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The Iskador Project | An Introduction to Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas for Emerging Theatre-makers As part of its upcoming artistic development scheme The Iskador Project, the Marylebone Theatre invites emerging theatre-makers to attend an introductory course on the Mystery Dramas of Rudolf Steiner. These four plays, written just over a century ago, are modern evolutions …
UMBRELLAS FOR FISH An International Journal of Absurd & Existential Drama We are now accepting submissions for our September 2026 Issue. Submission Deadline: August 25, 2026 Website: https://ufjournal.wixsite.com/umbrellas-for-fish/submissions Email: ufjournal@aol.com About the Journal Umbrellas for Fish is an international literary journal devoted exclusively to absurd and existential drama. We publish work that wrestles with the irrational, the …
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Award Eligibility and Criteria for Entry and online entry form. If you require the information in large text format click here. The winning writer will receive £3,000 and a 9-month mentoring programme with a leading Black British playwright. The competition is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK, and awarded …
The National Theatre has partnered with the Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation in committing to supporting playwrights. Celebrating the life and career of Sir Peter Shaffer, this partnership will continue his desire to support playwrights as they create larger scale plays. Awarding a total of seven commissions each year for playwrights from across the UK, …
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As part of our mission to discover, champion and support new writing in Liverpool, our annual Open Script Submissions window is an invitation for playwrights to send us their work and start a new conversation. We use this process as a way of building relationships with local writers, and can be a useful entry-point towards …
The Mercury Theatre is delighted to announce the launch of the inaugural Mercury Essex Playwrights Award! 🎉 The winner will receive: 💰 a full commission 🤝 dramaturgical support from the Mercury’s artistic team 🎭 and a fully staged production in the Mercury Studio during 2027 Supported by GreyFriars Hotel, this award marks a significant new …
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We are on the lookout for new and exciting authors in the commercial fiction space. If you’ve written a romance, crime thriller or historical fiction novel that you think could be the next bestseller, then we’d love to hear from you! In December after National Writing Month, Hodder’s digital list open submissions inbox was open …
Submissions are now OPEN for the Bill Cashmore Award: One Act Play Prize. The Bill Cashmore Award offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays by writers aged 18-30, to be professionally produced at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Bristol Old Vic. The two winning plays will run as a double bill and will …
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EMMY & Golden Globe Winning Judges will choose this year’s winners. Break into TV writing faster with the Shore Scripts TV Writer Mentorship Program—an exclusive opportunity designed to help you get staffed or sell your pilot. This isn’t a typical contest. It’s a career-launching experience that gives you direct access to the people who actually hire TV writers. …
