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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:
News! London Playwrights’ Collaborate with The Bush on new writing podcast!
New members content: The Self- Producing Handbook: Available NOW!
#WrAP is back for 2020. Write a play this January!
Chippy Lane Productions: The benefits of writers’ groups
New Bog Series! Money Talks: How Playwrights Earn a Living – Isla van Tricht
Play Club #4 – Barbershop Chronicles by Inua Ellams (submission window open)
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Sparkhaus call out for writers for Ignite 6 scratch night
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper: 27 playwriting opportunities with September deadlines – Deadlines: various throughout September 2019
The Lancaster Playwriting Prize (writers over 55) – Deadline: 27 September 2019
Idle Discourse – ‘Ascending Ages’ Writing Competition – Deadline: 27 September 2019 at 11.45pm
Channel 4 Screenwriting Course 2020 – open for applications – Deadline: 27 September 2019
Tamasha accepting applications for the Tamasha Playwrights group – Deadline: 27 September 2019
Sterts Theatre One Act Playwriting Competition – Deadline: 30 September 2019
Playhouse Playmaker: attachment scheme from Oxford Playhouse – Deadline: 30 September 2019
2020 PlayPenn New Play Development Conference – Deadline: 30 September 2019
Chronic Insanity seeking new writing – Deadline: 30 September 2019
Hammond House Publishing: International Writing Competitions 2019 (entry £10) – Deadline: 30 September 2019
Academy Arts Press short story competition (entry fee $15/$20) – Deadline: 1 October 2019
Freelance Script Writer (with facilitation skills), Curious Monkey – Deadline: 2 October 2019
Pleasance Scratch at Pleasance Islington – Deadline: 4 October 2019
Down Stage Write seeking short plays from Devon & Cornwall Writers – Deadline: 4 October 2019
Shook – new scratch night accepting submissions – Deadline: 4 October 2019
Ink Festival accepting submissions – Deadline: 5 October 2019
Glass Splinters seeking submissions for event at the Pleasance – Deadline: 5 October 2019
LPW Play Club: Submission Window #4 Now Open! – Deadline: 6 October 2019
Visible Fictions seeking online shorts – Deadline: 7 October 2019
Sparkhaus call out for writers for Ignite 6 scratch night – Deadline: 7 October 2019
Hopepunk Scratch: Night of Hopeful Theatre (Part of Talos III: Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London) – Deadline: 7 October 2019
Radar Sofia: Open call out for paid creative stay – Deadline: 15 October 2019
BBC Radio 4 extra seeking submissions for Newsjack – Deadlines: various until 15 October 2019
Camino Real Playhouse seeking 10 minute plays – Deadline: 15 October 2019
Sheffield Theatres accepting submissions – Deadline: 21 October 2019
The Kay Mellor Fellowship – Leeds Playhouse and Rollem Productions – Deadline: 21 October 2019
Airlock Theatre seeking applications for ‘Sonar’ – Deadline: 22 October 2019
Upstairs at the Western seeking writers for scratch night – Deadline: 25 October 2019
Little Pieces of Gold accepting submissions from female writers – Deadline: 28 October 2019
Questors Theatre seeking submissions for Power Play – Deadline: 31 October 2019
The Delta Collective: accepting submissions for new writing night – Deadline: 31 October 2019
Traverse Theatre open submission window – Deadline: 31 October 2019
Over Our Head Productions accepting comedy submissions for Snowdance festival – Deadline: 1 November 2019
Applications for CRITERION New Writing 2020 are open – Deadline: 1 November 2019
RSL Literature Matters Awards – Deadline: 5 December 201 9
Killer Shorts Horror Screenplay contest – Deadline: 15 December 2019
IV International Young Theatre Playwriting Contest – Deadline: 15 December 2019
The Soho Theatre launches 2020 Verity Bargate Award – Deadline: 20 December 2019, submissions open on 20 November 2019
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre One-Act Drama Festival – Deadline: 6 January 2019
The John Byrne Award open for applications (16-30/ Scotland) – Deadline: Monthly/ 31 January 2020
Independent Award for Improper Dramaturgy 2019«Neem-2019. First page» – open for application – Deadline: 1 March 2020
Nathan Carr and Milivoy Webber Memorial Prize: An annual writing competition – Deadline: 4 March 2020
Decorating Dissidence: Call for Submissions – Essays, Reviews, Poetry, Visual Arts – Deadline: 31 March 2020
The Progress Theatre launches two projects for aspiring playwrights – Deadline: none but last sessions and events take place on 1 & 4 July 2020
Events and workshops:
Scene 1: a Loughton (Essex)-based writers’ & actors’ group – Dates: TBC
Pitlochry Festival Theatre launch Writers room – Dates: various throughout 2019
Theatre503 Rapid Response Nights – Dates: various, starting 23 January 2019
How to Run a Theatre Workshops with Part of the Grid – Dates: various from June 2019 2019 (level 2)
Director’s Cut Theatre: Writer’s Club – Dates: various
StoryFutures Academy – free introductory labs – Dates: various throughout Autumn 2019
WGM Atlantic Group Literary: How to be a regular writer on the Soaps – Date: 5 October 2019
Playwriting Workshop with Luke Barnes (14-25 yr olds) – Date: 7 October 2019
Who We Are, How We Work & Breaking into the Industry – BBC Writersroom Scotland Event
Writing for Stage – Arcola Theatre – Dates: Starts 18 October 2019
Spread the Word: Writing for Audio Drama with James Fritz – Deadline: 9 November 2019
Theatre Royal Wakefield/ National Theatre New Views: free writing programme (14-19 year olds) – Dates: various until 18 November 2019
The Inkubator: Introduction to Playwriting Course with Euphoric Ink – Dates: Starts 15 January 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
Black Lives, Black Words: Playwriting Fundamentals Course
Chippy Lane Productions open list of female writers
Ongoing submissions:
Studio Salford Development Week – Deadline: none posted
The Space accepting applications from companies for new season – deadline: rolling
Hampstead Theatre announces year round submission window
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.