12 July 21 · Opportunities
Writer-in-Residence Call for Applicants Wasafiri, the UK’s leading magazine of international contemporary writing, invites proposals from writers in all genres (including poets, playwrights, fiction writers, memoirists and essayists) in application for our 2021/2022 Writer-in-Res
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PLEASE NOTE: the fee is a £3,000 flat fee – please see details below. Leading Light Collective Dear Mother Nature Summer 2021 R&D Pen to Period Seed Commission: Writer Call-Out Dear Mother Nature provides an insightful and unique opportunity to end the taboo against menstruation,
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The Open Meadows Foundation is creating the Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwright Award in honor of Nancy Dean. The Nancy Dean award for Lesbian Playwrights is to honor a woman who was at the forefront of Lesbian, queer, gay, genderqueer, gender-nonconforming, trans, intersex and people
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Submissions are now open for the 25th Alfred Fagon Award! The award is the leading award for Black British playwrights. The competition is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK, for the best original, new stage play in English. Entrants must c
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The Introduction to Playwriting Groups are an opportunity for writers with little or no experience and lots of raw talent and big ideas to think more deeply about writing for theatre alongside a group of their peers, guided by experienced, produced playwrights. This is not a cour
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This year, Shoot the Company, is celebrating 15 years. As part of the occasion, they are offering a competition for young writers to make a film on a subject of their choice. The winner will be awarded a budget of £15,000 and will work with Shoot the Company to develop, plan, sho
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FIZZY SHERBET accepts short play submissions of 10-20 minutes length (maximum of 15 pages of script) for 1-4 characters by women writers* worldwide for their podcast. This is a paid opportunity, each chosen writer will receive a fee, an audio production of the play & inclusion on
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Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in July 2021. 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 the wh
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Here’s our list of digital resources, from podcasts to special offers to inspirational interviews and more! (If you’d like to add something to this list, feel free to share it in the comments or drop us an email at contact@londonplaywrights.org). Playwright and former Space Theat
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Want to join us? Become a member today for less than £4! Find out more about the ways you can support our work here! *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
Read with a free account →08 July 21 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
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: Applications for VAULT Festival 2022 now open! De
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The story pilgrim (www.thestorypilgrim.com) hosts events that pair scenic walks with storytelling evenings – collecting and sharing stories, connecting people, and caring for our world. Regular storytelling evenings are part of the project and the next evening is July 19th, 7 pm
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In this six week course of 2 hour sessions with Emily Garside, we will combine writing advice and exercises with talking about our own work and sharing/reading extracts (only if you want to!). Designed for anyone whatever your experience of writing- whether you’ve never written a
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As playwrights, we have to pitch in many different ways: from an interview for a writer development programme to a meeting with a producer to a friend asking ‘what are you writing at the moment?’ During this two hour session , LPW Director Kimberley Andrews will work through a ra
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Back ready for Halloween! This 5-week course will introduce you to the untapped potential of horror theatre. Participants will explore how the unique nature of theatre lends itself to all things terrifying and write their own short plays which will receive feedback. Run by writer
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For the 4th year running, our popular Redrafting Course will be making a comeback in October via Zoom. If you want to redraft your play with practical masterclasses, tailored feedback, and dramaturgical support, read on! Ever wanted the information from a practical workshop paire
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Please note: This is a profit share event. Anthroplay & Escape Bar have teamed up to bring you: Escape Through Words! A scratch night event held at Escape Bar in Dalston. Each night is different, bringing you a mix of fresh and innovative content. Submissions for Escape Through W
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Vital Xposure in partnership with Paines Plough, Bush Theatre and Theatre503 presents Wellspring, a bespoke professional programme for London based disabled, Neurodivergent and D/deaf playwrights and script writers. They have teamed up with some of the most important disabled wri
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This is an opportunity to submit your play to Fifth Word, who work with new and fast rising playwrights, through commissions or open submissions. They were recently appointed associate artists at Oxford Playhouse and welcome unsolicited scripts submissions from the UK or Ireland
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Octagon Theatre Bolton are organising Writing Radio Drama, an online workshop ideal for those of you interested in exploring the wondrous radio drama world, with Becky Prestwich, a regular writer on Holby City and Doctors. This is an online Zoom workshop, taking place on Tuesday
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Want to join us? Become a member today for less than £4! Find out more about the ways you can support our work here! *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
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The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) recently released a valuable new resource on Writing Competitions. Writing Competition or Cut Price Commission? provides guidelines for entering writing competitions so that writers can ensure they are applying for a genuinely beneficial
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Tameside Creative Community (CIC) are looking for a Manchester based playwright to create and direct a script out of material that has been gathered from participants in ten workshops delivered across the borough in April and May 2021. Tameside Creative Community (CIC) ran worksh
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Applications are now open for SHOOK: Summer of 21 @ Belgrave Music Hall on Saturday 21st August! They are looking for the best upcoming creatives from the north. Everyone is welcome >> stand-up comedians, clowns, bands, drag, dance, sketches, musical theatre and everything in-bet
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