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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:
10 things to do once you’ve finished writing a play
Six top tips for aspiring female playwrights
LPW Online Book Club – born bad
Has LPB impacted your writing? Share your story!
How to stage a reading of your work to improve your writing
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Chesil Theatre seeking plays on ‘Hidden Worlds’ for 10×10 Playwriting Competition
Pursued By A Bear: “Should I limit scene changes to get my play produced?”
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper: 28 Opportunities with March deadlines – Deadline: various throughout March 2018
Newsjack seeking submissions of sketches and one-liners (paid) – Weekly until 13 March 2018
CultureClash Theatre seeking 10-20 min submissions for Voices in the Dark – Deadline: 2 March 2018
VAULT Festival seeking audio dramas – Deadline: 2 March 2018
Kibo Productions seeking submissions for London production – Deadline: 3 March 2018
Broken Silence Theatre accepting submissions for ‘Voices from Home’ (female writers from South East)- Deadline: 3 March 2018 at 8pm
BBC Radio Solent Search for New Playwrights – Deadline: 4 March 2018 at midnight
Has LPB impacted your writing? Share your story! – Deadline: 5 March 2018
Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing at Windsor Fringe (£500 prize) – Deadline: 5 March 2018
Pentabus accepting submissions for Writer in Residence (Ludlow/ £10K Bursary) – Deadline: 9 March 2018
International Theatre Institute/ Morecambe Fringe accepting 10 minute plays on theme of ‘Brexit?’ – Deadline: 10 March 2018
Into the Fire seeking work for ‘Ignition’ new writing night at Theatre N16 – Deadline: 10 March 2018
Actor Awareness seeking submissions for scratch night on the theme of ‘Women’s Night’ – Deadline: 11 March 2018
Call for Submissions for the JW3 Autumn 2018 Performance Programme: Cabaret and the Weimar Republic – Deadline: 12 March 2018 at 6pm
Theatre Royal Haymarket Pitch Your Play 2018 – Deadline: 28 February 2018 Extended to 13 March 2018
The Pensive Federation seeking 10 minute plays for The Significant Other Festival – Deadline: 16 March 2018
Live Theatre ‘Live Lab’ open for submissions for £2000 bursary– Deadline: 16 March 2018 at 5pm
Matchstick Theatre seeking new writing – Deadline: 20 March 2018
Maison des Scénaristes call for drama series for ‘Series Mania’ – Deadline: 21 March 2018
Redgates Theatre seeking 3 minute submissions for ‘Gateways’ – Deadline: 25 March 2018
Chesil Theatre seeking plays on ‘Hidden Worlds’ for 10×10 Playwriting Competition – Deadline: 30 March 2018
Sky Blue seeking short plays for British Theatre Challenge 2018 (£16 fee) – Deadline: 30 March 2018
Theatre503 Playwriting Award 2018 – Deadline: 31 March 2018
Controlled Chaos Theatre Company seeking short plays/ excerpts – Deadline: 31 March 2018
Faversham Fringe 2018 open to applications – Deadline: 31 March 2018, but slots filled on rolling basis
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Acting: Accepting submissions for Short Film Season 2018 – Deadline: 31 March 2018
Audiojam playscript competition (£2.99 fee) – Deadline: 31 March 2018
KDC Theatre seeking writers for ‘Full Stack’ competition – Deadline: 31 March 2018
Secret Hour Theatre seeking plays to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage – Deadline: 31 March 2018
Waterloo Festival Publishing Competition – Deadline: 31 March 2018
LOST Theatre One Act Festival at Stockwell Playhouse (£70 if selected, £500 prize) – Deadline: 1 April 2018
Kevin Elyot Award for Writer-in-Residence 2018 (£3,000) – Deadline: 20 April 2018
Itchy Scratch Night seeking new work for performance – Deadline: None posted but the event takes place on 27 April 2018
‘Sheatre’ seeking plays/extracts with all female/non-binary casts (non-male writers only) – Deadline: 29 April 2018
Sultan Padamsee Award for Playwriting 2018 – Deadline: 1 May 2018
Radius Playwriting Competition 2018 open for entries (£500 prize) – Deadline: 1 May 2018 at 5pm
Punk Monkey Productions seeking one-act plays for PL.A.Y Noir (Los Angeles) – Deadline: 31 May 2018
Open Call for Plays to be Staged in WRiTEON Festival- Deadline: 1 July 2018
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest open for submissions ($25 entry fee) – Deadline: 2 July 2018
Bench Theatre One Act play competition open for submissions – Deadline: 17 August 2018
365 Women a Year Playwriting Project – Deadline: 31 December 2018
Events and workshops:
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia – (Ongoing, sign up any time)
Writers’ Support Group (Manchester)– Mondays 6pm-8pm
Creating Compelling Characters – online workshop with Playpenn (Starts 7 March 2018)
University Women in the Arts’ International Women’s Day Event at the Royal Court Theatre – 9 March 2018
WRiTEON: Right For The Stage – Playwriting course open for applications – Deadline: 10 March 2018 for early bird applications (course starts 19 April 2018)
Structuring Your Play: Masterclass with WRiTEON – Deadline: 10 March 2018 (takes place on 25 March 2018).
Papatango workshop on opening scenes with Sharon Clark – Monday 12 March 2018 from 2.30-4.30pm
The Old Vic: Free writing workshops hosted by the Old Vic 12 – 13 March 2018
Tamasha Masterclass: Introduction to Playwriting with Fin Kennedy – Deadline for applications: 9 April 2018/ Course takes place: 21 March 2018
Applications open Entrepreneurship skills for performing artists, Guildhall School of Music & Drama – 21-22 April 2018
Playwriting Workshop with John Burgess in Poitiers, France – 4-8 May 2018
Tamasha Masterclass: Writing for Radio – Deadline for applications: 7 May 2018/ Course takes place: 19 May 2018
Write a ONE act play in ONE week: Workshop with Kim Komljanec – 15-20 June 2018
Workshop with Simon Stephens in Milan (£150) – 16-17 June 2018
CAMP writing workshop with John Burgess (£1,119 – bursaries available) – 8-12 August 2018
Ongoing submissions:
London Uni Students: Submit your work to the London Student Drama Festival – Deadline: None posted
React Scratch inviting writers to share work at monthly scratch night – Deadline: Rolling
Out of Joint launches Writers Room for London Uni Students: Submit your work to the London Student Drama Festivalplaywrights – 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
TheatreLab seeking scripts for rehearsed reading – Deadline: None Posted
Target Theatre Company seeking new plays for development – Deadline: None posted
Middle Child Theatre seeking scripts to commission – Deadline: None posted
Ugly Duck offering cheap rehearsal space in Docklands – next few months for Edinburgh Fringe– Deadline: None posted
Three opportunities with Alphabetti Theatre and rolling deadlines– Deadline: None posted
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers – Deadline: ongoing
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
London Poet seeking film makers to collaborate with – Deadline: none
Edgemar Center for the Arts (Santa Monica) seeking new work for 2017 season – Deadline: none
Batty Mama seeking writers/ artists – Deadline: none posted
Rich Gifts Theatre seeking writers – Deadline: rolling
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
Online Playwriting Course with Live Theatre (£95-£495) – Deadline: rolling
Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Deadline: ongoing (monthly event)
The Institute of Other seeking creative practitioners – Deadline: none posted
White Hart Trust Studios seeking international and foreign language theatre – Deadline: none posted
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
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 – Deadline: none posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month.
Shred Productions open to submissions – Deadline: none (open submissions)