Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 26 July 2024

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London Playwrights’ Member Opportunities

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Members Submission Window: new rolling process!

 

London Playwrights announce partnership with Pathway Theatre’s Hatch & Scratch

London Playwrights News & Projects

Summer Playwriting: Inspiration straight to your inbox – sign up now!

 

Members’ Monologue Showcase. Watch now!

 

New! Digital Workshops from London Playwrights – available now!

 

The Literary Series: Interviews with Literary Managers, Dramaturgs and New Work Associates [includes interviews with the National Theatre, RSC, Royal Exchange & more!]

 

Pay it Forward for Playwrights: A new initiative to help support writers

  

Playwriting Real-life: London Playwrights Podcast live now! NEW EPISODE – Interview with Kelly Long from Pathway Theatre

Members’ Zoom Drop-in session: share your work, meet other writers – NEXT MEETUP: 10 JULY 

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Full 8 sessions available now! Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure 

The LPW Guide to Formatting your Stage Play – Available to download

 

 

 

 

 


Digital Resources

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Latest News

 

Explained: How to increase your membership amount – London Playwrights

 

ChewBoy Productions: George Bailey on filming theatre shows

WALKING PLAYS: New app bringing London’s streets to life

DH Ensemble & Solar Bear: (Un)scripted – a series of short films focused on exploring the possibilities of working with deaf and hearing artists

Playwrights and Policy by Jane Woddis

300 Thoughts for Theatremakers: Writing for the Screen

Chewboy Productions: HARPOCRATES (or, how to run away quietly) – a short film available to watch now

Lewis Aaron Wood’s New Writers Newsletter


Opportunities Listings 

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Digital & Audio & Screen Opportunities

We’ve listed digital opportunities divided into those with deadlines, rolling deadlines, , and online workshops. Scroll down for live performance opportunities and in person workshops.  

Film Hub South West & BFI NETWORK | New Voices: Step Up – Deadline: 5 August 2024

The Kay Mellor Fellowship – Deadline: 31 August 2024

Act Bedford and Content Created – Radio Theatre For The Mind’s Eye – Deadline: 8 September 2024

Rolling deadlines:

Bookmark magazine TYPE! Accepting submissions of flash fiction, poetry, six-word stories, micro-plays, micro-screenplays, and illustrations – Deadline: rolling

Creative Debuts – Working Class Creatives Grant – Deadline: rolling

BBC Upload – Deadline: rolling

British Comedy Guide – Pro Video Contest Various throughout the year

Box of Tricks’ PlayMakers Network- a creative home for Northern playwrights – Deadline: not applicable

New Hope Creative Group presents a new scratch night for black writers – Deadline: rolling

Frequency Theatre Open to Unsolicited Script Submissions (Audio Plays Only) (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling

New writing project for Heckington Living Radio (unpaid) – Deadline: none posted

Add Your Shows and Theatre Resources to Thespie (unpaid)- Deadline: rolling

Scenesaver – digital performance platform – Deadline: rolling

Online Courses and Workshops

BBC Writers Digital Sessions for Screenwriting Students – Dates: various

Bruntwood Prize – LAUNCHING: 9 Months To Birth Your Play – Dates: various

Omnibus launch 1:1 Wednesday Chats with Artistic Director Marie McCarthy – Dates: various, Wednesdays

Theatre503’s Writing Masterclasses – Dates: various

Kali Playwrights Forum Date: 29 June 2023 and then every two months

Paines Plough – Open Writer’s Labs Deadline: not specified

The Writers Hour- virtual writing sprints by London Writers’ Salon – Daily

1×1 intuitive writing sessions with Sarah Congress Dates: various

London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: TV Writing – Deadline: 18 September 2024

Let’s Write a Ten-Minute Play! with Sarah Congress (via Zoom) Date: 21 September 2024

Flux Writers Membership

Playwright and former Space Theatre script reader Scott Younger is offering feedback on stage plays (small fee payable) – Deadline: not applicable

Big Fish Productions writing group – Dates: Every Friday

Part of the Main: Part of the Grid back with new online workshops – Dates: various

NT Playwriting Masterclasses – Dates: various

New Earth academy plus- for BESEA artists – Various/ also in-person events

An Introduction to Screenwriting: online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia (no longer free, subscription costs apply)

LPW Members Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure  – Available now

LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop) – Available now

LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop) – Available now

LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops) – Available now

LPW: The Redrafting Toolkit – Available now

LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write –  Available now

LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist – Available now

 


Live playwriting Opportunities & Jobs

Listed in order of deadline, followed those with deadlines, and workshops & events. 

