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; 2) Opportunities with Deadlines; 3) Workshops and Events; 4) Ongoing opportunities (no deadline).
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Pick of the Week:
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week is: Alfred Fagon Award 2015
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper – 40 Playwright Submissions w/ July (and late June/early August) Deadlines
Roister Doister Publishing launch competition to find plays for young people – Deadline: 3 July 2015
The Ashton Group seeking 60-min one act play for ‘Finding Words’ (writers age 25 and under) – Deadline: 6 July 2015
Make Space Summer Project 2015 offering free workshops for 18-24 year olds – Deadline: 6 July 2015
Story Editor sought for BBC’s Eastenders – Deadline: 7 July 2015
Free playwriting workshop with Papatango – Deadline: 8 July 2015
Applications open for musical “RE:act – Songs For a New World” at St James Theatre – Deadline: 8 July 2015
Research & Development Residencies at ArtsDepot – Deadline: 8 July 2015
Theatre Royal Stratford East launches 2015 Perfect Pitch Award for musical theatre writing – Deadline: 10 July 2015 for free entry (final deadline: 20 July 2015 with £25 fee)
Award for Most Promising Playwright (East Midlands writers only) – Deadline: 15 July 2015
Two-hander for two women sought for London production – Deadline: 15 July 2015
NMI’s ‘Search for New Musicals’ Seeks Submissions ($195 entry fee) – Deadline: 15 July 2015
Pint-sized seeking short plays for evening of new writing – Deadline: 23 July 2015
Little Pieces of Gold accepting submissions of 10 minute plays – Deadline: 27 July 2015
Introduction to Playwriting Course at the National Theatre (£375, bursaries available) – Deadline: 27 July 2015
Monkey wood Theatre seeking 5 minute plays from Manchester United football fans – Deadline: 27 July 2015
Verity Bargate Award 2015 (£6,000 prize) – Deadline: 31 July 2015
Short Plays sought for The Platform at The Bread & Roses Theatre – Deadline: 31 July 2015
The Three Leaches Play Competition ($10 submission fee) – Deadline: 1 August 2015
Alfred Fagon Award 2015 open for applications from playwrights of Caribbean or African descent – Deadline 1 August 2015
Proscenium Theatre Journal seeking submissions – Deadline 1 August 2015
Pentabus seeking 16-25 year old writers for 2015/16 Playwriting Group – Deadline: 14 August 2015
Yale Drama Series Competition 2015 – Deadline: 15 August 2015
Postcard Theatre accepting 60-90 minute scripts in new playwriting competition – Deadline: 21 August 2015
Global Playwriting Contest 2015 on Confronting Climate Change and Defying Disasters ($5,000 USD prize) – Deadline: 30 August 2015
Submissions sought for Supernova 7: A Festival of New One-Act Plays – Deadline: 31 August 2015
Open Theatre Project seeking 20-60 minute pieces for solo performers (Boston, USA) – Deadline: 1 September 2015
Gillian Hush Award for Radio Drama – Deadline: 1 September 2015
TheatreFest15 seeking short plays on theme of slavery to perform on Isle of Man (£10 entry fee) – Deadline: 1 September 2015
‘Brave New Ending’ Writing Challenge – Deadline: 7 September 2015 (to be considered for performance); 31 December 2015 (final deadline)
Bush Theatre Summer submissions window now open – Deadline: 11 September 2015
StageWrite seeking 30-40 min. scripts for Bedford’s annual New Writing Festival – Deadline: 30 September 2015
Saving Endangered Species (SES) International Playwriting Prize (California, $100 prize) – Deadline: 30 November 2015
2015 TF Evans Shaw Society £500 Writing Award (entry £8/£5) – Deadline: 30 November 2015
Events and workshops:
‘How to teach dramatic writing’ masterclasses at Central Saint Martins – 8 July 2015, 9am-6pm
London Writers Week with the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – Wednesday 8 July – Saturday 11 July 2015
Tutored Playwriting Retreat with Arvon (£685-£720) – –
Omnibus writers group sessions starting in September (£84 for 8 sessions) – From 7 September 2015
Ongoing submissions:
Oxford based filmmakers seeking short film scripts – Deadline: none posted
TreePress seeking playwrights to upload scripts for Beta Testing – Deadline: none posted
East End Literary Salon open to rolling submissions – Deadline: rolling
Orange Tea Theatre accepting submissions – Deadline: rolling
Fractured Lines accepting scripts for new writing night – Deadline: rolling
Theatrelab accepting scripts – rolling submissions
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 – No deadline posted but performances take place on the first Monday of the month through to June 2014.
Shred Productions open to submissions – Deadline: None (open submissions)
Poppy Seed – accepting submissions of 5 minute scripts for blog – Deadline: None posted
COG ARTSpace call out for playwrights! – Deadline: None posted