The BCG Pro Video Contest is looking for the best scripted video sketches, which are two minutes in length or shorter. Each month, a panel of judges will select a sketch, which will be awarded £100 and shared with over 150,000 comedy fans via British Comedy Guide’s social media platforms. Submissions which showcase a great funny …
Scriptwriters & Co’s Spring Scratch Night will take place online at 7pm GMT on Tuesday 21 March 2023. Their submissions window is open to writers anywhere in the world. This time they’re looking for original plays, screenplays or audio plays of 5-6 pages, on the theme of Truth or Dare. It’s free to submit. The prize? Up to ten winning pieces …
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TYPE! is a new, free bookmark magazine championing bold new writing. It is looking for short/micro plays or screenplays to feature in the next edition. Do you have a playlet or flash screenplay you would like to share? Send in your script (2-5 minutes in length), a brief bio and contact details via the TYPE! submissions page, …
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Director’s Cut Theatre Company’s Writers Club starts back in March in London, Brighton and online. Applications are only open three times a year so don’t miss the boat! This is an opportunity to keep developing your craft, build your community and experience, and have a lot of fun while doing so. The Writers Club is the …
The Eclipse Award aims to help UK Black artists and other artists who are also marginalised for their race, and who make boundary-pushing performance work, to undertake an Edinburgh Fringe run. The award is an initiative by Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall, and aims to support underrepresented artists presenting work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Who can apply? Artists based in the …
Platform Presents is receiving script submissions for its 2023 Playwright’s Prize, an open call for distinctive, dynamic, heart-stopping, extraordinary, wonderful plays. The annual prize and fundraiser is co-produced with Finite Films & TV, founded by Amy Gardner, and judged by a high profile group of industry experts. The winner receives £5,000 and mentoring to bring …
Author and actor Rebecca Humphries is running a short course on comedy writing with The Mono Box. Come and find your style, your comic voice, and have a giggle in this 3 part online course. Each week you’ll explore a new form of comic storytelling looking at each’s specific set of rules, picking up tips …
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The New American Full-Length Play competition has been created to support new plays. The competition is in line with The New American Theatre’s on-going commitment to inspire, educate and nurture artists and communities towards a thoughtful and humane world view through the art of story-telling. Since 1995, The New American Theatre has presented over 130 …
The Bomb Factory Theatre is a women-led emerging theatre company platforming work by women and non-binary identifying writers. They are looking to programme a selection of emerging women and non-binary identifying playwrights to create a piece of work using the provocation made by infamous influencer Molly Mae Hague: “Beyoncé has the same 24 hours in …
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