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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:
LPB at London Writers’ Week: Workshops & Events
LPW Online Book Club – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
7 Playwrights On Why They Write
Working class voices: vibrancy, determination and finding inspiration in the ordinary
Our latest opportunities Pick of the Week: Actor Awareness accepting submissions for new writing night from over 30’s
Pursued by a bear: How to fix a boring protagonist
Opportunities with deadlines:
Play Submissions Helper: 27 Opportunities with July deadlines – Deadline: various throughout July 2018
A Different Story of Rochdale: Playwriting Competition open for submissions (14-25 Rochdale writers) – Deadline: 6 July 2018
Plays Rough seeking submissions on theme of ‘Tabloids and Tentacles’. – Deadline: 7 July 2018
Writers call out: Lost in London – Deadline: 7 July 2018
BBC Hausa short story competition for women open for entries – Deadline: 8 July 2018
Penguin launches search for new writers and illustrators with WriteNow2018 – Deadline: 9 July 2018
Secondary Partnership Scheme: Emerging Playwrights opportunity with Oldham Coliseum (paid £200, 18-30) – Deadline: 9 July 2018
Worcestershire Arts seeking writers/ theatre companies – Deadline: 13 July 2018
BBC Radio Manchester and The Royal Exchange open call for monologues-Deadline: 15 July 2018
Redgates Theatre accepting submissions of three minute pieces for performance – Deadline: 15 July 2018 at midnight
Actor Awareness accepting submissions for new writing night from over 30’s – Deadline: 15 July 2018
The Director’s Club at Director’s Cut seeking short plays – Deadline: 15 July 2018
The Bush Theatre Project 2036 open for applications (BAMER artists, £7.5k bursary) – Deadline: 16 July 2018
Sketchy: London 2018 seeking submissions – Deadline: 18 July 2018
Cuckoo Bang accepting submissions for BITS new writing night – Deadline: 18 July 2018
React 4 Scratch Night call out for submissions -Deadline: none but the performance takes place on 19 July 2018
Mercury/ Weinberger Playwriting Prize 2018 announced! – Deadline: 20 July 2018
Playwrights Studio Scotland accepting applications for script surgery – Deadline: 20 July 2018
Edgemar Center for the Arts seeking new plays for 2018 season – Deadline: 22 July 2018
The Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is now open for entries of comedy scripts – Deadline: 22 July 2018
Kali Theatre Discovery Programme open for applications (women writers of South Asian descent) – Deadline: 24 July 2018
Alfred Fagon Award 2018 open for submissions – Deadline: 27 July 2018
The Octagon Theatre accepting submissions for Best of Bolton competition -Deadline: 27 July 2018
Lost Chapters Theatre seeking shorts in response to their show, ‘Lies’ – Deadline: 27 July 2018
The Felix Dexter Bursary (BBC Comedy Commissioning) accepting applications – Deadline: 30 July at 5pm
Sterts one-act play competition (£8 entry/ £100 prize) – Deadline: 31 July 2018
Audiojam Flash Fiction Competition open for submissions – Deadline: 31 July 2018
Wildclaw Theatre seeking 10 minute horror audio scripts – Deadline: 31 July 2018
Eurodram seeking English translations of contemporary European plays – 31 July 2018 at 5pm
‘Write Here! Write Now!’ Contexture Theatre seeking 20 min plays for Herts & Essex Playwriting Festival – Deadline: 31 July 2018
London Horror Festival Playwriting Competition – open for submissions – Deadline: 1 August 2018
The Lancaster Playwriting Prize open for submissions (BAMER writers/ North West)– Deadline: 22 June 2018 5 August 2018
Yale Drama Series seeking scripts for competition (submissions open 1 June!) – Deadline: 15 August 2018
Pheobus Fire call for scripts on theme of ‘women’s empowerment’ – Deadline: 30 September 2018
Little Pieces of Gold seeking shorts for new writing night – Deadline: 10 August 2018
Bench Theatre One Act play competition open for submissions – Deadline: 17 August 2018
Angel on the Corner accepting submissions for new theatre project – Deadline: 17 August 2018
