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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). 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).
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Featured posts:
LPW Members: Online Workshop – The Re-drafting Toolkit
Why The Opportunities You Don’t Take Are Just As Important As The Ones You Do
A Writer’s Guide To Producing Your Own Work
How To Put On A Scratch Night: A Chat With The AD of Little Pieces of Gold
LPW Online Book Club – This Wide Night
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Nick Darke Writers’ Award 2018 open for submissions of stage plays (£6000 prize)
Pursued By A Bear: “What’s the best day job for a recent graduate who wants to write?”
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper: 46 Opportunities with May deadlines – Deadlines : various throughout May
Hence seeking scripts on ‘Redemption’ for new writing night – Deadline: 11 May 2018 at 5pm
RBL Theatre Company accepting submissions for Off The Block writing competition – Deadline: 11 May 2018
The Pleasance accepting submissions for scratch night – Deadline: 13 May 2018
Journeys Festival seeking writers from refugee backgrounds (paid) – Deadline: 14 May 2018
The Arden School of Theatre seeking shorts for The Arden Fringe – Deadline: 14 May 2018
Arts Council England – Development grants available for individuals – Deadline: 16 May 2018
Off the Cliff seeking shorts inspired by Metamorphoses – Deadline: 17 May 2018
Persistent and Nasty seeking 15-30 min scripts from female-identified artists (Glasgow) – Deadline: 18 May 2018 at 5pm
Actor Awareness seeking short plays on LGBTQ theme – Deadline: 19 May 2018
The After School Club seeking new plays – Deadline: 20 May 2018
The Comedy Crowd seeking 2 minute videos for Chorts – Deadline: 21 May 2018
Nick Darke Writers’ Award 2018 open for submissions of stage plays (£6000 prize) – Deadline: 21 May 2018
How to Pitch for TV: Networking event for disabled writers – Deadline: 21 May 2018
University of Worcester seeking playwright for commission (paid)- Deadline: 23 May 2018
The Hope Theatre accepting submissions for Ink or Swim – Deadline: 26 May 2018
Introductory Groups at the Royal Court open for applications – Deadline: 29 May 2018
Brainchild seeking submissions for Hatch #8 at Southwark Playhouse– Deadline: 30 May 2018 at 10am
Punk Monkey Productions seeking one-act plays for PL.A.Y Noir (Los Angeles) – Deadline: 31 May 2018
Manhattan Repertory Theatre seeking playwrights who want to self-produce/finance their work (fees $795-$6,000) – Deadline: 31 May 2018
Bread & Roses Playwriting Award 2018 open for submissions– Deadline: 31 May 2018
BBC Essex Playwright of the Year – open for entries – Deadline: 1 June 2018
Aberrant Theatre seeking short horror plays – Deadline: 1 June 2018
Clapham Fringe seeking submissions – Deadline: 3 June 2018, but slots may be filled before this date
Gloucester Library call out for contributors for Mischief Makers Circus Day – Deadline: 4 June 2018
Brainchild seeking submissions for Hatch #9 at Brainchild Festival – Deadline: 13 June 2018
The Lancaster Playwriting Prize open for submissions (BAMER writers/ North West)– Deadline: 22 June 2018
Carrot Napper Productions seeking 5 minute pieces for fundraiser in Derbyshire – Deadline: 30 June 2018
Open Call for Plays to be Staged in WRiTEON Festival- Deadline: 1 July 2018
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest open for submissions ($25 entry fee) – Deadline: 2 July 2018
Saw It Here First Productions seeking shorts for scratch night – Deadline: 4 July 2018
Mercury/ Weinberger Playwriting Prize 2018 announced! – Deadline: 20 July 2018
Edgemar Center for the Arts seeking new plays for 2018 season – Deadline: 22 July 2018
Kali Theatre Discovery Programme open for applications (women writers of South Asian descent) – Deadline: 24 July 2018
Sterts one-act play competition (£8 entry/ £100 prize) – Deadline: 31 July 2018
Audiojam Flash Fiction Competition open for submissions – Deadline: 31 July 2018
‘Write Here! Write Now!’ Contexture Theatre seeking 20 min plays for Herts & Essex Playwriting Festival – Deadline: 31 July 2018
Bench Theatre One Act play competition open for submissions – Deadline: 17 August 2018
Independent International Award for Improper Dramaturgy «Neem-2018» (2000 ruble prize) – Deadline: 1 September 2018
The Book Pipeline seeking source material to adapt ($65 entry, $10,000 prize) – Deadline: 15 November 2018
365 Women a Year Playwriting Project – Deadline: 31 December 2018
