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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline).
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Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Criterion New Writing Programme
Please also check out our big news of the week – Introducing London Playwrights’ Workshop, an extension and development of our existing work for writers!
Opportunities with deadlines:
2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition for short screenplays ($40 entry fee, $10,000 grand prize) – Deadline: 15 October 2015 (regular deadline fee); 15 November 2015 (final deadline fee)
SCRIPT LAB Playwriting Competition – open to writers from Beds/Bucks/Herts – Deadline: 15 November 2015
The Screen Arts Institute Talent Programme BAME Fellowship – Deadline: 15 November 2015
Sci Fest LA 2016 accepting submissions of short plays ($10 fee) – Deadline: 15 November 2015
The Owl and Cat Theatre (Melbourne) seeking provocative new plays – Deadline: 16 November 2015
HM Prison Ford recuiting a short-term writer in residence (paid) – Deadline: 16 November 2015
Whose London is it Anyway – seed commissions call out from Camden People’s Theatre (BAME writers) – Deadline: 18 November 2015 5pm
White Rabbit seeking ghost stories for ‘Are You Sitting Comfortably?’ – Deadline: 20 November 2015
Rose Unfolds Scratch Nights at Rose Playhouse Bankside – Deadline: 20 November 2015
Submissions are open for Etch Theatre Company’s Scratch Night 009 – Deadline: 20 November 2015
Doggerland – open call for new writers – Deadline: 22 November at 11.59pm
Call out for applications to ‘Women in The Spotlight’ funded residential at Arvon (for LGBT+ or BAME women) – Deadline: 23 November 2015
Verbal Theatre accepting submissions for event in Sheffield – Deadline: 23 November 2015
BFI Film Academy Residential Programme in Screenwriting (for writers age 16-19, £50 fee to attend) – Deadline: 30 November 2015
Saving Endangered Species (SES) International Playwriting Prize (California, $100 prize) – Deadline: 30 November 2015
2015 TF Evans Shaw Society £500 Writing Award (entry £8/£5) – Deadline: 30 November 2015
Pokfulam Rd Productions seeking submissions for The Pit Part I new writing night on theme of “Hidden Vice” – Deadline: 1 December 2015
Criterion New Writing 2016 programme open to applications – Deadline: 1 December 2015
Theatre InspiraTO’s 11th Playwriting Contest is Now Open – Deadline: 1 December 2015
Punk Monkey Productions accepting 10-20 page submissions for PL.A.Y Noir (Los Angeles) – Deadline: 1 December 2015
Just Some Theatre Company – call out for sketches – Deadline: 1 December 2015
Twisted Showcase: One Minute Horrors – accepting scripts – Deadline: 3 December 2015
‘The Lumen’ Journal Call For Submissions: Summer 2016 – Deadline: 4 December 2015
Applications open for 2016 Jessie Kesson Fellowship – Deadline: 4 December 2015
Just Some Theatre seeking new writers for script development – Deadline: 5 December 2015
Steyning Festival seeking unperformed plays of up to 40 minutes (South East Writers only, incl. London) – Deadline: 20 December 2015
Little Pieces of Gold seeking short plays on the theme of ‘education’ Deadline: 20 December 2015
Hampstead Theatre submissions window now open for plays – Deadline: 31 December 2015
Jameson First Shot Short Film Competition starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (for Writer/Directors) – Deadline: 4 January 2016
Brockley Jack accepting submissions for Write Now 7 – Deadline: 29 January 2016
Drip Action Theatre Company seeking submissions for 2016 Arundel Festival Theatre Trail (paid) – Deadline: 31 January 2016
First Break Writing Competition at the Oldham Coliseum – Deadline: 22 February 2016
Theatre503 Playwriting Award returning in 2016 (more details to come!) – Deadline: 29 February 2016
Blue Skies Workshops for writers from Sky or the Bird – Deadline: 31 March 2016
Events and workshops:
Writer Development opportunities/ workshops at the Birmingham Rep – Deadline: none posted – but workshops start on 14 November 2015
Sole Purpose Theatre Lab at the Derry Playhouse (£30/£25 fee) – 21 November 10am – 4.30pm
And So Forth in conversation at the Arts Theatre with Nick Payne – 22 November at 6.30/ 7pm
Theatre503 Writer’s Night for ‘Cinderella and the Beanstalk’ – 25 November 2015
Playwriting Workshop with Papatango London Writers Cafe (£10) –Starts 6 November 2015
Workshop on ‘Writing Fantastic Scenes’ by Master Racontuer (£37)- 2 December 2015 10.30am – 4.30pm
Theatre503 Writer’s Night/ Christmas Party – 14 December 2015
Ongoing submissions:
Pokfulam Rd Productions looking for playwrights and creatives – Deadline: none posted
55 Kings Contemporary Theatre Productions looking for writers – Deadline: none posted
Plane Paper Theatre call out for plays – Deadline: none posted
Theatrelab seeking scripts to perform at ‘WordPlay’ at Bath Spa University – Deadline: none posted
Londonville Lit offering reading slots – Deadline: none posted
Madam Renards Mini Fringe Festival Swindon open for applications from writers and performers – Deadline: none posted (festival takes place in 2016)
East End Literary Salon open to rolling submissions – Deadline: Rolling
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 – No deadline posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month.
Shred Productions open to submissions – Deadline: None (open submissions)
Poppy Seed – accepting submissions of 5 minute scripts for blog – Deadline: None posted
COG ARTSpace call out for playwrights! – Deadline: None posted