With deadlines:

Moya Jane Productions: Callout for Writers for Scratch Night Deadline: 26 July 2024

The Royal Court – Introduction to Playwriting group open for applications Deadline: 26 July 2024

Writer’s Block at the Birmingham Hippodrome – Deadline: 28 July 2024

Barnfield Theatre – Writing Residency -Deadline: 30 July 2024

LifeBox Theatre Ltd and No Loss Productions in conjunction with The Place Bedford | StageWrite Deadline: 31 July 2024

Soulspire Arts looking for writers/ performers for Roots & Connections: A scratch night of new work – Deadline: 5 August 2024

Shape Arts & The Literary Consultancy | Free Reads – Deadline: 6 August 2024

Polka Playwriting Award – Deadline: 20 August 2024

The Ilfeld Prize – Deadline: 1 September 2024

RSL Literature Matters Awards Deadline; 6 September 2024

Yale Drama Series Opens for Submissions! Deadline: 8 September 2024

Hepburn Books: Call for Submissions – ERRATUM – Deadline: 25 September 2024 or when 250 submissions are received

People’s Play Award Deadline: 30 September 2024

Bruntwood Prize 2025 9 January 2025

Rolling & Unspecified deadlines: 

Applications Open for Royal Exchange Young Company Writers! Deadline: not specified

Claybody Theatre Search for Stories about Stoke-on-Trent Grandmothers! Deadline: not specified

Reflex Theatre Call for New Acts Deadline: rolling

Old Red Lion Theatre available slots for hire on Sundays – Deadline: not applicable

London Playwrights: Members’ Submission Window 2023: New Rolling Process!  Deadline: rolling

INK: Free Script Writing Courses – Dates: various

London Fringe Theatres Open Slots + Submissions Deadlines: various

Off The Page: bi-monthly script readings at The Bridge House Theatre, Penge – Deadline: rolling

Old Red Lion Theatre – Space availabe for August and September Deadline: not specified

London Pub Theatres Magazine Seeking Review Writers Deadline: rolling

Mental Rebellion seeking writers – Deadline: not specified

Go Try Play Write – monthly playwriting contest – Deadline: monthly

Heads or Tales? Monthly Scratch Night (Scottish & Irish Writers) Deadline: monthly events

Production Proposal Submissions – The King’s Head Theatre – Deadline: not specified

Finborough Theatre | Open Script Submissions Deadline: rolling

Anthroplay Theatre Scratch night Deadline: rolling/ monthly

Barons Court- Sunday Fix scratch night – Deadline: not specified

Royal Exchange Theatre ELDERS COMPANY opportunities Deadline: not specified

Unbound – reader-funded pitches – Deadline: none posted

Fifth Word – Submit your Play (paid if produced) – Deadline: not specified

The Hope Theatre seeking plays for new programme (profit share) – Deadline: not specified

Think Shorts – Free Short film listing (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling

Fearless: Danse Macabre Productions Free Script Reading for Horror Scripts (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling

BBC Comedy Association plans unveiled – Deadline: not applicable

Calling members of the Neurodivergent Theatre Community – Deadline: not applicable

The Swiss Church London offering subsided space for artists – Deadline: not applicable

London Pub Theatres seeking new reviewers (unpaid) – Deadline: none posted

The New Works Playhouse accepting submissions (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling

The Royal Court now accepting online submissions – Deadline: rolling

John Byrne Award monthly competition for creative work (prize £250) – Deadline: monthly

Brush Stroke Order now offering bursaries for script reading services – Deadline: rolling

Peggy Ramsay Foundation: Grant for writers – Deadline: rolling

Tutti Creative Space: cheap rehearsal space – Deadline: not applicable

Newsthump looking for spoof news writers (paid) – Deadline: ongoing

Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various

Live events and in person workshops:

Nick Hern Books: Big Bargain Bookshop at the Bush – pop-up bookshop 26 & 27 July Deadline: 26 & 27 July 2024

Crafting Compelling Dialogue for TV & Film: A 6 Week Course with Tom Hunsinger – Deadline: 9 September 2024

Red Ladder Launch New Courses for Leeds and West Yorkshire Writers Dates: various

Sign Up to the Bread & Roses Theatre Writers Membership! – Dates: not applicable/ various events

Stoke The Embers Festival and Workshops Dates: various

BBC Writers @ The Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Dates: 2nd – 26 August 2024

Writing On The Wall | Write To Work 2024 – Dates: various

Liverpool’s Royal Court – Stage Write Nights Dates: various

Drama Spring Courses from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Dates: various

Womxn Who Make Funny Films – Dates: various

The Tron – Pay What You Want workshops Dates: various

Developing a Character – Workshop with Playwright Karen Cecilia in Athens, Greece – Dates: see website

Messy Writers: Monthly London Meet-Ups – Dates: monthly

Royal Exchange Collective Membership- for under 26’s Deadline: not applicable

New Earth academy plus- for BESEA artists – Various/ also online

Manchester Screenwriting Meet Up – Dates: various (alternates between in person in  and Zoom)

BBC & NFTS – BBC Scholarships – Dates: various

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