition is a truly unique opportunity for emerging writers to get their work out there and have it heard by a global audienc
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Platform Presents is receiving script submissions for its 2023 Playwright’s Prize, an open call for distinctive, dynamic, heart-stopping, extraordinary, wonderful plays. The annual prize and fundraiser is co-produced with Finite Films & TV, founded by Amy Gardner, and judged by a
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Allison Heinz is a Theatre Directing postgraduate student at the University of East London who is searching for new work to use for the final project in her course. She is looking for a play with a 2-3 person cast and around a 30-minute run time. The project will be a collaborati
Read with a free account →17 February 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU more than ever! Find out about 7 easy ways to support us here and help us to continue our work! *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news!
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MI will support a 4-month-long programme that showcases the city region’s creativity, supported financially and with other resources including a joined-up marketing initiative. The programme will feature two categories of work: 1. Projects that need resources 2. Work happening in
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The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is an opportunity for writers based in the North of England who are new to writing for audio. It offers a £5,000 bursary to the winner as well as the chance of a Radio 4 Drama commission. The Award was established in 1992 to commemorate the life a
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The Bomb Factory Theatre is a women-led emerging theatre company platforming work by women and non-binary identifying writers. They are looking to programme a selection of emerging women and non-binary identifying playwrights to create a piece of work using the provocation made b
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Clean Break is holding several new events as a part of their spring training programme at their headquarters in Kentish town: Staging Rehabilitation – in partnership with Geese Theatre 9 March 2023 Taking place in Birmingham, this masterclass is for both theatre artists and crimi
Read with a free account →10 February 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU more than ever! Find out about 7 easy ways to support us here and help us to continue our work! *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news!
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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 10 to 15 minute, 2-3 character fictional stage plays. This is a fantastic opportunity for new and emerging playwrights to have their work pr
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(Un)scripted is a series of short films focused on exploring the possibilities of working with deaf and hearing artists to use British Sign Language, English and visual storytelling within a theatrical context. The year 2022 was an incredible year for deaf artists, with the risin
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Paines Plough is launching a new nationwide writer development programme in 2023 and they want to connect with storytellers and creatives with an interest in writing for stage and performance. This programme will look to create a nationwide network of writers, storytellers and cr
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The Magnetic Theatre’s One Act Play Festival (of Asheville, North Carolina, USA) is now taking submissions from playwrights internationally of plays that are 5-15 minutes long. The festival is scheduled for August 2023. This year’s theme is “home”. There is a $5 submission fee. F
Read with a free account →03 February 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
We need YOU more than ever! Find out about 7 easy ways to support us here and help us to continue our work! *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news!
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Shelagh Delaney, born 25 November 1938, brought a fresh and spirited voice to the 1950’s theatre scene; female, teenager, northern and working class she defied those attempted to pigeon hole her. Her first play A Taste Of Honey was directed by the renowned Joan Littlewood which w
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