Opportunities

Salt Circle Productions – Writer Call Out: To Whom it May Concern (Unpaid)

WRITER CALL OUT for our 12th ‘To Whom It May Concern’ Please send your 5 minute monologue submission to us by 5.00pm 17th of September to info@saltcircleproductions.com Subject line ‘TWIMC 12-Writer- insert your name’ Please specify if you would like to perform the piece yourself or have us audition someone. We are so excited to …

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Jerwood Fellowships – New Writing North

The Jerwood Fellowships at New Writing North are now open for entries until 15 October! Three awardees will receive £10,000 cash, mentoring, and a year-long bespoke package of support. This opportunity is open to early career published writers of fiction, narrative non-fiction and poetry, currently living anywhere in the North of England. With a focus …

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New Earth Theatre – Playwriting Masterclasses

As part of the Cultivate Workshops Series, the October Playwriting Masterclasses are now on sale 🎭 A series of four online masterclasses led by ESEA playwrights who explore the making of theatre inspired by historical events and figures. There will be a focus on ESEA history and erased, marginalised or “forgotten” stories. The workshops will …

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Writer Mind Out Theatre (Paid)

We are seeking a talented Writer to work with our young people’s focus group to develop their vision for a new online Choose Your Own Adventure experience, Second Nature, in partnership with The Broadway Cinema in Nottingham. KEY INFORMATION AT A GLANCE: Total fee: £1,500.00 Type of engagement: Temporary freelance – you will be responsible …

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New Writing North | Channel 4 Northern Talent Network: Script Hubs

In partnership with Channel 4, New Writing North’s Script Hubs provide peer support and networking to writers across the North looking to take their career in TV forward. Their next application window is open to all writers living in Cumbria and members of the global majority across the North of England. Over a five-month period, ten writers …

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Live Theatre | The North East Playwriting Award

Applications are now open for Live Theatre’s North East Playwriting Award, open to all writers over the age of 16 who are from, living or working in the North East of England. Playwrights of all levels, new to established, are invited to submit their plays between Fri 1 Aug 2025 until 5pm on Fri 31 Oct …

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 29 August 2025

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RSC: Playwright open call for new COHORT programme

After their announcement in 2024, our Writers-in-Residence Zoe Cooper and Stewart Pringle have launched our first COHORT programme for playwrights. Inspired by Sir Peter Hall’s founding vision of a ‘company’ of actors who share life and the experience of Stratford-upon-Avon with one another as they work, the artist-led playwrighting programme will bring together six professional playwrights between 14 …

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Scriptwriters & Co | Scratch Night Submissions

S&CO’s Summer Scratch Night willtake place online from 7-10.30pm BST onTuesday 23 September 2025. Submissions are open for writers anywhere in the world. This time they’re looking for original plays, screenplays or audio plays of 5-10 pages, based on the prompt ‘Yesterday’, ‘Today’ or ‘Tomorrow’ – or a combination of those three words. It’s free to submit and attend (one script per entrant). The …

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