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: Talawa Seeking Theatre Makers Aged 18-25 for TYPT 16 Description: If you are aged 18 – 25, …
Lit Up! and Poole Libraries are delighted to announce they are seeking to appoint a freelance Writer in Residence to work with libraries, staff and visitors in the summer of 2016. It’s envisaged the successful candidate will deliver workshops that interact with current library initiatives, such as Summer Reading Challenge (http://www.poole.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/children-and-family/summer-reading-challenge/) and the Read …
Writer in Residence required for Lit Up! Festival (Poole) Read More »
Tetrad are excited to announce a brand new opportunity for artists and creative writers. Tetrad are happy to announce that they will be releasing an online digital magazine in autumn 2016, and are on the lookout for contributions that fit the Brief: The Drawing Board. Tetrad’s first magazine aims to be artist led where …
Tetrad: The Drawing Board – Open Call for Proposals Read More »
Submissions are now being accepted for the Sultan Padamsee Award for Playwriting, 2016. The deadline is 31 August, 2016 and entrants should be ‘a person of Indian origin from any country’. The organisers are looking for plays 75 – 120 mins in duration and the works must be in English and be unproduced, unperformed and …
Plays are meant to be seen and heard, not read by oneself! This playreading group is an inspiring way to get a feel for plays you have not seen and start to enter and inhabit the world of that play. Participants can attend on a drop-in basis to discover a new play or can attend …
London Contemporary Play reading workshops for actors and writers Read More »
Musical Theatre Studio is a platform for developing new musical theatre before it hits the West End. “We launch our first Musical Theatre Studio presentations on 22, 23, and 24 July 2016 in collaboration with The Space theatre. This is an amazing opportunity for musical theatre makers and performers to show their ideas and try-out …
Shonibare Studio is the studio of artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. The studio also hosts a project space that serves a laboratory of artistic experimentation. Guest Projects is an initiative concieved by Shonibare Studio (UK) to offer an opportunity for projects of any artistic discipline (dance, visual arts, music, film screenings, seminars and talks on any subject) to …
Shonibare Studio open to proposals from guest artists for 2017 Read More »
Each year, the Foundation of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. The competition is designed to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30, and to offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting. Entrants are asked …
2016 Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award Read More »
Ignite Theatre is seeking script submissions for its 2017 season. What to submit: Plays should be 70-90 minutes in length, and must not have been submitted or produced elsewhere. (You can check out their company aims for a clearer idea of what they’re looking for.) How to apply: Email subject lines must be in the …
Ignition Playwriting Competition from Ignite Theatre (£100 prize) Read More »
Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Opportunities are grouped into four sections: 1) Pick of the Week & featured posts; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing opportunities (No deadline). Want to be sure you never miss …
