03 August 23 · Opportunities
With the current cost of living crisis, The Tron intends to work towards their BUILD programme remaining accessible, and are offering a few free places for BUILD events, alongside a range of prices for their worksops. There is a minimum price and one that is slightly higher, for
Read with a free account →03 August 23 · Opportunities
Applications to BBC Writersroom’s Pilot 2024 are open from Tuesday 5th September 2023 at 10am to 12 noon on Tuesday 26th September 2023 for credited and/or agented writers. Writers are asked to submit an original spec script written for television (minimum 50 pages) and a one-pag
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
It’s not “happening soon.” It’s happening now. Time to catch up. Come (or join in via livestream) to this hands-on weekend (Sept 9-10) designed for playwrights, authors, screenwriters, and creatives of every stripe. Discover the subtle ways to harness AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjo
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
Have you got a story to tell? Are you interested in theatre or creative writing? There’s still time to apply to our writers programme. The Young Company Writers is a year-long programme for people aged 16-25 who are interested in reading plays, writing scripts and learning about
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
The aim of the programme is for participants to produce a short poetic film (one minute long) to accompany a new poem about their ‘world’ – their life, local environment or city. At the end of the project, these films will be shared and celebrated at small live events and an onli
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
The 23rd Emergency will take place on Saturday 30 September 2023 in its seventh home, Contact, Manchester — combining daytime durational, installation, intervention, and limited capacity work; followed by an evening of short (max 20 min) show-type pieces of work, works-in-progres
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for short audio plays, to feature in SEASON FOUR of The Scene Podcast. The Scene Podcast is a collection of tiny plays – little pieces of portable theatre. They are fanatical about giving new writing a life outside the walls of fringe theatres and scratch nig
Read with a free account →28 July 23 · Opportunities
Inviting submissions from playwrights internationally. Plays should be written in English. Plays running 10 to 15 minutes considered. All genres except musicals. Aimed at adult audiences. Plays are performed as enhanced stage readings. Simplified sets, innovative staging. Please
Read with a free account →25 July 23 · Opportunities
YE OLD ROSE AND CROWN is now accepting submissions for WALTHAMSTOW FRINGE They are looking for new writing, new beginnings and fresh ideas. If you are interested in applying please get in contact via theatre@yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk ETCETERA THEATRE NOW PROGRAMMING FROM
Read with a free account →25 July 23 · Opportunities
The Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo, New York, is encouragin playwrights around the world (with or without representation) to submit their plays and musicals each season for consideration for the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Award. The winning play receives a guaranteed cash prize and a f
Read with a free account →21 July 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →21 July 23 · Opportunities
Summer can be a busy time for writers juggling school holidays, summer plans, and maybe sitting at your desk might not feel all that appealing in nicer weather. But let’s be honest, the British summertime will no doubt bring a few rainy days and we want to encourage you to get so
Read with a free account →20 July 23 · Opportunities
The £15,000 award, which includes an advance of £5,000 and a publication agreement with Footnote Press, is for narrative non-fiction centred around themes of displacement, identity and/or resistance. Offer The £15,000 award includes an advance of £5,000 and a publication agreemen
Read with a free account →20 July 23 · Opportunities
The Script’s The Thing! is Dorset’s Festival of Scriptwriting – an epic day of writing, performance, talks and workshops. The Festival is a takeover of the Corn Exchange building (and Tom Browns pub!) on Saturday 28 October and have several performance spaces available throughout
Read with a free account →20 July 23 · Opportunities
Off The Page: bi-monthly script readings at The Bridge House Theatre, Penge. Off The Page was launched in January 2023 as a way of championing established and emerging writers, by giving them the opportunity to hear their pieces read by professional actors. The readings are follo
Read with a free account →20 July 23 · Opportunities
Sarah Congress is a published playwright/tv writer offering 1×1 intuitive writing sessions. What I offer: with 1×1 intuitive writing coaching, is the chance for a person to “give birth” organically to their story (without judgement) into a ten-minute, screenplay, tv pilot, short
Read with a free account →17 July 23 · Opportunities
American Playwright Karen Cecilia and Greek playwright Yiannis Hondrokoukis are hosting an intensive one-day workshop in Athens, Greece, on the 19th of August. This workshop will take you step-by-step through writing multifaceted characters that can be used in any form of creativ
Read with a free account →14 July 23 · Opportunities
Apply for a commission as part of Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries programme to get up to £5,000, to support up to five days of activity across multiple libraries or a residency. Manchester City of Literature is seeking proposals from writers, artists and art
Read with a free account →14 July 23 · Opportunities
Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice grants are open again for Round 18. Apply for up to £12,000 for training, mentoring, time and space, collaborations, or other things that will help you develop your practice or make a step change. Find out more and apply he
Read with a free account →14 July 23 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities and news! Can you help us to keep going? Find out more here *Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! * London Playwrights’ Projects The Literary Series: Interviews wit
Read with a free account →13 July 23 · Opportunities
The Poets of Colour Incubator is a 12-month programme offering mentoring, change agency opportunities and creative development to three talented and emerging poets of colour, of all ages with a lower limit of 18, living in the North of England at a crucial stage of their practice
Read with a free account →13 July 23 · Opportunities
Starting in spring 2022, Middle Child literary manager, Matthew May, is offering one-to-one meetings with writers local to Hull to provide notes and support on draft scripts. The sessions are aimed at writers without current access to dramaturgical support, such as those not unde
Read with a free account →13 July 23 · Opportunities
London-based research bureau Live Projects is seeking submissions from local creatives, writers and impact journalists to research and document a story of creative and cultural innovation in their local community. Job Description Calling London-based writers and impact journalist
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