Function Factory Theatre are seeking three new scripts to stage as rehearsed readings in North West England, in Autumn 2014, through the Rebel Voices Playwriting Competition. Three selected writers will get the chance to workshop their scripts with a director and actors before being performed in 2 studio venues. At these venues, audiences will be …
The Space Prize for digital innovation is for new ways to explore original digital theatre to be showcased on The Space. The £20,000 prize money is to be given to the theatre company that produces the most original digital theatre idea. BBC Writersroom and The Space have created a new theatre award to recognise innovation and explore the concept of …
The Fred Ebb Award 2014 is currently open for submissions. Details about the award and previous winners can be found on the Fred Ebb Foundation website. Eligibility: Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team wishing to create work for the musical theatre, and must not yet have achieved significant commercial success. How to …
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The London Horror Festival, the UK’s festival of horror in the performing arts, are once again teaming up with award-winning audio drama producers The Wireless Theatre Company to produce the Stage Fright horror radio competition. They are accepting submissions from writers at all levels of experience, from veteran scriptwriters to first time scribes, challenging you …
The Arch and Bruce Foundation is currently accepting submissions for its 2014 Playwriting Competition. What to submit: All works must concern LGBT (lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender) life and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art or event. See What Is Historical? for more information. All works submitted (full–length dramas, comedies, musicals, …
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The Comedy Unit and Huffington Post are now accepting entries for the 2014 Funny Women Comedy Writing Awards. This is an opportunity to develop a half-hour comedy series for television. Eligibility: This opportunity is open to female writers only. As part of Funny Women’s dedication to new talent, only those who have not previously had …
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Sterts’ One Act Play Writing Competition is now in its third year. This event is organised to promote and encourage new play-writing talent and has proved to be very successful in producing an ever increasing high standard of writing. The challenge is to produce a thirty minute one act play for four characters. Entrants must …
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The New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest is an international playwriting contest developed in 2003 to bring works of social significance to the general public, works that might not otherwise have the opportunity to be presented. The contest receives mentorship and interns from Merit Theater and Film Group, Inc. (MTF), a Theater and Film organization that helps theatrical and film artists develop their …
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An annual prize of $1,000 from Hidden River Arts, a literary arts organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be given in the following categories: (1) to the best unpublished short story or novel excerpt (2) the best unproduced full-length play. Eligibility: Submissions are welcomed from from writers in English anywhere in the world. Any previously unpublished …
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The Shore Screenwriting Competition is currently accepting submissions of short and feature length films. The competition provides the opportunity to have your script read by professional production companies. What you pay: There are three different deadlines, with different fees. 1 March – 31 May: Early Bird Deadline £25 1 June – 31 July: Regular Deadline …
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