From our earlier websites
Writing advice, interviews, projects and opportunities from our earlier websites, kept together for you to explore.
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19 December 24 · Gift Guide / Gifts & Gear
Seamoss Theatre are a new fringe theatre company in the E7/E17 area of East London, focussed on showcasing the weird and the untold. Their official launch event will be a scratch night fundraiser on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at the Ye Olde Rose and Crown, Walthamstow’s only theat
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
EAL CONTENTMENT is a 9-month artist exchange programme that will be the start of a lasting partnership between Manchester and Nanjing, both UNESCO Cities of Literature and UNESCO Cities of Lifelong Learning. Collaborations between six artists – poets, illustrators and playwrights
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
The Union Theatre, in association with Off Main Stage, are looking for plays for their inaugural double-night of shorts. As part of the Union Theatre’s in-house productions, the shorts (drama and musicals) will be performed by professional actors in London and directed by industr
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
The 2024/25 Prize has no theme. Entrants can write about anything that inspires them. There are five categories, short stories, poetry, children’s literature, scriptwriting and new for this year, Flash fiction. There are three age groups: primary, secondary and over 18’s. Entrant
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
Experimental Theater Writing Workshop – Winter 2025 Seeking female or female-identifying experimental writers for the Experimental Theater Writing Workshop. This is a series of ten Zoom classes held Tuesday evenings from 01/07 – 03/11. Classes will consist of discussions of homew
Read with a free account →05 December 24 · Gift Guide / Guest Post
We are seeking a freelance writer to join our team to work with a group of year 6 young people to research and support the development and writing of a 10-minute original audio play script which will be produced by a professional team. WRITER – Buddhism podcast The overarching co
Read with a free account →28 November 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
Take part in our Christmas Raffle for the chance to win a year of dramaturgy from London Playwrights.* Runner up prizes include Script Consulting Packages and an annual membership. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE. Cost: £2 per ticket *A year of Dramaturgy includes monthly meet-ups with a d
Read with a free account →27 November 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
New work is at the heart of the Everyman & Playhouse – and the Playwrights’ Programme is part of our mission to nurture, empower and champion the next generation of writers in Liverpool. It’s a free, ten-month programme led by our New Works Associate, and offers a mixture of faci
Read with a free account →06 November 24 · News / Original Content
It’s that time of year again! If you’re looking for a festive gift for a playwright in your life, then we’re here to help. We’ve put together a fabulous gift guide to help you choose the perfect present – from notebooks for scribbling down new ideas to playwriting books and one-t
Read this article →27 November 20 · Original Content
Is it really almost Christmas?! This year seems to have flown by, despite containing some of what seemed like the longest of locked down days! But here we are at the end of this strange and challenging year and although there is still plenty of uncertainty, we hope you’ll be look
Read this article →08 July 20 · Digital Resources / Original Content
As lock down eases and we are propelled into the outside world again, you might be thinking about getting organised with your writing and treating yourself to some new gear to get you in the mood for a professional and/or creative boost. Or perhaps you’re looking to find a specia
Read this article →21 November 19 · Original Content
It’s that time of year again! The nights are long, it’s cold outside and Christmas hits have been blasting out in shopping centres for what already seems like an eternity. With just a few weeks to go, you’re no doubt thinking about Christmas shopping and so as always, we’ve got y
Read this article →29 November 18 · Gift Guide / Original Content
It’s that time of year again: for the Christmas gift round up! Discover our selection of the best presents for writers… ‘Tis the season for mulled wine, Christmas films, carols, and trying to be more organised than last year and not leaving all of your shopping to Christmas Eve (
Read this article →01 December 17 · Gift Guide / Original Content
Are you struggling to think of a fabulous festive gift for the writer in your life? I mean, apart from their laptop, what does a playwright even need these days? Well, look no further than our annual gift guide for writers, handpicked by the LPB team. From luxury splurges to note
Read this article →30 December 16 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are groupe
Read with a free account →28 December 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 mon
Read with a free account →23 December 16 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are groupe
Read with a free account →21 December 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 mon
Read with a free account →14 December 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 mon
Read with a free account →07 December 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 mon
Read with a free account →30 November 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Want to help support LPB this holiday season? Check out our gift guide and do your Amazon shopping via our links! 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 mon
Read with a free account →23 November 16 · Gifts & Gear / Original Content
It’s true, writers can be difficult people to buy gifts for. What should you get for that person who is forever hunched over their laptop and if you get it wrong, will your mishap be immortalised in the lines of their next play? Well, with the festive season fast approaching, we
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