Spoken Word Event OPEN CALL! We’re looking for a new spoken word event for our Canada Water Theatre venue We’re offering a free 3-hour slot in our 150-seat theatre with venue hire, duty manager, technician, and front of house all provided in-kind. All you need is your vision ✨ Whether you run a long-standing night …
Are you a queer poet? Are you based in the UK? Are you yet to have your first collection published? Then send us a poem. Poems must be unpublished and a maximum of thirty lines. Selected poets will receive payment and be published in the Bold Queer Poetry Anthology, alongside work from poets �including Joelle …
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NOVA 2026/27 is now open for applications! We’re looking for South Asian playwrights ready to imagine the next 50 years of storytelling. Selected writers will receive a paid seed commission of £1,500, mentoring, dramaturgical support, and the opportunity to develop their work with Tara Theatre. If your work explores futurism, speculative fiction, new worlds, or …
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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. …
Writing East Midlands: How to get funding as a writer online panel Read More »
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 …
