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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:
New members’ resources and updated website!
Leadership Changeover at LPW
The Playwriting Elevator Pitch: Why the First Ten Pages of Your Script Really Matter
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Short plays sought for The Twilight Hour
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper: 28 Opportunities with June Deadlines – Deadlines: various throughout June
MFA in Playwriting at The Lir Academy – open for applications – Deadline: 28 June 2019
Influencing Machine seeking short plays by midlands based writers – Deadline: 28 June 2019
5-day Residential Arvon Playwriting Course: Two free places for young writers (18-29) – Deadline: 29 June 2019
Green Stories Stage Play Writing Competition open for entries – Deadline: 30 June 2019
London Playwrights’ Mini Playwriting Competition for National Writing Day – Deadline: 30 June 2019 at midnight
Bristol Old Vic seeking new plays (South West writers) – Deadline: 30 June 2019
Dark Unicorn Productions seeking stage plays – Deadline: 30 June 2019
Chippy Lane Productions seeking Writing Apprentice (Welsh or Wales-based writers) – Deadline: 1 July 2019
BBC: TV Drama Writers’ Programme – open for applications – Deadline: 1 July 2019
The High Sheriff’s Cheshire Prize for Literature 2019 – Scriptwriting: open for entries (Cheshire writers) – Deadline: 1 July 2019
Dancing Bear Books seeking short story writers for anthology – Deadline: 1 July 2019
Northern Ireland Screen accepting submissions for Shorts to Features 2019-20 – Deadline: 5 July 2019
The Director’s Cut seeking plays for The Director’s Club Showcase ‘The Faces of One Day’ – Deadline: 6 July 2019
University of Southampton: Green Stories Writing Competition – Deadlines: various (radio plays – 12 July 2019)
Down Stage Write Playwriting Residentials – Deadline: 14 July 2019
Bush Theatre: West London Playwrights’ Group – Deadline: 15 July 2019
Topanga Actors Company ten minute play competition – Deadline: 19 July 2019
Papatango Resident Playwright open for applications (South-West England writers) – Deadline: 25 July 2019
Questors Theatre Student Playwriting Competition open for submissions – Deadline: 31 July 2019
What’s On Tom Productions seeking 15 minute plays on theme of ‘Shame’ – Deadline: 2 August 2019
Shore Scripts 2019 Feature Screenplay and TV Pilot Contests.now open for submissions (entry fee $45-$60) – Deadline: 31 May 2019 (early)31 August 2019 (final)
Academy Arts Press short story competition (entry fee $15/$20) – Deadline: 1 October 2019
Decorating Dissidence: Call for Submissions – Essays, Reviews, Poetry, Visual Arts – Deadline: 31 March 2020
Events and workshops:
Pitlochry Festival Theatre launch Writers room – Dates: various throughout 2019
Theatre503 Rapid Response Nights – Dates: various, starting 23 January 2019
London Playwriting Lab open for applications – Deadline: none, but applications opened 1 May 2019
Papatango: adult workshops with WriteWest – Dates: various
How to Run a Theatre Workshops with Part of the Grid – Dates: various from June 2019
The Monobox: Workshops and weekly play-reading group – Dates: various
Green Ink Writers’ Gym: free workshop – Date: 28 June 2019
Writing Monologues: How to create the perfect one person show – Date: 29 June 2019
Written Off Women – WoW! Discussion about ageism in theatre at the Ovalhouse – Date: 29 June 2019
The Shaw Society – Evening with Bonnie Greer – Date: 1 July 2019
Norwich Theatre Royal: Playwriting with Pride course for LGBTQ writers – Dates: Monday nights in July 2019
WGM Script Development and Pitching Workshop – Date: 5 July 2019
Ink: Introduction to Scriptwriting Course with James McDermott – Dates: 6-7 July 2019
Tamasha Masterclass: Playwriting with Teenagers – Deadline to apply: 28 June 2019/ workshop takes place 13 July 2019
CAMP residential: Playwriting with John Burgess – Dates: 7th – 12th August 2019 (level 1) 14th – 19th August 2019 (level 2)
The Scenic Route – Creating Theatre Lab – Dates: starts 27 August 2019
Online workshops and resources:
National Theatre: New Views – playwriting programme for 14-19 year olds – Dates: various
Papatango career facilitation service – 10am -12pm alternate Tuesdays (starting 31 January 2019)
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting: Online Toolkit for writers
The Bruntwood Prize: Free livestreamed workshops for 2019 Paines Plough Insights Podcast
Stagedoor App Podcast (Bridget Minamore and Chris Campbell of the Royal Court’s Literary Office)
Access the Royal Court’s Playwrights’ Podcast
Bloomsbury Publishing: How to get your play published (view live stream of talk)
WGGB launches FREE Musical Theatre Kit
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia
LPW Summer Sessions: Overcoming writers’ block (online workshop)
LPW Summer Sessions: How to write a monologue (online workshop)
LPW Summer Sessions: Promoting yourself as a writer (online workshops)
LPW Members: Online Course – Writing in Dialect: How to Listen, What to Write – Available now
LPW Members: Online Course – The Submissions Checklist
Ongoing submissions:
Peggy Ramsay Foundation: Grant for writers – Deadline: rolling
Tutti Creative Space: cheap rehearsal space – Deadline: not applicable
Free Spirit Theatre seeking submissions for Write-Off 2019 – Deadline: none posted
Aktualise Theatre accepting submissions – Deadline: rolling
Feast Theatre seeking playwrights! – Deadline: none posted
BBC Sounds launch callout for podcast drama! – Deadline: none posted
Tiny Theatre seeking submissions of short plays – Deadline: none posted
WildChild Script Call out! – Deadline: none posted
Blindspot Theatre Scratch night -Deadline: none but slots are filled on a first come first serve basis
Katzpace accepting submissions for Katzcratch – Deadline: none posted
Scriptjam accepting scripts for feedback – Deadline: rolling
The Cabot Cruising Club, Bristol looking to programme arts events – Deadline: none posted
Exploding Whale Theatre seeking submissions for their next show – Deadline: none posted
Thunder Theatre seeking submissions for 15-20 minute plays – Deadline: none posted
Mate Productions accepting applications for Writers Collective – Deadline: None posted
Manchester ADP seeking scripts to produce – Deadline: Rolling
Sparks – HighTide’s new script submission process – Deadline: Weekly, follow them on Twitter for updates
Attic Theatre seeking musicals for 2019 tour – Deadline: None posted
React Scratch inviting writers to share work at monthly scratch night – Deadline: Rolling
Drama Notebook seeking short plays for kids and teens (paid) – Deadline: None posted
Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Play Production Programme – Deadline: Ongoing
Aurora Metro Books seeks British East Asian plays for publication – Deadline: Ongoing
Middle Child Theatre seeking scripts to commission – Deadline: None posted
Newsthump looking for spoof news writers – Deadline: ongoing
Arvon Grants available for writing courses – Deadline: none posted/ various
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
Playwrights Circle at the Bread & Roses – Deadline: ongoing (monthly event)
Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – 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.