Opportunities

Opportunities weekly round-up: 25 April 2014

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). Rosebery Management accepting short film scripts for 30th anniversary – Deadline: none posted New York Television Festival at BAFTA Forum – Deadline: event scheduled for 25 April 2014 Chesil Theatre Company accepting …

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Play Submissions Helper publishes contests with May (and late-April) deadlines

Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in late-April and May 2014. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to peruse the whole list you can find it here. …

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2014 William Saroyan Prize for Human Rights / Social Justice ($10,000 prize, $20 entry fee)

The new revised mission of the 2014 William Saroyan $10,000 Playwriting Award invites stimulating new works that explore socially and politically charged themes about Human Rights /Social Justice. Their aim is to harness theatre’s ability to make a relevant impact on our global society today. They are looking for insightful and engaging plays that imaginatively …

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Bare Fiction Magazine accepting submissions of short plays for June 2014 issue

Bare Fiction Magazine is currently accepting submissions of short plays for its June 2014 issue. What they’re looking for:  In their own words: “We want our readers to discover genre-defying boldness from exciting writers in poetry, fiction and plays, literary review, interviews and commentary. To that end, we need prose, poetry and play texts that …

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Opportunities weekly round-up: 18 April 2014

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). Rosebery Management accepting short film scripts for 30th anniversary – Deadline: none posted Ticket to Write seeking one act plays about the Beatles (£20 fee) – Deadline: 18 April 2014 What’s Funny… …

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Tamasha seeking submissions for scratch night

  Tamasha is now seeking submissions for its next Scratch event on Friday, 20 June 2014 at Rich Mix, E1. Scratch nights provide an opportunity for artists to showcase their work in a professional setting to a public audience. This enables the artists to test out their work and to receive feedback to further develop …

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BBC Writersroom/ IdeasTap writing workshop

BBC Writersroom are giving 40 aspiring screen, stage and radio writers the opportunity to attend a practical, hands-on workshop at The Lowry, Salford. It will take place on Tuesday 8 July 2014. The workshop will take place from 2pm to 5pm, with a free lunch being served at 1pm for all attendees. The workshop will …

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Rosebery Management accepting short film scripts for 30th anniversary

In celebration of their 30th anniversary, Rosebery Management is producing a series of short films & are currently looking for screenplay submissions. These scripts must be written for film, be no longer than five minutes in length & must be around a theme of 30 and should also be set in London. How to apply: …

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Pint-sized Plays 2014 – open for submissions (entry fee)

Pint-sized Plays is now in its seventh year and recognised as one of the leading international competitions for short 5-10 minute plays.  The 2014 competition is now open. Plays can be poignant, funny or downright hilarious, but they have to be between 5 and 10 minutes long with only two or three characters and be …

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BAFTA Rocliffe accepting scripts for comedy showcase (entry fee)

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Rocliffe today announced a call for scripts from emerging comedy screenwriters for two BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase events. The successful writers will showcase their work for some of the biggest names in the UK and US television industry at two major international television festivals: …

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