Dwell Time – Penistone Train Line Newspaper: seeking submissions – Deadline: 31 December 2018
Events and workshops:
Royal Court announce series of workshops for women – Dates TBC
Bloomsbury Publishing: How to get your play published (view live stream of talk) – Online resource
Free writing workshops with Papatango’s GoWrite – Dates: various
WGGB launches FREE Musical Theatre Kit – Online resource
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia – Ongoing, sign up any time
Writers’ Support Group (Manchester)– Mondays 6pm-8pm
Have your work read at the South London Writers’ Group – 30 May & 2 June 2018
Science Fiction Theatre Research Lab open for bookings – Course starts 21 May 2018
‘Starting to write a play’ Arvon Course with Tanika Gupta (£720-£770) – 28 May – 2 June 2018
#TakeUpSpace Script Club at Royal Court – Liberian Girl – 30 May 2018
Bloomsbury Institute event: Julius Caesar and Me with Paterson Joseph- Date; 31 May 2018 at 6pm
Unblock your Creativity: Writing workshop with Eirini Dermitzaki – Date: 3 June 2018
‘The Need To Knows’ Workshops with Theatre Deli – Date: 4 June 2018 at 6.30pm
Omnibus Writers Group open for bookings – Date: Monday evenings, 4 June 2018 – 9 July 2018
Squint Writers’ Group with Lee Anderson open for bookings (£90) – Starts 6 June 2018 (runs for 4 consecutive Wednesdays)
BBC announce TV Writers’ Festival– Date: 6 June 2018
Write a ONE act play in ONE week: Workshop with Kim Komljanec – 15-20 June 2018
Workshop with Simon Stephens in Milan (£150) – 16-17 June 2018
#TakeUpSpace Script Club at Royal Court – Portia Coughlan – 27 June 2018
Play in a Day Workshop with Royal Court #TakeUpSpace – 7 July 2018
#TakeUpSpace Script Club at Royal Court – Girl in the Machine – 25 July 2018
Applications open for the John Retallack Playwriting Course 2018-2019 – Deadline: 31 July 2018 (for September start)
CAMP writing workshop with John Burgess (£1,119 – bursaries available) – 8-12 August 2018
Ongoing submissions:
Manchester ADP seeking scripts to produce – Deadline: Rolling
The Questors Theatre Ealing accepting submissions for staged readings – Deadline: None posted
Sparks – HighTide’s new script submission process – Deadline: Weekly, follow them on Twitter for updates
Attic Theatre seeking musicals for 2019 tour – Deadline: None posted
React Scratch inviting writers to share work at monthly scratch night – Deadline: Rolling
Out of Joint launches Writers Room for London Uni Students: Submit your work to the London Student Drama Festivalplaywrights – Deadline: Rolling
Drama Notebook seeking short plays for kids and teens (paid) – Deadline: None posted
Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Play Production Programme – Deadline: Ongoing
Aurora Metro Books seeks British East Asian plays for publication – Deadline: Ongoing
Middle Child Theatre seeking scripts to commission – Deadline: None posted
Ugly Duck offering cheap rehearsal space in Docklands – next few months for Edinburgh Fringe– Deadline: None posted
Three opportunities with Alphabetti Theatre and rolling deadlines– Deadline: None posted
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers – Deadline: ongoing
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
Paines Plough accepting ongoing submissions – Deadline: rolling
BBC Comedy Classroom – Comedy writing resources for young people – Deadline: various
Online Masterclass with Aaron Sorkin on Screenwriting ($90) – Deadline: none posted
JW3 seeking submissions of pieces about Jewish culture – Deadline: rolling
BFI Postroom open to submissions of films and scripts from emerging filmmakers – Deadline: rolling
Opportunities to hear your play with Player Playwrights – Deadline: rolling
Online Playwriting Course with Live Theatre (£95-£495) – Deadline: rolling
Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Deadline: ongoing (monthly event)
The Institute of Other seeking creative practitioners – Deadline: none posted
White Hart Trust Studios seeking international and foreign language theatre – Deadline: none posted
Londonville Lit offering reading slots – Deadline: none posted
Orange Tea Theatre accepting submissions – Deadline: rolling
Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – Deadline: none posted
Everything Theatre accepting plays for podcast readings – Deadline: none posted
The Cockpit Theatre seeking work for scratch nights – Deadline: none posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month.
Shred Productions open to submissions – Deadline: none (open submissions)