Our weekly round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date).
Dysthelexi seeking submissions for SundaySurgery (targeted at Dyslexic Writers, fee for participation) – Deadline: None posted (event is 26 January 2014)
Lace Market Theatre seeking new play submissions – Deadline: 31 December 2013
Kitchen Dog Theatre seeking full length plays for New Works Festival (Dallas, Texas) – Deadline: 1 January 2014
Stage Q Call for Scripts for Queer Shorts 9 (Madison, Wisconsin) – Deadline: 1 January 2014
Schreiber’s Shorts 2014 seeking 10 minute plays on theme of identity (New York) – Deadline: 1 January 2014
Gadfly’s “Final Frontier Festival” is now accepting one-act play submissions (Minnesota, USA) – Deadline: 1 January 2014
Venus Theatre seeking full-length play submissions empowering women (Maryland, USA) – Deadline: 5 January 2014
Theatre Exchange Birmingham seeking script extracts for performance – Deadline: 6 January 2014
Red Planet Prize 2013 open to entries for television writing – Deadline: 6 January 2014
Undeb Theatre seeking Summer Festivals Script Submission – Deadline: 6 January 2014
BAC inviting proposals for Freshly Scratched – Deadline: 8 January 2014
Applications open for Spring writing groups at the Royal Court – Deadline: 9 January 2014
TLW LEXiCON Play and Short Story Competition (£3 submission fee) – Deadline: 10 January 2014
Squint seeking submissions for Scratchbook: Great Reckonings In Little Rooms – Deadline: 11 January 2014
Jerwood/ Arvon mentoring sheme accepting applications – Deadline: 13 January 2014
Call for Applications: The Camargo Foundation 2014-15 Fellowships for Scholars and Artists – Deadline: 13 January 2014
24:7 Theatre Festival accepting submissions (entry fee) – Deadline: 13 January 2014
IdeasTap Underbelly award 2014 – Deadline: 14 January 2014
Shakespeare in the ‘Burg seeking one act plays of 25-60 min (Virginia, USA) – Deadline: 15 January 2014
Small Fish Radio Theatre seeking 6-10 minute radio plays (Chicago, USA) – Deadline: 15 January 2014
Unspoken Theatre seeking submissions for Festival of Mythic Shorts (Toronto, Canada) – Deadline: 16 January 2014
Write Now 5 Festival at Brockley Jack seeking submissions of full-length plays (SE London writers only) – Deadline: 27 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
IdeasTap offering £500 for creative projects (16-30) – Deadline: 7 February 2014
Creative Learning Manager (maternity cover) – part time, Brighton-based – Deadline: 10 February 2014 at 9am
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
First Break Monologue Writing Competition – Deadline: 21 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
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
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