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).
East End Literary Salon have one slot left for their November show (submit asap!) – Deadline: none posted
Rapid Write Response Night coming up at Theatre503 for CANS – interested writers can get discounted tickets for the performance on 5 November.
Gatton Community Theatre seeking scripts for youth company – Deadline: 26 October 2014
Northern Film School/ IdeasTap – accepting short film scripts – Deadline: 27 October at 5pm
NTC Touring Theatre Company seeking short plays (paid) – Deadline: 29 October 2014
IdeasTap Editors Brief: accepting submissions on ‘Road Trip’ theme– Deadline: 30 October 2014
Mordue Pictures seeking writer for film project – Deadline: 31 October 2014
New York University seeking New Plays for Young Audiences – Deadline: 31 October 2014
Scratch That Hackney accepting submissions for scratch night – Deadline: 31 October 2014
Summer residency at Berkeley Rep (California) – Deadline: 2 November 2014
Submissions open for Channel 4 Screenwriting Course 2015 – Deadline: 3 November 2014
BBC Writersroom Workshop at Into Film Festival (age 15-19) – Deadline: 5 November 2014
Glastonbury Festival commissioning shows – Deadline: 7 November 2014
Re:Play offering £1,000 bursaries for BAME writer-performers – Deadline: 7 November 2014
Emerging Creatives Programme at The Hospital Club (age 21-35) – Deadline: 10 November 2014
Comedy Writing Masterclass with Laurence Marks (IdeasTap) – Deadline: 10 November 2014
Progressive Playwright seeking short plays for themed evenings at Tron Theatre (Glasgow), Theme: Forgiveness – Deadline: 12 November 2014
IdeasTap workshop with BBC Writersroom – Deadline: 19 November 2014
Competition to write new play inspired by Staffordshire Hoard for New Vic Newcastle – Deadline: 28 November 2014
The Wagon accepting applications for comedy writing internship (paid) – Deadline: 30 November 2014 at 5pm
Proscenium Theatre Journal accepting play submissions – Deadline: 5 December 2014
SCI-FEST LA accepting submissions of short plays – Deadline: 15 December 2014
Constance Cox Playwriting Competition from Sussex Playwrights’ Club (£7 entry fee, £280 prize) – Deadline: 24 January 2015
Bruntwood Prize coming back soon, get your scripts ready! – Competition to be launched on 29 January 2015
Ongoing submissions:
Fractured Lines accepting scripts for new writing night – Deadline: rolling
Theatrelab accepting scripts – rolling submissions
Mind the Gap seeking plays by British Writers for performance in NYC ($5 fee) – Deadline: None posted. Plays to be produced in November 2014
Kings Head Theatre seeking work in development for Without Decor – Deadline: none posted
Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – Deadline: none posted
Everything Theatre accepting plays for podcast readings – Deadline: none posted
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
Poppy Seed – accepting submissions of 5 minute scripts for blog – Deadline: None posted
BAREtruth Theatre looking for full length scripts – Deadline: None posted
Thistledew Desert Theatre (USA) seeking monologues and radio plays – Deadline: Rolling