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The Literary Series: Interviews with Literary Managers, Dramaturgs and New Work Associates
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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.
Mark Ravenhill’s 101 Notes on Playwriting (resource) – Deadline: not applicable
Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group – Deadline: not applicable
WGGB: Leading playwrights back new digital principles for theatre (resource) – Deadline: not applicable
37 Plays Podcast (Mark Ravenhill) (resource) – Deadline: not applicable
Near Now Ideas Fund – Deadline: 19 September 2022
Story Assistant, Coronation Street – 12 Months FTC – Deadline: 19 September 2022
Might Bunny – Writey Funny – Deadline: 5 October 2022
BBC Radio 4: DMs Are Open – Deadlines: various
BBC Comedy Commissioning – Short-form development opportunities – Deadline: various
Rolling deadlines:
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
Freehand Scripts – free script reading – Deadline: rolling
Online Courses and Workshops
Scratch Me 2022 – Public Programme – Dates: various
Flux Writers Membership (Jan is FREE)
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
Proud Haddock: Pitching Your Work to a Top Theatre – Workshop with Jennifer Tang, Genesis Fellow & Associate Director at the Young Vic – Date: 4 October 2022
New! London Playwrights Monthly Zoom Drop-in for members (no extra cost!) – on the first Wednesday of each month – NEXT ONE 5th OCTOBER!
City Academy: Monthly Online Writing Club – Dates: monthly, various
Guildhall Autumn Short Courses – Dates: various starting in September
London Playwrights Lunchtime Sessions: Focus on the 5 Act Structure – Date: 19 September 2022 21 September 2022
London Playwrights: Playwriting Lab with Max Wilkinson (10 week course) – Date: starts 19 September 202
The Monobox: Introduction to Playwriting – Date: starts 19 September 2022
Proud Haddock: Getting Your Play Commissioned – The Practical Realities Explained – Workshop with Royal Exchange Theatre Dramaturg Suzanne Bell – Date: 20 September 2022
Clean Break: Workshops (Including Rewriting Justice to facilitate playwrighting workshops in criminal justice settings) – Dates: various starting 19 September 2022
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: The Capabilities of Audio – Date: 24 September 2022
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: TV Writing(6 week course) – Date: starts 10 October 2022
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: The Redrafting Programme 2022 – Date: starts 11 October 2022
London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: Writing for Audio (Next Level) – Date: starts 19 October 2022
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia
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:
Tramshed Festival 2022 -Deadline: not applicable
RSC: 37 Plays – New writing project launching in January 2022! – Deadline: not yet specified
Page2Stage Edinburgh – Deadline: 18 September 2022
The Pleasance accepting applications for artist development initiatives! – Deadlines: 20 September 2022
Core Team Member (Prose), The Writing Squad – Deadline: 20 September 2022
Shape Arts with with TLC: Free Reads – Deadline: 22 September 2022
Emerging Writer Commission, Levenshulme Old Library CIO -Deadline: 23 September 2022
/INK Festival – Short Play Submissions – Deadline: 24 September 2022
Shadow Writer, Writing East Midlands – Deadline: 26 September 2022
The People’s Play Award: A Playwriting Competition for Northern Writers – Deadline: 30 September 2022
Participation in Writing Workshops, Midland Actors Theatre – Deadline: 30 September 2022
National Theatre: Writing for Theatre 2022 – free course for 16 – 21 Year Olds – Deadline: 3 October 2022
The Bread & Roses Playwriting Award- 2023/24- Deadline: 14 October 2022
Expressions of interest – freelance writer facilitators , New Writing North – Deadline: 21 October 2022
CC Theatre accepting Halloween-themed short stories (entry fee, cash prizes) – Deadline: 23 October 2022
The Neem Award open for submissions – Deadline: 1 December 2022
Rolling & Unspecified deadlines:
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
Work-in-Development Submissions for the John Thaw Studio at The Actors Centre (profit share) – Deadline: ongoing
The BCG Pro Video Contest is looking for 2 minute scripted video sketches (prize £100) – Deadline: until further notice
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
Hampstead Theatre announces year round submission window
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:
Manchester Screenwriting Meet Up – Dates: various (alternates between in person in and Zoom)
Writing for Theatre at Granada Concierge in Spain with Sarah Grochala – Dates: not specified
Portsmouth Road Productions – Theatre workshops- Date: 9 August 2022
BBC Young Reporter – BBC Three Red Rose Premiere Screening and Masterclass – Date: 9 August 2022
MARTIN KEAVENEY CREATIVE WRITING – Writers’ Conference – Dates: 2 – 4 September 2022
The Middle Child Writers’ Group- introduction to playwriting, led by Tom Wells – Date: starts 14 September 2022
A Play of One’s Own Playwriting Workshop – Date: starts 6 October 2022
OXFORD PLAYHOUSE THEATRE QUEERS- Sat 17 Sep – Date: 17 September 2022 (you can also join via Zoom)
Bush Theatre Masterclasses – Dates: various (available both in person and online)
BBC & NFTS – BBC Scholarships – Dates: various