London Playwrights – Literary Intern (paid)

We’re looking for a Literary Intern to join our team and help us to continue and grow in our work to support emerging playwrights. If you’d love to get hands on experience in a Literary setting, enjoy reading scripts and offering critical feedback, and are passionate about connecting writers with opportunities – then this is …

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Opportunities Weekly Round-up: 8 March 2024

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Script Writers / Performer Call Out

Yoga Class develops six short monologues (10 mins) by emerging Welsh & British writers, examining the theme of motherhood and childlessness. Between our late 20s and early 40s, women’s lives are hugely impacted by their child status. It touches every aspect of our lives and fundamentally alters how we exist in the world. The monologues …

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The Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing 2024

Amateur Playwrights worldwide are invited to submit a one-act play. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October 2024. One of the three scripts will be chosen as the overall winner and awarded the £500 prize. The plays will be judged purely on the writing before …

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New Writers Collective – TV Festival

A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR UNCREDITED WRITERS The TV Foundation, the umbrella charity behind the Edinburgh TV Festival, has once again teamed up with leading international TV production and distribution group, All3Media, to support undiscovered, diverse writing voices, through its New Writers Collective. The TV Foundation and All3Media have been supporting and celebrating unrepresented new writers …

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Breakthrough Scholarship for TV Screenwriters of Colour

Curtis Brown Creative are excited to announce this scholarship enabling one writer to join them in London for their Writing An Original TV Drama Serial course (11 April to 1 August 2024). One talented writer of colour with limited financial means will receive a fully paid place on this course, led by award-winning writer, producer and director …

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Eleven Film | Duly Noted 2024

The Duly Noted Script Editor Scheme is back for its fourth year, and applications are open now! We launched Duly Noted 2021 (DN21) as a training programme for people in comedy and drama development. The workshops were designed to skill up aspiring script editors, arming them with a practical understanding of production and a support network. …

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The David Nobbs Memorial Trust | New Comedy Writing Competition

  The David Nobbs Memorial Trust, established in 2017 after the death of the beloved Reggie Perrin author, has launched its latest annual narrative comedy writing competition, encouraging and championing emerging talent with financial aid. The competition offers cash prizes to up-and-coming comedy writers, helping them ‘buy time’ for writing. The overall winner of the …

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The Customs House – The Takeover Young Writer in Residence

The Young Writer in Residence has become an important talent development opportunity for the The Customs House, with many of the previous alumni going on to be represented by theatrical agents and creating huge interest in the writer’s work. The chosen writer will be mentored by a professional playwright and will have their work staged in …

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