Attention all playwrights! You have less than a month left to submit your original play to the ETC/Kaplan Playwriting Competition. This is your chance to showcase your talent and win a share of over $1750 in prize money! The Eventide Theatre Company of Massachusetts is excited to host this annual competition, which aims to promote …
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Little Flix London is open for submissions for micro screenplays (1–7 pages). The BFI Inclusion Team and champion writers from global majority and working-class backgrounds support the festival. Selected writers will be part of a day of screenings, networking and industry access at BFI Stephen Street on 27 June 2026, with prizes including our Sleek awards. Applicants …
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We’re excited to launch a new Climate Playwriting Prize in partnership with our friends at the Shakespeare’s Globe and Fern Culture, championing playwrights who engage with the nature and climate crisis and uncovering the most exciting new works in this space. With this prize, we aim to empower the theatre industry into new climate conversations, …
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CALLOUT FOR WRITERS! Fight Like A Girl! is back! We’re bringing a new ‘Play In A Day’ to Slung Low in Leeds on the evening of Monday 13th July 2026 to raise even more money for Cancer Research UK! Writers scribble through the night to come up with scripts and then teams of directors and …
Award-Winning Playwright Isley Lynn will be leading a 3-hour online workshop on writing, an intensive look at story structure for anyone interested in theatre, storytelling and dramaturgy. Whether you want to develop a project already underway, use structural thinking to grow an idea and generate material, or just want to learn more about the architecture …
Due to the phenomenal feedback from audiences, critics and patrons alike, Women’s Voices Festival is returning for its 3rd consecutive year in 2027! Women’s Voices: A Celebration (WVAC) is a pioneering & inspiring festival to coincide with International Women’s Day. The event brings together a diverse & exceptional group of female artists from multiple art …
Script Lab is officially open for applications! We’re looking for bold new writers to shape an idea for a short film into a ready-to-shoot script. Script Lab is our annual programme for new writers which sees their idea develop into a short script that’s production ready. Writers work in groups, accompanied by a BFI Talent …
Live Writes is an event where a handful of writers chosen from an open submission window have their work performed in a scratch setting in our main theatre space in front of a panel of industry experts and a full house audience. Rehearsals, tech and performances all happen over one wild day, with no set …
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