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).
Kenyon Institute offering week-long intensive for writers (Ohio, USA; $2,000 fee) – Deadline: None posted, however registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis
Glastonbury Festival commissioning shows – Deadline: 7 November 2014
Re:Play offering £1,000 bursaries for BAME writer-performers – Deadline: 7 November 2014
Win free place on story development workshop with Working Title films – Deadline: 7 November 2014
Emerging Creatives Programme at The Hospital Club (age 21-35) – Deadline: 10 November 2014
Comedy Writing Masterclass with Laurence Marks (IdeasTap) – Deadline: 10 November 2014
Artists Anonymous seeking 10-minute submissions for Page to Stage (selected scripts pay £10 fee) – Deadline: 10 November 2014
Progressive Playwright seeking short plays for themed evenings at Tron Theatre (Glasgow), Theme: Forgiveness – Deadline: 12 November 2014
IdeasTap workshop with BBC Writersroom – Deadline: 19 November 2014
Calling Playwrights With Connections To The London Borough Of Waltham Forest! – Deadline: 23 November 2014
High Tide/ IdeasTap accepting applications for Playwriting workshops – Deadline: 26 November 2014 at 5pm
West Avenue seeking short scripts for Briefs new writing night – Deadline: 26 November 2014
Full-day Introduction to Playwriting Workshop with Fin Kennedy of Tamasha (£50 fee) – Deadline: 28 November 2014
Competition to write new play inspired by Staffordshire Hoard for New Vic Newcastle – Deadline: 28 November 2014
Theatre Renegade seeking playwright for Courting Drama at Southwark Playhouse – Deadline: 28 November 2014
The Wagon accepting applications for comedy writing internship (paid) – Deadline: 30 November 2014 at 5pm
Talawa Theatre Company accepting scripts from emerging Black British writers – Deadline 30 November 2014
Writing Platform Bursary 2015 – supporting collaboration between writers and technologists (£4,000 bursary) – Deadline: 4 December 2014
Proscenium Theatre Journal accepting play submissions – Deadline: 5 December 2014
SCI-FEST LA accepting submissions of short plays – Deadline: 15 December 2014
East End Literary Salon seeking 10-20 minute submissions – Deadline: 31 December 2014
Carabosse seeking 5-20 minute submissions for Pub Theatre night (Milton Keynes, open to London writers) – Deadline: 31 December 2014
Constance Cox Playwriting Competition from Sussex Playwrights’ Club (£7 entry fee, £280 prize) – Deadline: 24 January 2015
Bruntwood Prize coming back soon, get your scripts ready! – Competition to be launched on 29 January 2015
Brockley Jack seeking full length plays for Write Now 6 (for playwrights with a connection to SE London) – Deadline: 30 January 2015
Saving Endangered Species (SES) International Playwriting Prize (California, $100 prize) – Deadline: 30 November 2015
Ongoing submissions:
Fractured Lines accepting scripts for new writing night – Deadline: rolling
Theatrelab accepting scripts – rolling submissions
Mind the Gap seeking plays by British Writers for performance in NYC ($5 fee) – Deadline: None posted. Plays to be produced in November 2014
Kings Head Theatre seeking work in development for Without Decor – Deadline: none posted
Funding available for students at Glasgow University MLitt Playwriting & Dramaturgy – Deadline: none posted
Everything Theatre accepting plays for podcast readings – Deadline: none posted
Performance Platform Opportunity, University of Greenwich – Deadline: None posted
Quids In Theatre Co seeking 40-60 minute plays for lunchtime series – Deadline: Ongoing
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.
ScriptSpace development workshop at The Space – Deadline: None
Shred Productions open to submissions – Deadline: None (open submissions)
Open Arts Cafe Call for Submissions – Deadline: None posted
Poppy Seed – accepting submissions of 5 minute scripts for blog – Deadline: None posted
Events and workshops:
IdeasTap inspires – writing workshop ‘Shoot the Cop’ – workshop date: 14 November 2014 at 3pm – 5pm