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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:
Happy New Year from London Playwrights’ Blog & Workshop!
Catching the Devil: Writing in Response to a Well Known Play
#WrAP is back for 2019! Write a play this January!
LPW: FREE #WrAP2019 feedback session & member meetup!
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Swings And Roundabouts: An inclusive night of new theatre in aid of Shelter
Pursued by a Bear: “My full length play is too short, what should I do?”
Play Submissions Helper: 25 Opportunities with January Deadlines – Deadlines: various throughout January 2019
Female Birmingham Writers/Artists, Near Neighbours & Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – Deadline: 18 January 2019
The Actors Centre & Viola! Europe seeking new work for festival – Deadline: 18 January 2019
Caspa Arts seeking 5-15 minute plays for scratch night – Deadline: 20 January 2019
Cast Iron Theatre accepting submissions for short play night – Deadline: 20 January 2019
STAGE IT! 10-Minute Play Festival and Book Publication– Deadline; 21 January 2019
Warwick Arts Centre seeking solo writer-performers – Deadline: 21 January 2019
Shooting Fish Theatre seeking playwright – Deadline: 25 January 2019
Get Over It Productions seeking new writing for ‘The Scene’ scratch night – Deadline: 27 January 2019 at midnight
28 Plays Later open for registration – Deadline: 28 January 2019
Angry Bear Scratches for…seeking short plays – Deadline: 28 January 2019
Make it Write Productions writing competition on the theme of ‘Monsters‘ – Deadline: 28 January 2019
Swings And Roundabouts: An inclusive night of new theatre in aid of Shelter – Deadline: 28 January 2019
Lady Eleanor Holles School: Write the Girl – opportunities for playwrights – Deadline: none posted but the event takes place 29 January 2019
Optik Theatre: The Script Room – call out for scripts – Deadline: 31 January 2019
Insight Festival: Call for Entries for the Student Filmmaker Award – Deadline: 31 January 2019
Access Platform seeking new work from D/Deaf & Disabled artists – Deadline: 31 January 2019
IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship open for applications- Deadline: 31 January 2019 at 5pm
Drip Action Theatre Company: Arundel Festival Theatre Trail open for submissions – Deadline: 31 January 2018
Leeds Playhouse script window will be open on 1 January 2019 – Deadline: 31 January 2019
Artist Development from Pleasance Theatre for Edinburgh Fringe – Deadline: 31 January 2019
Writing West Midlands: Room 204 Writer Development Programme open for applications – Deadline: 31 January 2019
New work wanted for Scratching the Surface – Deadline: 31 January 2019
The Bush Theatre script submission window now open– Deadline: 1 February 2019
Toi Toi, Teatru Manoel (Malta) seeking one act plays on the theme of ‘Breaking the Rules ‘ – Deadline: 1 February 2019
Imaginate call out for new writing applications for Accelerate development scheme – Deadline: 4 February 2019
Northern Writers’ Awards 2019 open for entries – Deadline: 7 February 2019
The Old Sorting Office Barnes seeking new work for Dispatches scratch night– Deadline: 10 February 2019
Papatango New Writing Prize 2019 open for entries – Deadline: 17 February 2019
Green Curtain Theatre seeking one act plays on the theme of ‘breaking away‘ – Deadline: 28 February 2019
Capital Stage accepting submissions for Playwrights’ Revolution Festival – Deadline: 28 February 2019
Submissions for Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Festival 2019 are open – Deadline: 28 February 2019
The Comedy Crowd: accepting submissions for Punkanary – Deadline: 28 February 2019
Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing open for entries – Deadline: 5 March 2019
University Women In The Arts Announces Partnerships With Leading Arts Organisations On Project To Tackle Abuse In The Arts– Deadline: 15 March 2019
Langham Court Theatre announces Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition ($45 entry) – Deadline: 29 March 2019
Mad Apple Collective launch Children and Young Persons Playwriting Award – Deadline: 7 April 2019
Carlo Annoni Award 2019 open for entries – Deadline: 30 April 2019
Green Stories Stage Play Writing Competition open for entries – Deadline: 30 June 2019
Events and workshops:
The Director’s Cut hosting The Writer’s Club – Next term starts January 2019
Writing your own role: workshop with Lydia Parker at the Actors’ Centre – Dates: find out more on the website
The Old Vic – Workshops for Artists – Dates: various throughout January 2019
Pinter exhibition at the British Library– Dates: starts 11 January 2019
Theatre503 Rapid Response Nights – Dates: various, starting 23 January 2019
Women’s Writing Workshop with Actor Awareness (University Women in the Arts) – Date: 22 January 2018
Writing Scripted Comedy with Chris Neilan – a one day workshop (Manchester) – Date: 28 January 2019
Papercut Theatre: Redrafting and Structure workshop with Melissa Dunne – Date: 2 February 2019
Clean Break: An Introduction to writing for theatre in criminal justice settings – Date: 8 February 201
Playwriting in Movement workshop with Coleen MacPherson – Dates: 9 & 10 February 2019
Writing West Midlands: Short course in playwriting – Dates: Starts 26 February 2019
LPW: FREE #WrAP2019 feedback session & member meetup!Date: 2 March 2019
Writing for Television: Residential workshop with Roy Mitchell – Dates: 20-24 May 2018
Online workshops and resources:
Stagedoor App Podcast (Bridget Minamore and Chris Campbell of the Royal Court’s Literary Office)
Access the Royal Court’s Playwrights’ Podcast
Bloomsbury Publishing: How to get your play published (view live stream of talk)
WGGB launches FREE Musical Theatre Kit
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia
LPB Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop)
LPB Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop)
LPB Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops)
LPB Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write – Available now
Ongoing submissions:
Stagescripts 10@10 Quest for 10 unsung plays by living UK-based writers – Deadline: none posted
The Cabot Cruising Club, Bristol looking to programme arts events – Deadline: none posted
Exploding Whale Theatre seeking submissions for their next show – Deadline: none posted
Thunder Theatre seeking submissions for 15-20 minute plays – Deadline: none posted
Mate Productions accepting applications for Writers Collective – Deadline: None posted
Manchester ADP seeking scripts to produce – Deadline: Rolling
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
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
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
Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Deadline: ongoing (monthly event)
Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – 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.