This writing contest is all about book blurbs. The twist? We want blurbs about completely made-up, nonexistent books. Get creative! Write and submit a back cover blurb of 100 words or fewer that sets the stage for a novel, establishes the characters, and raises the stakes in a way that makes readers want to find …
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SUBMISSIONS CALL-OUT FOR FEMALE IDENTIFYING PLAYWRIGHTS/WRITERS/PERFORMERS Empower Her Voice are looking for submissions from female-identifying writers for a fortnightly scratch night online. It will be a beautifully curated evening of different forms of theatre. Each fortnight, there will be a different theme. Each night will be a 1 hour mixed cultural show, with music interludes, filled …
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Script Submissions for ANPF 2021 Now Being Accepted Ashland, Oregon – Ashland New Plays Festival’s flagship Fall Festival is an international playwright competition that culminates in the reading of four new plays chosen from hundreds of submissions by a team of volunteer readers. This unique and much-loved event features professional actors from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Southern Oregon University’s Theatre Department, the …
Ashland New Plays Festival open for submissions ($20 entry fee/ $1500 prize) Read More »
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Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award #2 Description: Theatre Uncut has announced their second Political Playwriting …
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There is now an opportunity to get your creative writing published in an exciting new venue (Extinction Rebellion’s Creative Hub). Send them your poetry, prose, scripts or songs on the subject of the current climate crisis and possible aftermaths. To see pieces already published and submission guidelines go to xrcreative.org and then create something from …
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Tanaka Mhishi (OFFIE Nominated Writer) will be running a “Pay What You Can” workshop for KickItDown Productions. About: Some of the best plays require us to tackle subjects which can be difficult and traumatic, and all too often we find ourselves unsure of how to handle them. This workshop is an opportunity for us to …
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The Introductory Writers’ Groups are opportunity for writers with little or no experience and lots of raw talent to think more deeply about writing for theatre alongside a group of their peers, guided by experienced produced playwrights. The group meets one evening per week for eight weeks and the content of the sessions is determined …
Hi! GhostCow Productions is a new North West based production company, and they are running an online scratch event at the moment where they share a new prompt each week for people to write a short monologue to be performed. This week the prompt is ‘How to change your life’ and they will be putting …
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The accomplished playwriting competition is now open for 2020 to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK, for the best original, for a new stage play in English. Find out all the details and apply here. Deadline: 31 July 2020 Source: Playwriting UK Facebook Group
