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Digital, Audio & Screen
With deadlines:
Female Voices Short Film Fund – Deadline: none specified
BFI NETWORK | Shorts School (Online) – Dates: various
The Comedy Unit | Noising Up! – Deadline: every Monday
New Writing North | Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards 2026 – Deadline: 26 June 2026
**HODDER & STOUGHTON OPEN SUBMISSIONS (Literary) – 28 June 2026
Comedy Gold Diggers is seeking comedy audio scripts – Deadline: 30 June 2026
ITV Academy | Continuing Drama Writers Initiative Continuing Drama – Deadline: 2 July 2026
**UMBRELLAS FOR FISH An International Journal of Absurd & Existential Drama – Deadline: 26 August 2026
Mini Plays Review is officially open for submissions for our upcoming issue! – Deadline: 31 August 2026
Rolling deadlines:
Edinburgh Screenwriting Sessions – Dates: various
Actwrite – Deadline: rolling
Yorkshire Screenwriters | Monthly Script Feedback – Dates: various
54321…Lights Camera Made! – Deadline: rolling – 1st of every month
Script Call out – Feature Films – Deadline: none posted
ChewBoy Productions launch new service: Cinematic Monologue Reels
Bookmark magazine TYPE! Accepting submissions of flash fiction, poetry, six-word stories, micro-plays, micro-screenplays, and illustrations – Deadline: rolling
BBC Upload – Deadline: rolling
Frequency Theatre Open to Unsolicited Script Submissions (Audio Plays Only) (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
Scenesaver – digital performance platform – Deadline: rolling
Online Courses & Workshops
London Playwrights Zoom Meetup – Date: W/ 1st Wed of every month
Workshops from Scrum Theatre – Dates: various from 20 June 2026
INK Festival | Autumn 2026 Script Writing Courses – Deadline: 1 July 2026
London Playwrights: Write Your Play (a 5 week course) – NEW COHORT ANNOUNCED Date: 7 July 2026/ Early Bird Offer £139
Free Webinars from the National Theatre – Dates: various in July – sign up by 3rd July 2026
London Playwrights Advanced Playwriting Programme – Applications close 31st July/ Starts September 2026
Theatre503 Writers’ Programme: Courses, Masterclasses, and Dramaturgy –Dates: various (online and in person)
BBC Writers Digital Sessions for Screenwriting Students – Dates: various
New Earth academy plus- for BESEA artists – Various/ also in-person events
LPW Members Online Course: Mastering Dramatic Structure – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop) – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop) – Available now
LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops) – Available now
LPW: The Redrafting Toolkit – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist – Available now
Live Playwriting Opportunities
With deadlines:
En Route accepting submissions for Voyages – Deadline: 27 June 2026
**Double Star Productions – Retellings Never Did Run Smooth – Deadline: 28 June 2026
Pentabus Theatre | Jerwood Writer in Residence 2027 – Deadline: 29 June 2026
New Earth Writers UK Academy Plus – Deadline: 30 June 2026
IATI THEATER – Call for Submissions for New Plays – CIMIENTOS 2026 – NEW YORK, NY – Deadline: 30 June 2026
**Mercury Theatre launches inaugural Mercury Essex Playwrights Award – News: submissions open 30 June 2026
The NHB Mentoring scheme – applications now open for 2026/27! – Deadline: 1 July 2026
**The Customs House | First Play Club 2026 – Deadline: 1 July 2026
**Peter Shaffer Commissions at the National Theatre – Deadline: 13 July 2026
**Liverpool Everyman Playhouse Submissions – Deadline: 13 July 2026
**Richmond Arts – New Plays Competition – Deadline: 17 July 2026
Polka Playwriting Award 2026 – Deadline: 19 July 2026
**Marylebone Theatre: The Iskador Project | An Introduction to Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas for Emerging Theatre-makers – Deadline: 31 July 2026
**Mustapha Matura Award 2026 – Deadline: 31 July 2026
*Mainstage Prize for Playwriting – Deadline: 1 August 2026
