Find out how to get funding as a writer! ✍️ In this informative panel, we’ll be talking about the two main Arts Council funds for writers: DYCP and Project Grants! 📝 With insights from ACE Literature Relationship Manager for the Midlands, Peter Stones; ACE Access Support Team member, Luke Moore; and DYCP recipient, Chloë Clarke. …
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Submissions are open for the 2026-2027 Emerging Playwrights Lab! WHAT IS THE LAB? The IAMA EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS LAB is an artistic home for early-career and emerging Los Angeles-based playwrights. Over the course of this one-year residency, the writers will meet on a monthly basis, to share and develop a new full-length play in a peer-guided …
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Wolverhampton Literature Festival Programme accepting proposals for 2027 . At Wolverhampton Literature Festival, we are dedicated to championing the creative voices of Wolverhampton and the West Midlands. We aim to share diverse stories and showcase the talents of our creative communities. 2027, will see the 10th An niversary of the Festival and we will be …
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We’re delighted to be partnering with Push the Boat Out Festival in selecting the 2027 New Writers Award for Spoken Word. All Spoken Word shortlisted applicants will be invited to perform an excerpt from their application sample at the festival on Thursday 12 November 2026, in front of an enthusiastic audience and our panellists. Following this performance, the panel will discuss further before selecting the …
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Give your play a summer glow up! Join us this summer for redrafting prompts, inspiration, advice – all straight to your inbox. Spend the summer getting your play submission ready. How it works: simply click here to sign up to the Big Summer Redraft Mailing List. From 20th July, you’ll receive weekly emails, resources, and …
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Entries are open for The People’s Play Award: A Playwriting Competition for Northern Writers. The Award is from the People’s Theatre in Newcastle and is for playwrights from the North of England who are yet to have a full-length play performed professionally. One winning script will be chosen for a five-night production by the People’s Theatre in …
Spend a week working on your script with industry led expert guidance. Your host is Sara Murray, who has over twenty years experience in developing, script editing and producing TV drama, including EastEnders, Top Boy and The Feed. Most recently Head of Scripted at Raw TV and previously in C4’s drama commissioning team. The Rewrite …
Some of the most brilliant plays and shows of our time began life in a different form: Baby Reindeer (play to TV series), Normal People (book to TV series) and War Horse (book to play). And yet the craft of adaptation is an often-overlooked part of the development process. Over the course of this week, helmed by award-winning writer David Eldridge and industry …
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Back by popular demand – and NEW and IMPROVED! If you want to redraft your play with practical masterclasses, tailored feedback, and dramaturgical support, read on! Led by experienced dramaturg and scriptwriter, Kimberley Andrews, this course will give you the tools to unlock the full potential of your play through masterclasses, one-to-one feedback, mentoring and …
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