From our earlier websites
Writing advice, interviews, projects and opportunities from our earlier websites, kept together for you to explore.
These are historical copies. Dates, prices and submission windows may no longer apply. Find current opportunities.
7,096 results · Page 5 of 296
19 June 26 · Opportunities
INK Festival is offering a free series of adult scriptwriting workshops this autumn, led by acclaimed playwright, scriptwriter and theatre director Rob John. Writing a Short Play is a practical, hands-on course designed to help writers develop the skills needed to create a compel
Read with a free account →19 June 26 · Opportunities
First Play Club 2026: Call for Scripts First Play Club is The Customs House’s annual initiative, offering creatives of all ages the opportunity to collaborate and gain their first professional credit on a new production staged at The Customs House. The Customs House is seeking a
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Make sure you never miss an opportunity! Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! Our weekly round-up has always been, and always will be totally free! However, we do rely on our paid subscribers to keep our organisation going. Please consider su
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities
New voices. Bold Ideas. Live Pitches. Script Pitch Live is a live pitching showcase spotlighting emerging Muslim screenwriters and original feature film projects as part of the Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF) 2026. Taking place live during the festival, selected writers
Read with a free account →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
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities
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
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities
Comedy Gold Diggers is seeking comedy audio scripts to be performed and recorded in front of a live audience. The show will offer writers and writer/performers the opportunity to hear their work come to life in a supportive space. From short plays, excerpts and pilots, to charact
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities
Are you ready to pack a massive punch into a tiny dramatic space? Mini Plays Review is officially open for submissions for our upcoming issue! We also kindly request all authors and playwrights to share this call within your literary circles, writing groups, and creative networks
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities
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 · Opportunities
The National Theatre are running two free Words from the Wild webinars this July, for emerging or early career writers. Using creative activities and exercises inspired by animals and the natural world, and taking inspiration from the National Theatre’s productions of War Horse a
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · News / Opportunities
You might have noticed our website is a little bit on the clunky side lately and we are working hard to get this updated! Please support our rebuild so that we can create something snazzy which connects you to opportunities more easily and improves our platform and community. All
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 →12 June 26 · Opportunities
A Year-Long Professional Development Programme for Playwrights Have you considered a playwriting MA but found the cost, location, or time commitment out of reach? After months of research and planning, we’ve created a practical alternative, and we’re excited to share it with you.
Read with a free account →05 June 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Make sure you never miss an opportunity! Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! Our weekly round-up has always been, and always will be totally free! However, we do rely on our paid subscribers to keep our organisation going. Please consider su
Read with a free account →05 June 26 · Opportunities
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
Read with a free account →05 June 26 · Opportunities
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 →05 June 26 · Uncategorized
Comedy Gold Diggers is seeking comedy audio scripts to be performed and recorded in front of a live audience. The show will offer writers and writer/performers the opportunity to hear their work come to life in a supportive space. From short plays, excerpts and pilots, to charact
Read this article →29 May 26 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Make sure you never miss an opportunity! Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! Our weekly round-up has always been, and always will be totally free! However, we do rely on our paid subscribers to keep our organisation going. Please consider su
Read with a free account →29 May 26 · Opportunities
With just over 3 weeks until the Elevate Comedy Deadline passes, the entries are already flying in. Have you got your entry in yet? 🤔 WHAT IS ELEVATE COMEDY? Much like our TV Drama edition, this is our way of finding the best new comedy writing talent and putting them directly i
Read with a free account →29 May 26 · Opportunities
Find out more here. Deadline: 27/6/26 Source: Facebook
Read with a free account →29 May 26 · Opportunities
Find out more here Deadline: 17 July 2026 Source: Facebook
Read with a free account →