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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:
Why The Opportunities You Don’t Take Are Just As Important As The Ones You Do
How To React When Your Relatives Judge Your Creative Writing Degree
Why Do I Make Theatre? Reflections on World Theatre Day
A Writer’s Guide To Producing Your Own Work
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Hence seeking scripts on ‘Redemption’ for new writing night
Pursued By A Bear: “My partner hates it when I write”
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper: 33 Opportunities with April deadlines – Deadline: various throughout April 2018
Kevin Elyot Award for Writer-in-Residence 2018 (£3,000) – Deadline: 20 April 2018
Live Theatre & Northumbria University Writer in Residence 2018-19 (£20,000) – Deadline: 20 April 2018
SLAM and The Arcola seeking one minute pieces about London – Deadline: 20 April 2018
Freedom Studios Bradford accepting applications for Intro to Playwriting Course – Deadline: 20 April at 5pm
Loquitur seeking submissions for ‘Femage a Trois’ – Deadline: 20 April 2018
Stitchin’ Fiction seeking 10-15 minute scripts – Deadline: 21 April 2018
Coracle and Alphabetti seeking plays about the Suffragette Movement (paid, Newcastle) – Deadline: 22 April 2018 at midnight
Little Pieces of Gold open for submissions of 10 minute plays – Deadline: 23 April 2018
Director seeking scripts for production – Deadline: 25 April 2018
London Playwrights’ Lab accepting applications for 2018 programme – Deadline: 27 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
New writing night at the Ship and Mitre seeking short plays (Liverpool) – Deadline: 30 April 2018
Elicit Pictures seeking short film scripts – Deadline: 30 April 2018
The Millennials seeking submissions for Disconnected – Deadline: 30 April 2018
Manchester ADP seeking short plays – Deadline: 30 April 2018
ADP Audio seeking submissions of 15 minute audio plays – Deadline: 30 April 2018
Gladstone’s Library seeking Writers in Residence (covers expenses and £100/wk honorarium) – Deadline: 30 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
BBC New Comedy Award (£1,000 prize) – Deadline: 3 May 2018 at midnight
ArtsEd Original Screenplay Project seeking short scripts – Deadline: 4 May 2018 at 5pm
Airplays developing radio dramas about Empire Windrush (£1,000 commission) – Deadline: 10 May 2018
Hence seeking scripts on ‘Redemption’ for new writing night – Deadline: 11 May 2018 at 5pm
The Arden School of Theatre seeking shorts for The Arden Fringe – Deadline: 14 May 2018
Persistent and Nasty seeking 15-30 min scripts from female-identified artists (Glasgow) – Deadline: 18 May 2018 at 5pm
Actor Awareness seeking short plays on LGBTQ theme – Deadline: 19 May 2018
The Comedy Crowd seeking 2 minute videos for Chorts – Deadline: 21 May 2018
Nick Darke Writers’ Award 2018 open for submissions of stage plays (£6000 prize) – Deadline: 21 May 2018
Punk Monkey Productions seeking one-act plays for PL.A.Y Noir (Los Angeles) – Deadline: 31 May 2018
Manhattan Repertory Theatre seeking playwrights who want to self-produce/finance their work (fees $795-$6,000) – Deadline: 31 May 2018
Bread & Roses Playwriting Award 2018 open for submissions– Deadline: 31 May 2018
BBC Essex Playwright of the Year – open for entries – Deadline: 1 June 2018
Aberrant Theatre seeking short horror plays – Deadline: 1 June 2018
Clapham Fringe seeking submissions – Deadline: 3 June 2018, but slots may be filled before this date
Carrot Napper Productions seeking 5 minute pieces for fundraiser in Derbyshire – Deadline: 30 June 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
Edgemar Center for the Arts seeking new plays for 2018 season – Deadline: 22 July 2018
Sterts one-act play competition (£8 entry/ £100 prize) – Deadline: 31 July 2018
‘Write Here! Write Now!’ Contexture Theatre seeking 20 min plays for Herts & Essex Playwriting Festival – Deadline: 31 July 2018
Bench Theatre One Act play competition open for submissions – Deadline: 17 August 2018
Independent International Award for Improper Dramaturgy «Neem-2018» (2000 ruble prize) – Deadline: 1 September 2018
The Book Pipeline seeking source material to adapt ($65 entry, $10,000 prize) – Deadline: 15 November 2018
365 Women a Year Playwriting Project – Deadline: 31 December 2018
Events and workshops:
Scenic Route Theatre: The Lunchbox – places available on this Friday’s session! Date: 20 April 2018, 11am-2pm
How to Write a Great Story – Workshop with Jody Medland – Date: 20 April 12pm- 2pm
Royal Court announce series of workshops for women – Dates TBC
Free writing workshops with Papatango’s GoWrite – Dates: various
WGGB launches FREE Musical Theatre Kit – Online resource
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
BFI Southbank – Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema – 2-4-1 Ticket offer for LPB readers! – Throughout April 2018
Applications open Entrepreneurship skills for performing artists, Guildhall School of Music & Drama – 21-22 April 2018
Beach Hut Theatre script writing course open for applications – Dates: Course starts on 23 April 2018
The Library of Ideas Workshop: Creative Use of the British Library (free) – 22 April 2018
Scriptwriting short course with Simon Stephens at Manchester Met. University (£350) – 24 -26 April 2018
Bloomsbury Publishing: Writing for the Stage with David Eldridge – 24 April 6.30pm-8.30pm
Redrafting Your Script Workshop at Lyceum Theatre (£45) – 27 April 2018 from 10.30am-5pm
Papatango free workshop – Story and Theme on Screen – 27 April 2018 from 11am-1pm
Free livestream with Methuen and Bloomsbury on ‘How to publish your play’ – 27 April 2018 from 12.15-12.45pm
Write Theatre playwriting course – places available – 28/29 April & 12/13 May 2018
Writing for the stage – Consenting Adults at Arcola Theatre (£95) – 1 May – 12 June 2018
Spring workshops with Bryony Kimmings – 30 April – 4 May 2018 & 21 May – 25 May 2018
Playwriting Workshop with John Burgess in Poitiers, France – 4-8 May 2018
Machynlleth Comedy Festival: Breaking into Comedy with BBC Writersroom (FREE event) – Date: 6 May 2018
Tamasha Masterclass: Writing for Radio – Deadline for applications: 7 May 2018/ Course takes place: 19 May 2018
‘Starting to write a play’ Arvon Course with Tanika Gupta (£720-£770) – 28 May – 2 June 2018
#TakeUpSpace Script Club at Royal Court – Liberian Girl – 30 May 2018
Squint Writers’ Group with Lee Anderson open for bookings (£90) – Starts 6 June 2018 (runs for 4 consecutive Wednesdays)
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
#TakeUpSpace Script Club at Royal Court – Portia Coughlan – 27 June 2018
Play in a Day Workshop with Royal Court #TakeUpSpace – 7 July 2018
#TakeUpSpace Script Club at Royal Court – Girl in the Machine – 25 July 2018
CAMP writing workshop with John Burgess (£1,119 – bursaries available) – 8-12 August 2018
Ongoing submissions:
Manchester ADP seeking scripts to produce – Deadline: Rolling
The Questors Theatre Ealing accepting submissions for staged readings – Deadline: None posted
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
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)