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London Playwrights’ Latest Projects
The Literary Series: Interviews with Literary Managers, Dramaturgs and New Work Associates – New Episodes Live NOW (Josh Elliott from Graeae Theatre// Tom Wright from The Kiln Theatre// Fleur Hebditch)
Pay it Forward for Playwrights: A new initiative to help support writers
Playwriting Real-life: London Playwrights Podcast live now! New episode – Improve your dialogue writing!
Members’ Zoom Drop-in session: share your work, meet other writers – first Wednesday of each month!
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London Playwrights’ Latest Zoom Workshops
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WrAP2023 Redrafting Materials available for members to download now!
Learn with London Playwrights sessions on ‘Writing Opening Scenes’ and ‘Creating Characters’ available now
Full 8 sessions available now! Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure
The LPW Guide to Formatting your Stage Play – Available to download
Digital Listings
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Latest News
WALKING PLAYS: New app bringing London’s streets to life
Playwrights and Policy by Jane Woddis
300 Thoughts for Theatremakers: Writing for the Screen
Chewboy Productions: HARPOCRATES (or, how to run away quietly) – a short film available to watch now
Opportunities Listings
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Digital & Audio & Screen Opportunities
We’ve listed digital opportunities divided into those with deadlines, rolling deadlines, , and online workshops. Scroll down for live performance opportunities and in person workshops.
Popcorn Awards – The Popcorn Writing Award – Deadline: 23 June 2023
Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award – Deadline: 28 June 2023
Staff Writer – Plaster Magazine (paid) – Deadline: 30 June 2023
BBC Radio 4 Extra – DMs Are Open – taking submissions – Deadlines: various
PlayZoomers – seeking short plays – Deadline: 1 July 2023
BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 – Deadline: 9 July 2023
BFI Future Film Festival 2023 – call for submissions (£5 entry fee)- Deadline: 4 August 2023
Rolling deadlines:
BBC Upload – Deadline: rolling
British Comedy Guide – Pro Video Contest – Various throughout the year
SOOP Annual Short Story Contest – Deadline: none posted
Box of Tricks’ PlayMakers Network- a creative home for Northern playwrights – Deadline: not applicable
New Hope Creative Group presents a new scratch night for black writers – Deadline: rolling
Frequency Theatre Open to Unsolicited Script Submissions (Audio Plays Only) (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
New writing project for Heckington Living Radio (unpaid) – Deadline: none posted
TYPE! Accepting submissions for bookmark magazine (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
Add Your Shows and Theatre Resources to Thespie (unpaid)- Deadline: rolling
Scenesaver – digital performance platform – Deadline: rolling
Online Courses and Workshops
Paines Plough – Open Writer’s Labs – Deadline: not speficied
The Writers Hour- virtual writing sprints by London Writers’ Salon – Daily
Scratch Me 2022 – Public Programme – Dates: various
Playwright and former Space Theatre script reader Scott Younger is offering free feedback on all plays 10 pages and under in length – Deadline: not applicable
Big Fish Productions writing group – Dates: Every Friday
Relish Theatre – Coffee & Creative Catch up – Date: Every Friday
Part of the Main: Part of the Grid back with new online workshops – Dates: various
NT Playwriting Masterclasses – Dates: various
City Academy: Monthly Online Writing Club – Dates: monthly, various
New Earth academy plus- for BESEA artists – Various/ also in-person events
Join Isley Lynn at The Mono Box for Writing Autobiographical Stories.- Date: 19 June 2023
LPW Members Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop) – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop) – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops) – Available now
LPW: The Redrafting Toolkit – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist – Available now
Live playwriting Opportunities & Jobs
Listed in order of deadline, followed those with deadlines, and workshops & events.
With deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper Blog: 35 Play Submissions Opps w/ June 2023 Deadlines – Deadlines: various throughout June
Mercury Theatre – Playwrights Development Programme – Deadline: 16 June 2023
Overture – Musical Theatre Development Scheme – Deadline: 18 June 2023
The Old Vic – OV Theatre Makers Programme – Deadline: 19 June 2023
The Old Vic – OV Theatre Makers Programme – Deadline: 19 June 2023
Very Rascals Theatre Company: How to keep going when things are tough – overcoming obstacles in creative work – Wednesday, 21st June 2023 8-9pm
Mothers Who Make – Apply for Group Coaching Sessions (Manchester based) – Deadline: 23 June 2023
Call out for local writer – Belgrade Theatre Coventry – Deadline: 23 June 2023
BEYOND – Graeae’s bespoke Artist Development programme – Deadline: 26 June 2023
Nursery Theatre accepting submissions for Flourish Festival – Deadline: 30 June 2023
Book, Music and Lyrics (September 2023- July 2024) – Applications Open – Deadline: 30 June 2023
Cimientos Play Development Program – Deadline: 30 June 2023
The Royal Court Theatre, London- Introduction to Playwriting Group – Deadline: 30 June 2023
Theatre503 – 503Five Writers’ Residency – Deadline: 2 July 2023
Very Rascals Theatre Company: How to be climate-friendly in your theatre practice and creative work -Wednesday, 5th July 2023 8-9pm
Green Curtain Theatre | Script Call Out – Deadline: 16 July 2023
Kali Discovery Programme 2023/2024 – Applications Open – Deadline: 24 July 2023
Royal Exchange Young Company- recruiting Writers, Performers and Makers (14-21) – Deadline: none posted but writers workshop is 25 July 2023
Little Fish Theatre – Pick of the Vine short play festival- Deadline: 30 July 2023
Mustapha Matura Award 2023 (25 or younger) – Deadline: 31 July 2023
The North East Playwriting Award – by the Live Theatre and the Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust – Deadline: 7 August 2023
Yale Drama Series 2024 Competition – Call for Submissions – Deadline: 15 August 2023 (opens on 1 June 2023)
Laurels Theatre | Richard Jenkinson Commission – Deadline: 31 August 2023
Ten-Minute Musicals Project 2023 – Deadline: 31 August 2023
Theatre Three 25th Annual Festival of One-Act Plays (2024) – Deadline: 1 September 2023
Constellation Stage and Screen – The Woodward / Newman Award – Deadline: 1 September 2023
Transient Arena – Script Submissions – Deadline: 31 October 2023
Rolling & Unspecified deadlines:
Mental Rebellion seeking writers – Deadline: not specified
No Such Thing Theatre at the Kings Head offering free feedback for playwrights – Deadline: not specified
Birmingham Rep: Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize – Deadline: not yet specified, submissions open in September 2023
Scribe Playwriting Competition taking entries for 2024 competition (entry fee) – Deadline: rolling
Go Try Play Write – monthly playwriting contest – Deadline: monthly
Call for applications: Kevin Elyot Award 2023 – Deadline: not specified
Heads or Tales? Monthly Scratch Night (Scottish & Irish Writers) – Deadline: monthly events
Applications open for Camden Fringe 2023 – Deadline: not specified
Production Proposal Submissions – The King’s Head Theatre – Deadline: not specified
Finborough Theatre | Open Script Submissions – Deadline: rolling
Anthroplay Theatre Scratch night – Deadline: rolling/ monthly
Barons Court- Sunday Fix scratch night – Deadline: not specified
Royal Exchange Theatre ELDERS COMPANY opportunities –Deadline: not specified
Call: Love Sharing Festival – VII edition – Deadline: not specified
Traverse Theatre First Stages Festival – Deadline: not applicable
Unbound – reader-funded pitches – Deadline: none posted
Creative Hub seeking creative writing about climate change – Deadline not specified
Fifth Word – Submit your Play (paid if produced) – Deadline: not specified
The Hope Theatre seeking plays for new programme (profit share) – Deadline: not specified
Think Shorts – Free Short film listing (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
Fearless: Danse Macabre Productions Free Script Reading for Horror Scripts (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
BBC Comedy Association plans unveiled – Deadline: not applicable
Calling members of the Neurodivergent Theatre Community – Deadline: not applicable
The Swiss Church London offering subsided space for artists – Deadline: not applicable
London Pub Theatres seeking new reviewers (unpaid) – Deadline: none posted
The New Works Playhouse accepting submissions (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
The Royal Court now accepting online submissions – Deadline: rolling
John Byrne Award monthly competition for creative work (prize £250) – Deadline: monthly
Brush Stroke Order now offering bursaries for script reading services – Deadline: rolling
Peggy Ramsay Foundation: Grant for writers – Deadline: rolling
Tutti Creative Space: cheap rehearsal space – Deadline: not applicable
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers (paid) – Deadline: ongoing
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
Live events and in person workshops:
Royal Exchange Collective Membership- for under 26’s – Deadline: not applicable
Public Workshops, UEA MA in Scriptwriting –Deadline: 20 & 21 June 2023
‘How Theatre will Outlive Netflix’- Simon Stephens’ Inaugural Lecture – Date: 28 June 2023
ELEVATOR 2023: Stewart Pringle – Date: 3 July 2023
Blood Beats: LGBTQ+ Writers Group (Manchester) – Dates: 3rd Thursday of the month in 2023
New Earth academy plus- for BESEA artists – Various/ also online
Manchester Screenwriting Meet Up – Dates: various (alternates between in person in and Zoom)
BBC & NFTS – BBC Scholarships – Dates: various