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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:
London Playwrights’ Workshop: Writer Development Programme
London Playwrights Festive Gift Guide 2019
#WrAP is back for 2020. Write a play this January!
PODCAST: Making It with Temi Wilkey – London Playwrights’ Collaboration with the Bush Theatre & One Fine Play
New members content: The Self- Producing Handbook: Available NOW!
New Blog Series! Interviewing Playwrights – Emily Garside
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: BBC Writersroom Drama Script Room Open for submissions
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper: 28 playwriting opportunities with December deadlines – Deadlines: various in December 2019
Steyning Festival Theatre Trails accepting one act plays – Deadline: 20 December 2019
Sharp Scratches accepting submissions for ‘Transforming the Narrative’ – Deadline: 30 December 2019
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (Houston, Texas) seeking submissions of 10 minute plays for competition – Deadline: 31 December 2019
Women Are Funny Call for Scripts – Deadline: 31 December 2019
Writing on the theme of ‘Shop Local’ sought for podcast – Deadline: 31 December 2019
The Search for Blue seeking shorts for scratch night – Deadline: 1 January 2020
Catalyst ArtsLab Easter Residency | The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford – Deadline: 3 January 2020
Zeppotron accepting submissions for Make A Scene – Deadline: 3 January 2020 at 12pm
BBC Writersroom Drama Script Room opens on 9 December – Deadline: 6 January 2020
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre One-Act Drama Festival – Deadline: 6 January 2020
Perthshire Plays: Playwriting Group – Deadline: 6 January 2020
SLAM Minutes seeking work on theme of Mental Health – Deadline: 6 January 2019
The Soho Theatre launches 2020 Verity Bargate Award – Deadline: 10 January 2020
Make it Write Short Play Competition 2020: Call for entries – Deadline: 11 January 2020
King’s Shorts Festival of Ten Minute Plays (Canada) accepting submissions – Deadline: 13 January 2020
Arts Center Bonita: 2020 STAGE IT! 10-Minute Play Festival and Book Publication open for entries ($15 entry fee) – Deadline: 13 January 2020
New theatre scratch night in Manchester – JustOut – Deadline: 15 January 2020
The Literal Challenge: 29 Plays Later – Deadline: 28 January 2019
The John Byrne Award open for applications (16-30/ Scotland) – Deadline: Monthly/ 31 January 2020
Charlie Hartill Theatre Reserve from the Pleasance open for applications – Deadline: 31 January 2020
The International Radio Playwriting Competition 2020 – Deadline: 31 January 2020 at midnight
Drip Action Theatre Company accepting submissions for Arundel Festival Theatre Trail 2020 – Deadline: 31 January 2020
Horatio Productions accepting scripts for Sci-Fi Festival – Deadline: 1 February 2019
Papatango Prize 2020 open for entries – Deadline: 2 February 2020
Optik Theatre accepting applications for Script Room -Deadline: 2 January 202010 February 2020
Independent Award for Improper Dramaturgy 2019«Neem-2019. First page» – open for application – Deadline: 1 March 2020
EKP and Paines Plough: The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020 – Deadline: 2 March 2020
Nathan Carr and Milivoy Webber Memorial Prize: An annual writing competition – Deadline: 4 March 2020
Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing – Deadline: 5 March 2020
Decorating Dissidence: Call for Submissions – Essays, Reviews, Poetry, Visual Arts – Deadline: 31 March 2020
Calling all budding playwrights – The Phoenix Writes competition is now open (entry fee £10) – 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
BBC Studios Continuing Drama Roadshow – Dates: various in January 2020
Theatre503 Rapid Response Nights – Dates: various, starting 23 January 2019
Director’s Cut Theatre: Writer’s Club – Dates: various
The Inkubator: Introduction to Playwriting Course with Euphoric Ink – Dates: Starts 15 January 2020
RADA Shortcourses: Advances in Scriptwriting – Starts 14 February 2020 (Friday evenings)
Residential Playwriting Course with Simon Stephens – Dates: 22 – 28 March 2020
Write Theatre – 4 Day courses on the art of Writing for Theatre – Dates: Stars 9 May 2020
Online workshops and resources:
LPW launches Podcast with Temi Wilkey, One Fine Play & The Bush Theatre
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 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
Chippy Lane Productions open list of female writers
Nick Hern Books launches Playscript Subscriptions
Ongoing submissions:
Studio Salford Development Week – Deadline: none posted
The Space accepting applications from companies for new season – 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
Free Spirit Theatre seeking submissions for Write-Off 2019 – Deadline: none posted
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.