A Play, a Pie and a Pint (Scottish or Scottish-based) – Deadline: 3 August 2026/ 5 October 2026
Summerseat Players at Theatre Royal Ramsbottom accepting submissions for New Writing Festival – Deadline: 3 August 2026
**Submissions are now OPEN for the Bill Cashmore Award: One Act Play Prize – Deadline: 25 August 2026
The Climate Playwriting Prize – Shakespeare’s Globe – Deadline: 1 September 2026
Rolling deadlines:
**Women’s Voices Festival submissions now open – Deadline: none posted
Anthroplay Theatre | Anthrotalks – Deadline: various
New Writing North – writing awards for northern writers – Deadlines: various
**Jot Theatre are hosting their next Informal Scratch Night and Social in a brand new venue! – Deadlines: Various
**Opportunities for playwrights – Bingley Arts Centre – Deadlines: various
New Hope Creative Group presents a new scratch night for black writers – Deadline: rolling
Sherman Theatre Accepting Scripts – Deadline: rolling
Jot Theatre New Writing Scratch Night and Social – Deadline: none specified
Stolen Moments | Writer Call Out – Deadline: rolling
TRY OUT YOUR SCRIPT WITH PLAYER-PLAYWRIGHTS – Deadline: rolling
JDAL is inviting script submissions for its next New Writing Showcase – Deadline: rolling
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland | National Script Reading Service – Deadline: rolling
VAULT Creative Arts – open programming call – Deadline: not specified
Barons Court Theatre | The Sunday Fix – Deadline: rolling
Box of Tricks | Open Door – Deadline: rolling
Royal Court Theatre | Script Submissions – Deadline: rolling
Liverpool’s Royal Court – Stage Write Nights – Deadline: ongoing
Reflex Theatre Call for New Acts- Deadline: rolling
London Playwrights: Members’ Submission Window – Rolling Process! – Deadline: rolling
Off The Page: bi-monthly script readings at The Bridge House Theatre, Penge – Deadline: rolling
Mental Rebellion seeking writers – Deadline: not specified
Heads or Tales? Monthly Scratch Night (Scottish & Irish Writers) – Deadline: monthly events
Production Proposal Submissions – The King’s Head Theatre – Deadline: not specified
Finborough Theatre | Open Script Submissions – Deadline: rolling
Barons Court- Sunday Fix scratch night – Deadline: not specified
The Swiss Church London offering subsided space for artists – Deadline: not applicable
The New Works Playhouse accepting submissions (unpaid) – Deadline: rolling
Peggy Ramsay Foundation: Grant for writers – Deadline: rolling
Tutti Creative Space: cheap rehearsal space – Deadline: not applicable
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
In person workshops and events
**Monday evening creative writing workshops at The Old Nursery (N15 4GZ), with award winning playwright – Dates: Mondays
**Write Your Draft – a 6 week creative writing course with Fran Bushe – Dates: From 8th June 2026
New Writers’ Group For Global Talent Visa Playwrights! Dates: various
New script writing group in London led by London Playwrights’ Literary Manager (free) – Dates: every second Wednesday starts 1st October 2025
Script East Midlands Monthly meet-ups, booking required – Dates: various
Short Courses from The Guildhall – Dates: various
Roundhouse London: Creative Drop-ins – Dates: various
Aberystwyth University Scriptwriting Society – Dates: various in term time (non-students welcome)
Create Writing Workshops – Dates: Various (in person and Zoom)
Scriptwriting East Midlands – Dates: various
Sign Up to the Bread & Roses Theatre Writers Membership! – Dates: not applicable/ various events
Liverpool’s Royal Court – Stage Write Nights – Dates: various
Womxn Who Make Funny Films – Dates: various
Messy Writers: Monthly London Meet-Ups – – Dates: monthly
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