Jack Pepper

What is it? Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays in English for the Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2020. One of the three scripts will be chosen for the £500 prize, judged on the writing …

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What is it? Theatre503 is an award-winning home of new writers and a launchpad for the artists who bring their words to life. They stage the work of more debut writers than any other theatre in the world and can now announce the re-opening of the Theatre503 Playwriting Award, their bi-annual search for the best …

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What is it?  Applications are now open for The Writing Squad – a two year programme that begins in April 2020. The Writing Squad is a group of motivated writers to help you develop your writing. They welcome writers of any formats – from poetry and prose, through film, stage and radio scripts, to games …

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What is it? ScriptSpace is an opportunity for playwrights to hear their work out loud and get instant feedback from the audience, actors and artistic team at the Space Theatre in London. Each play which is submitted is read by their team of readers and provided with a written  feedback report. Selected plays are offered a prepared …

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What is it? Writers based in the North of England are invited to submit their work-in-progress to the Northern Writers’ Awards 2020. The Northern Writers’ Awards are for work-in-progress and exist to recognise talent and support new work towards publication or broadcast. The awards are the largest of their kind in the UK and have …

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Matchstick Theatre are a small independent theatre company, set up in late 2015 and based in South East London. They are located in a new arts and theatre space, the Matchstick Piehouse in Deptford. They seek to make provocative, entertaining, unusual theatre for audiences in South London and beyond. They’re currently looking for new plays to …

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What is it?  The London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme, is open for submissions for the second year. The Programme offers writers one year’s membership of The London Library (which normally costs £540 per year) alongside writing development masterclasses, networking opportunities, peer support and guidance in use of the Library’s resources. The Programme will run from 13 May 2020 …

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What is it? Sunderland Culture’s Great Place Unify programme culminates in 2020 with the presentation of a community play that gathers Sunderland’s communities dreams for the future of the city. As a first step in this project, Sunderland Culture wishes to commission a north east based playwright to work with local residents and community groups …

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What is it?  The Alpine Fellowship 2020 is awarded annually for the best playwriting response to the year’s theme.  It is aimed at encouraging theatre writers at the start of their careers to explore and challenge philosophical ideas using the dramatic form. This year’s theme is Forgiveness and Retribution. The prize will be £3000 plus …

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