Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 30 August 2019

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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:

New members content: The Self- Producing Handbook: Coming this September!

Hunch Theatre: Adapting a Classic Novel for the Stage

LPW: The Redrafting Programme Course NOW BOOKING

New Blog Series! Interviewing Playwrights: Jennifer Cerys & Samia Djilli

New Bog Series! Money Talks: How Playwrights Earn a Living – Isla Von Tricht

Play Club #4 – Barbershop Chronicles by Inua Ellams

Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Rules for Writing – for the Playwright

Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Actor Awareness seeking submissions for new writing night on theme of ‘mental health’

Opportunities with deadlines:

Play Submissions Helper: 22 playwriting opportunities with August deadlines – Deadline: various throughout August

Shape Arts & The Literary Consultancy – Free Reads Scheme for Disabled Writers – Deadline: 30 August 2019

Everyman & Playhouse: The Playwrights’ Programme (Liverpool writers) – Deadline: 30 August 2019

StageWrite open for submissions – Deadline: 31 August 2019

Shore Scripts 2019 Feature Screenplay and TV Pilot Contests.now open for submissions (entry fee $45-$60) – Deadline: 31 May 2019 (early)31 August 2019 (final)

Play Submissions Helper: 27 playwriting opportunities with September deadlines – Deadlines: various throughout September 2019

Untold Collectiv: Call out for Latinx writers – Deadline: 2 September 2019

National Theatre: How to Develop your Playwriting Autumn 2019 – Deadline: 2 September 2019

Two Player Productions seeking monologues – Deadline: 6 September 2019

LPW: The Redrafting Programme Course back for 2019  – Deadline for applications: 7 September 2019

Jerwood Bursaries open for applications – Deadline: 9 September 2019

Write About Now seeking submissions for event at the New Wimbledon Theatre – Deadline: 19 August 2019 and 9 September 2019

Pontardawe Art Centre’s Script Slam 2019 accepting submissions from Wales based writers – Deadline: 9 September 2019

Caspa Arts accepting submissions for ‘The Scratch’ – Deadline: 14 September 2019

Actor Awareness seeking submissions for new writing night on theme of ‘mental health’ – Deadline: 15 September 2019

BBC Continuing Drama Directors’ Scheme – EastEnders & Holby City – Deadline: 16 September 2019 at 10am

Submissions sought for new scratch night in Enfield – Deadline: 19 September 2019

Talos III: Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London – accepting submissions – Deadline: 20 September 2019

The Comedy Crowd: Chorts – accepting two minute comedy videos – Deadline: 20 September 2019

Zodiak Kids Writers Award – Deadline: 23 September 2019

Bigfoot by Moonlight Play Festival accepting submissions – Deadline: 23 September 2019

The Lancaster Playwriting Prize (writers over 55) – Deadline: 27 September 2019

Sterts Theatre One Act Playwriting Competition – Deadline: 30 September 2019

Playhouse Playmaker: attachment scheme from Oxford Playhouse – Deadline: 30 September 2019

Chronic Insanity seeking new writing – Deadline: 30 September 2019

Academy Arts Press short story competition (entry fee $15/$20) – Deadline: 1 October 2019

Ink Festival accepting submissions – Deadline: 5 October 2019

Glass Splinters seeking submissions for event at the Pleasance – Deadline: 5 October 2019

Radar Sofia: Open call out for paid creative stay – Deadline: 15 October 2019

Camino Real Playhouse seeking 10 minute plays – Deadline: 15 October 2019

Over Our Head Productions accepting comedy submissions for Snowdance festival – Deadline: 1 November 2019

The Soho Theatre launches 2020 Verity Bargate Award – Deadline: 20 December 2019, submissions open on 20 November 2019

Hebden Bridge Little Theatre One-Act Drama Festival – Deadline: 6 January 2019

The John Byrne Award open for applications (16-30/ Scotland) – Deadline: Monthly/ 31 January 2020

Decorating Dissidence: Call for Submissions – Essays, Reviews, Poetry, Visual Arts – Deadline: 31 March 2020

The Progress Theatre launches two projects for aspiring playwrights – Deadline: none but last sessions and events take place on 1 & 4 July 2020

 

Events and workshops:

Scene 1: a Loughton (Essex)-based writers’ & actors’ group – Dates: TBC

Pitlochry Festival Theatre launch Writers room – Dates: various throughout 2019

Theatre503 Rapid Response Nights – Dates: various, starting 23 January 2019

London Playwriting Lab open for applications – Deadline: none, but applications opened 1 May 2019

Papatango: adult workshops with WriteWest – Dates: various

How to Run a Theatre Workshops with Part of the Grid – Dates: various from June 2019 2019 (level 2)

Director’s Cut Theatre: Writer’s Club – Dates: various

Event: Clean Break’s Writers: Here. There. Then. Now. – 7 September 2019

Writing West Midlands: Short Course: Starting to Write (Prose & Scripts) – Starts 11 September 2019

Playwriting workshop at Arcola Theatre to coincide with UK premiere of Anna Bella Eema – Date: 14 September 2019

Chippy Lane Productions Welsh Female Writers Group – Various dates beginning 29 September 2019

Playwriting Workshop with Luke Barnes (14-25 yr olds) – Date: 7 October 2019

LPW: The Redrafting Programme Course back for 2019 -Dates: starts 21 September 2019

Online workshops and resources: 

National Theatre: New Views – playwriting programme for 14-19 year olds – Dates: various

Papatango career facilitation service – 10am -12pm alternate Tuesdays (starting 31 January 2019)

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting: Online Toolkit for writers

The Bruntwood Prize: Free livestreamed workshops for 2019 Paines Plough Insights Podcast

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

LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop)

LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop)

LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops)

LPW: The Redrafting Toolkit

LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write –  Available now

LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist 

Black Lives, Black Words: Playwriting Fundamentals Course

Papatango Online Workshops

Chippy Lane Productions open list of female writers

Ongoing submissions:

Hampstead Theatre announces year round submission window

Peggy Ramsay Foundation: Grant for writers – Deadline: rolling

Tutti Creative Space: cheap rehearsal space – Deadline: not applicable

Free Spirit Theatre seeking submissions for Write-Off 2019 – Deadline: none posted

Aktualise Theatre accepting submissions – Deadline: rolling

Feast Theatre seeking playwrights! – Deadline: none posted

BBC Sounds launch callout for podcast drama! – Deadline: none posted

Tiny Theatre seeking submissions of short plays – Deadline: none posted

WildChild Script Call out! – Deadline: none posted

Blindspot Theatre Scratch night -Deadline: none but slots are filled on a first come first serve basis

Katzpace accepting submissions for Katzcratch – Deadline: none posted

Scriptjam accepting scripts for feedback – Deadline: rolling

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.

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