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25 February 19 · Opportunities
Academy Arts Press is a small publishing company based in the United States, the are currently accepting submissions for their short story competition. Who can apply: all writers, all countries if the story is in English. Open to all genres of fiction. Previously unpublished, ori
Read with a free account →22 February 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →15 February 19 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in February 2019. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse th
Read with a free account →15 February 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →14 February 19 · Opportunities
Stand up comedian/ comedic performer based in the Midlands?Alto Comedy have two 5 minute scratch slots available for regional acts with new material they’d like to try out in front of a crowd! Taking place at Centrala on 16th March 2019, you will be part of Alto Comedy’s very fir
Read with a free account →13 February 19 · Opportunities
The International Moving Image Society is seeking script submissions for their Table Read on the 21st February at Zero One, Soho in London. The event will feature a table read of short screenplays and extract and give a voice to your characters. What they are looking for: scripts
Read with a free account →11 February 19 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
The Playwriting at the Pit workshops return for 2019. They are a sounding board for writers at all stages of development, a space for work in progress and a launch pad for new ideas. Saffron Myers (Paines Plough, Hampstead Theatre) and Mike Carter (The Space, London Playwriting L
Read with a free account →08 February 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →07 February 19 · Opportunities
JW3 are pleased to present the third installation of JW3’s new seasonal scratch night Kvell* Your Darlings. On Sunday 27 October 2019, 3 writers, theatre-makers or companies will perform 15-20 minutes of new material in a studio space at JW3. The performances will be followed by
Read with a free account →07 February 19 · Opportunities
Only 20 plays will be selected to receive three performances in the 88-seat Lion Theatre in the renowned Off Broadway performance center, Theatre Row. Right on 42nd Street in the heart of the theater district, this space is the choice of many professional Off Broadway premieres.
Read with a free account →04 February 19 · Opportunities
Newsjack the Radio 4 Extra topical news sketch show, which anyone can write for, is again looking for writers to submit sketches and one-liners for its 20th series. Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public, and t
Read with a free account →04 February 19 · Education / Opportunities
Ahead of this year’s competition, the Bruntwood Prize will be offering 6 exciting brand-new livestreamed workshops for 2019. Led by internationally recognised playwrights these six session are completely free to access and will augment a growing archive of workshops created for t
Read with a free account →01 February 19 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →30 January 19 · Events / Opportunities
The Writers’ Toolkit – with Cordelia Lynn and Lucy Kirkwood is a workshop with Cordelia Lynn, followed by a Q&A with Cordelia and Lucy Kirkwood. “An in depth workshop for playwrights to explore character and develop location”. Date: 22 February 2019 Location: St Gabriel’s Church,
Read with a free account →29 January 19 · Opportunities
Aberdeen Performing Arts is seeking script submissions on the subject of Spring Awakening for their next Scratch Night on 3rd April 2019 at The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen. Spring is stirring, new life is bursting into the world and it’s time for another Scratch Night. What they are l
Read with a free account →29 January 19 · Original Content
Here at LPW, we’ve been working hard to create a whole range of new content for our members’ in 2019. We’re so excited about it that we couldn’t keep it under wraps any longer. Each project will be launched individually as we go along but in the meantime, here’s a sneak peek of o
Read this article →28 January 19 · Opportunities
CAMP is a residential arts facility perched high in French Pyrenees, where masterclasses are led by the worlds most celebrated artists, writers and thinkers. In August 2019, John Burgess will lead two catalytic five day workshops intended to give playwrights of all abilities the
Read with a free account →28 January 19 · Opportunities
The ETPEP Award 2019 is a playwriting prize for new UK playwrights who work in the theatre industry, run by the Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Trust (ETPEP) in association with the Finborough Theatre. The Award’s purpose is to find and nurture a playwright wh
Read with a free account →25 January 19 · Weekly Round-up
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Read with a free account →22 January 19 · Opportunities
The prestigious Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2019 is now open for entries. The prize is a key part of Bruntwood’s continuing commitment to support the country’s most exciting and innovative creative talent. It offers the opportunity for writers of any background and experience
Read with a free account →22 January 19 · Opportunities
The Short Film Fund will be Shore Scripts’ only Short screenplay contest this year, and as such they have made the prizes and opportunities better than ever. Alongside the max. $15,000 production grant they have writing software, and career networking prizes too. Plus, the top 15
Read with a free account →22 January 19 · Opportunities
Aimed at encouraging theatre writers at the start of their careers to explore and challenge philosophical ideas using the dramatic form. The prize will be £3000 plus a rehearsed reading at the Fellowship’s annual Symposium on the theme of ‘Identity’ which will be held in Sweden.
Read with a free account →21 January 19 · Business Advice / Education
Did you know that from 10am – 12pm on alternate Thursdays (next date: 31 January) you can chat to the Papatango team about any aspect of new writing or theatre live on their website? Find out more here Deadline: not applicable Source: @Playwriting_UK
Read this article →21 January 19 · Opportunities
The Lyric Theatre Belfast is now taking submissions for its third annual New Playwrights’ Programme. Aimed at new and emerging playwrights, this six month programme from May to November 2019 provides intensive, hands-on dramaturgical support for four writers. A showcase of the wo
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