For the second year BBC Radio has joined forces with BBC Writersroom to launch The Writer’s Prize: an innovative and prestigious new writing award for Radio Drama. The Writer’s Prize wants to commission the best ideas across the Radio 3 and 4 networks. They are looking for bold, original new stories with characters that will …
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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). Hampshire County Council seeking Writer in Residence (paid) – Deadline: 22 August 2014 Freelance scriptwriters required for children’s educational project (paid) – Deadline: 22 August 2014 Writer in Residence, Plymouth University and Literature Works – Deadline: 26 …
Three IdeasTap members will receive six months of mentoring from development executive Alexandra Arlango (Cowboy Films, Ruby Films, Qwerty Films) with the aim of producing a first draft screenplay ready to be sent to agents and producers by the end of the mentoring period. This brief is aimed at people intending to develop a new …
Behind The Bikeshed are a London based non-profit sketch collective. Off the back of their sell-out show in May, “Midnight in the Garden” they are now back with a new show for October and they want to showcase your sketches! This time they are looking for any sketches inspired by any song of the Beatles, …
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If you’re 16-26 years old, the Soho Theatre’s Writers’ Lab gives you the chance to develop and refine your writing voice. Meeting once a month, on Tuesday evenings through the academic year, each Lab session gives you support, inspiration and guidance from our course leaders and members of Soho’s Artistic Team. Throughout the year guest practitioners host one-off sessions and participants …
Soho Young Writers Company open for submissions – deadline Monday! (ages 16-26) 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). Growing Stage seeking plays for young audiences for 4th Annual New Play-Reading Festival (New Jersey, USA) – Deadline: 15 August 2014 London Horror Festival seeking radio drama submissions for Stage Fright Radio Horror Competition …
Words and Women is launching ‘About,’ an exciting new writing commission to create 4 texts for performance and the page. The Arts Council funded project will help develop work which explores the life of women and their relationship to place within the East of England. The commission means 4 women writers, selected through an open competition, …
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IdeasTap have launched their latest Editor’s Brief which as usual, is open to all ages and disciplines. There will be first (£250), second (£100) and third (£50) prizes in each category (audio/video, writing and visual art/photographs. The Brief: It’s a warm summer’s morning. Your green 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible is purring on the drive, and …
IdeasTap Editors Brief: accepting submissions on ‘Road Trip’ theme 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). Skylight Theatre seeking plays for Postscript series at the Drayton Arms – Deadline: 10 August 2014 The Peckham Pelicam seeking playwrights for ‘Etch’ Scratch Night in September – Deadline: 11 August 2014 Growing Stage seeking plays …
The TS Eliot Commissions are now in their second year and if you’ve got a story to tell they want to hear from you. In 2013 they commissioned plays that explored topics such as dystopian future governments, the big bang theory and monogamy in gay relationships. They want writers with big ideas who can tell stories with heart, …
T.S. Eliot Commissions open for submissions, Old Vic New Voices Read More »
