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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:
Write A Play with us this January with #WrAP initiative!
Festive Gift Guide 2017 – the best gifts for writers
How to reinvent a classic play while telling your own story
LPW Online Book Club – The Long Christmas Dinner
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: The Papatango New Writing Prize 2018
Pursued By A Bear: “I finished my play. What do I do now?”
Opportunities with deadlines:
How to Begin Playwriting course at the National Theatre – Deadline: 22 December 2018
Independent company seeking 60 minute play as part of a new writing festival – Deadline: 25 December 2017
Ashland New Plays Festival (Oregon, $15 entry, $1500 prize) – Deadline: 31 December (or when they receive 400 submissions)
Talos II: Science Fiction Theatre Festival – Call for Scripts – Deadline: 31 December 2017
Eurodram seeking full-length plays to promote to translators across Europe – Deadline: 5 January 2018
Actor Awareness seeking submissions on theme of ‘class’ (paid) – Deadline; 7 January 2018
Anima Theatre accepting submissions for Place to Be at the Rosemary Branch – Deadline: 7 January 2018
Get It Write: Script development workshop with actors – Deadline: 7 January 2018
The Female Gaze seeking monologues about women in film – Deadline: 8 January 2018
London Irish Green Curtain Theatre Company seeking short plays and monologues – Deadline: 8 January 2018
Steyning Festival Theatre Trails – Deadline: 12 January 2018
National Theatre Wales seek emerging artists for new initiative: ‘Creative Development’ – Deadline: 12 January 2018
King’s Shorts accepting submissions of short plays – 12 January 2018
Flux Theatre seeking writers for EMERGE 3 – Deadline: 14 January 2018
BBC Writersroom DRAMA Script Room 2018 – Deadline: 15 January 2018
Blindspot Theatre seeking submssions for Coventry Theatre Festival – Deadline: 15 January 2018
BBC Cymru Wales seeking comedy writers for new writing initiative: Find Me Funny – Deadline: 18 January 2018
Space Theatre open call for submissions – Deadline: 19 January 2018 at 5pm
Chippy Lane Productions seek Welsh Writers for Chippy & Scratch Shorts Night 2018 – Deadline: 19 January 2018
Deadman New Writing seeking shorts for Birmingham production – Deadline: 19 January 2018
BBC World Service and British Council launch International Radio Playwriting Competition 2018 – Deadline: 31 January 2018
Arundel Festival Theatre Trail/Drip Action Theatre Company seek short play– Deadline: 31 January 2018
The Script Room Seeking Submissions for March 2018 Showcase – Deadline: 31 January 2018
The Papatango New Writing Prize 2018 – Deadline: 28 February 2018
Events and workshops:
How to Begin Playwriting course at the National Theatre -Deadline for Applications 22 December 2018 at 5pm (Classes take place on Tuesdays 16 January- 27 March)
Write A Play (#WrAP2018) Online Writing Workshop – 1-31 January 2018
Writers’ Mutual writing group -currently taking place Wednesdays 11am- 1pm
Tell Yours 2018 – A Development Programme for Emerging Storytellers from Migrant Communities – 14 January – 20 May 2018
Criterion Theatre new writing workshops 2018-16 January – 19 September 2018
‘How To Write a Play, Screenplay or Radio play’ workshop at the Hampstead – 17 February 2018
Ongoing submissions:
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)