People’s Play Award open to writers from the North of England (£1000 prize) – Deadline: 31 August 2018
Traverse Theatre submission window (opens 1 August)– Deadline: 1 September 2018
Independent International Award for Improper Dramaturgy «Neem-2018» (2000 ruble prize) – Deadline: 1 September 2018
Chaos Theory seeking new plays for 2019 (under 25’s) – Deadline: 30 September 2018
LegalAliens seeking short plays on the theme of ‘Migrations: Harbour Europe – Deadline: 15 October 2018
Farnham Maltings accepting applications for grant scheme (18-25) – Deadline: 18 October 2018
Theatre Uncut and Young Vic launch UK’s first major political playwriting award – Deadline: 1 November (submissions open on 1 September)
Ink19 festival accepting submissions (East Anglia writers only) – Deadline: 5 November 2018
The Book Pipeline seeking source material to adapt ($65 entry, $10,000 prize) – Deadline: 15 November 2018
Theatrefullstop accepting submissions for Pub Theatre Festival – Deadline: 1 December 2018
365 Women a Year Playwriting Project – Deadline: 31 December 2018
Dwell Time – Penistone Train Line Newspaper: seeking submissions – Deadline: 31 December 2018
Ashland New Plays Festival: International Playwriting Competition ($20 entry, $1500 prize) – Deadline :31 December or when they reach 400 submissions, whichever is sooner
Langham Court Theatre announces Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition ($45 entry) – Deadline: 29 March 2019
Events and workshops:
David Lane’s Playpens feedback sessions – 15% off for July
Oplex Careers – Playwriting and Screenwriting Course (Online, £19) – Online
Royal Court announce series of workshops for women – Dates TBC
Bloomsbury Publishing: How to get your play published (view live stream of talk) – Online resource
Free writing workshops with Papatango’s GoWrite – Dates: various
WGGB launches FREE Musical Theatre Kit – Online resource
An Introduction to Screenwriting: free online course with FutureLearn & Uni. of East Anglia – Ongoing, sign up any time
Writers’ Support Group (Manchester)– Mondays 6pm-8pm
Pinter On Screen: Power, Sex and Politics – at the BFI Southbank this July & August – Dates: various in July & August
Play in a Day Workshop with Royal Court #TakeUpSpace – Date: 7 July 2018
W I L D C A R D presents: A Workshop With Luke Barnes – Date: 8 July 2018
Creative writing workshops with Unbound Theatre – Date: 15 July 2018
London Writers’ Week 2018 announces its’ programme – Date: 16- 21 July 2018
LPB at London Writers’ Week – From Stage to Screen with Freddie Machin – Date: 21 July 2018 at 3pm
LPB at London Writers’ Week – Creative Inspiration: Building a Premise – Date: 21 July 2018 at 3pm
LPB at London Writers’ Week – Social meetup for writers – Date: 21 July 2018 at 4.30pm
#TakeUpSpace Script Club at Royal Court – Girl in the Machine – 25 July 2018
Applications open for the John Retallack Playwriting Course 2018-2019 – Deadline: 31 July 2018 (for September start)
CAMP writing workshop with John Burgess (£1,119 – bursaries available) – Dates: 8-12 August 2018
The Scenic Route: Creating Theatre Lab- open for applications – Starts 27 August 2018
COMMON GROUND event at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow – Date: 6 September 2018
Write Theatre playwriting course – Dates: 13-14 October 2018
Ongoing submissions:
Manchester ADP seeking scripts to produce – Deadline: Rolling
The Questors Theatre Ealing accepting submissions for staged readings – Deadline: None posted
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
Out of Joint launches Writers Room for London Uni Students: Submit your work to the London Student Drama Festivalplaywrights – 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
Ugly Duck offering cheap rehearsal space in Docklands – next few months for Edinburgh Fringe– Deadline: None posted
Three opportunities with Alphabetti Theatre and rolling deadlines– 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
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
Londonville Lit offering reading slots – Deadline: none posted
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)