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).
Portsmouth Festivities 2014: Call for tenders – Deadline: 24 January 2014
Call out for ideas – The Nursery Theatre – Deadline: 24 January 2014
Write Now 5 Festival at Brockley Jack seeking submissions of full-length plays (SE London writers only) – Deadline: 27 January 2014
Royal Exchange/ New Charter project commission – accepting proposals (from companies or creative teams: – Deadline 28 January 2014
Arundel Festival Theatre Trail 2014 – Deadline: 31 January 2014
Opportunities for writers with Salon:lab 2014 – Deadline: 31 January 2014
Theatre-Rites accepting proposals for Mentoring and Development Programme in making work for children – Deadline: 31 January 2014
Grin Theatre seeking 15 minute monologues for Voices 2– Deadline: 31 January 2014
Dubuque Fine Arts Players seeking submissions for 2014 one act playwriting competition (Iowa, USA; $20 entry fee) – Deadline: 31 January 2014
Golden Lane Films seeking screenwriter for Big Picture short film project – Deadline: 31 January 2014
3MT seeking 3-6 minute scripts for Playathon – Deadline: 3 February 2014
Lyric Hammersmith residencies for emerging artists aged 18-25 – Deadline: 5 February 2014
IdeasTap offering £500 for creative projects (16-30) – Deadline: 7 February 2014
Submissions open for James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2014 (submissions only accepted from agents and producing theatres) – Deadline: 7 February 2014
Creative Learning Manager (maternity cover) – part time, Brighton-based – Deadline: 10 February 2014 at 9am
HighTide / Royal & Derngate Award – Deadline: 10 February 2014
Job opportunity: Literature Officer (paid) – Deadline: 10 February 2014
Writers wanted for Bath Fringe – 20:20 Vision (18-30) – Deadline: 10 February 2014
BBC Radio 4 seeking short stories for Opening Lines – Deadline: 14 February (submissions open on 6 January)
Short plays sought for ObamAmerica festival at Theatre503 – Deadline: 15 February 2014
DVM Theatre accepting ideas for scratch night – Deadline: 17 February 2014
First Break Monologue Writing Competition – Deadline: 21 February 2014
Grin Theatre seeking LGBT-themed plays of around 30 min for Queerfest 2014 – Deadline: 28 February 2014
Young Playwrights Competition at Grin Theatre seeking entries of 30 min plays (age 18-30) – Deadline: 28 February 2014
Theatre503 launches new Playwriting Award for 2014 – Deadline: 28 February 2014
National Student Drama Festival 2014 (age 16-25, £98 entry fee) – Deadline: 28 February 2014* (Note: this is the final date shows can be seen by an NSDF Selector to be considered – you must apply in advance of this date to arrange for them to see your show)
The Paul Darby prize for drama is now open for submissions (entry fee £5) – Deadline: 28 February 2014
Nickelodeon Writing Programme open for submissions – Deadline: 28 February 2014 at midnight
Windsor Fringe accepting one act submissions to 11th annual Kenneth Branagh Drama Writing Award (amateur playwrights only; £5 entry fee) – Deadline: 5 March 2014
Creative competition on the theme of LOVE (£250 prize), IdeasTap Editors Brief – Deadline: Friday 7 March 2014 at 5pm
2014 Papatango New Writing Prize – Deadline: 31 March 2014
Tottenham based writer required – Deadline: 31 March 2014
Chesil Theatre Company accepting 10 minute plays– Deadline: 25 April 2014
East 15 playwriting competition open for submissions – Deadline: 30 April 2014
Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize launched (£20 entry fee) – Deadline: 30 May 2014
The Newspeak Theatre Company seeks writer for their writers-room – Deadline: 30 June 2014
Ongoing submissions:
Performance Platform Opportunity, University of Greenwich – Deadline: None posted
Quids In Theatre Co seeking 40-60 minute plays for lunchtime series – Deadline: Ongoing
The Cockpit Theatre seeking work for scratch nights – No deadline posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month through to June 2014.
ScriptSpace development workshop at The Space – Deadline: None
Shred Productions open to submissions – Deadline: None (open submissions)
Open Arts Cafe Call for Submissions – Deadline: None posted
The Newspeak Theatre accepting submissions – Deadline: None (open submissions)