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:
Support LPB – Become a Member!
LPB Panel: How can a playwright make their own work in the digital age?
Guest post from Dark Horse writer, Eva Edo: Demoting your Central Character
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Heretic Productions seeking monologues for production at the Arcola Theatre
From the Archive of our Advice Column, Pursued By A Bear: “I’m struggling to finish my first play, should I just give up?”
Opportunities with deadlines:
Yellow Earth Theatre seeking new writing for Typhoon 2017 showcase (East Asian Writers) – Deadline: 28 July 2017
Royal Court call for creative work in response to short film – Deadline: 28 July 2017
The Alfred Fagon Award 2017 (£6000 cash prize) – Deadline: 28 July 2017
CentrE17 seeking submissions for 1 week run – Deadline: 31 July 2017
International Arts Studio seeking research associate – Deadline: 31 July 2017
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest 2017 (cash prizes) – Deadline: 31 July 2017
Previously… Scotland’s History Festival: seed commission for new history plays – Deadline: 31 July 2017
Sterts Theatre One Act Play Writing Competition 2017 (entry £7, prize £40) – Deadline: 31 July 2017
Royale Productions seeking musical theatre scripts – Deadline: 31 July 2017
Play Submissions Helper: 38 Opportunities with July deadlines – Deadline: various throughout July
Mabel Presents seeks shorts on the theme of Notting Hill Carnival for The Lyric Hammersmith – Deadline: 1 August 2017
National Museums Liverpool seeks writer/story builder (paid) – Deadline: 1 August 2017
Rich Creative accepting scripts for feminist scratch night at Cockpit Theatre – Deadline: 7 August 2017
Soho Theatre young writers’ lab 2017 (16-26) – Deadline: 13 August 2017
Yale Drama Series Competition 2018 – Deadline: 15 August 2017
London Short Film Festival open for 2018 submissions (entry fee $6.50- $38) – Deadline: 21 April-21 August 2017
Little Pieces of Gold seeking 10 minute plays for show at Southwark Playhouse – Deadline: 25 August 2017
Galley Beggar Press short story prize 2017/18 (£10 entry fee) – Deadline: 27 August 2017
Miscellany Theatre Productions seeking love stories for My Irish Love Song project – Deadline: August (exact date TBC)
VAULT Festival 2018 open for applications – Deadline: 31 August 2017
Eloise Lally Productions seeking scripts for London Fringe Festival – Deadline: 31 August 2017
Hat Trick Productions seeks comedy scripts for ‘Your Voice, Your Story’ initiative – Deadline: 31 August 2017
89th Productions seeking full-length plays for production – Deadline: 31 August 2017
Soundwork call out for 15 minute monologues (Production and placement on website) – Deadline: 31 August 2017
Barnes Film Festival short film competition (under 25’s, entry £10) – Deadline: 1 September 2017
Graphic Short Story prize 2017 (£1000 prize) – Deadline: 29 September 2017
Heretic Productions seeking monologues for production at the Arcola Theatre – Deadline: 30 September 2017
Red Dragonfly new playwriting competition 2017 open for submissions – Deadline: 1 October 2017
Congleton Players One-Act Plays Festival open for submissions (£150 prize) – Deadline: 30 November 2017
Theatrefullstop seeking shorts for pub theatre festival – Deadline: 1 December 2017
Ashland New Plays Festival (Oregon, $15 entry, $1500 prize) – Deadline: 31 December (or when they receive 400 submissions)
Events and workshops:
The John Retallack Playwriting Course (Oxford, £2500) – Deadline: 31 July 2017
Playwrights’ Redrafting Workshop (with Jennifer Farmer) – On 12 August 2017
The Scenic Route presents ‘Creating Theatre, an Intensive Lab'(£195/£210 cost) – Starts 21 August 2017
Three day playwriting workshop with Simon Stephens in Andalucia 15 – 19 October 2017
Writers’ Mutual writing group -currently taking place Wednesdays 11am- 1pm
Ongoing submissions:
Ugly Duck offering cheap rehearsal space in Docklands – next few months for Edinburgh Fringe
Three opportunities with Alphabetti Theatre and rolling deadlines
Theatrefullstop in call out for bi-weekly podcast script submissions – 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
Madam Renards Mini Fringe Festival Swindon open for applications from writers and performers – Deadline: none posted (festival takes place in 2016)
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)
Poppy Seed – accepting submissions of 5 minute scripts for blog – Deadline: none posted