Are you looking to sharpen your writing tools or jumpstart that next play? Squint’s GET WRITING and KEEP WRITING workshops are a fun, practical and accessible space to meet artists and develop your practice and work on your play. There are 12 weekly Zoom workshops starting from mid-August, with sessions on story, character, form, dialogue …
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WRITERS! Troubadour Theatre @troubadour2018 are calling for submissions for their Dark Work Monologues series. They are seeking monologues between 2-3 minutes in length that have an element of darkness/sinister theme/unexpected dark twist. They are not in a position to pay, unfortunately. First submission window is from Sat 15th August – Fri 21st August 8.00pm. …
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The Imison Award from the Society of Authors and Peggy Ramsay Foundation (£3,000) celebrates the best in new writing for the medium of audio drama. The prize was established in 1994 in memory of Richard Imison, a BBC script editor and producer, to acknowledge the encouragement, support and friendship he invariably gave to all writers, and particularly …
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Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Sohaya Visions looking for scripts promoting tolerance (prize £1,000) Description: Theatre companies Sohaya Visions and Mukul and Ghetto …
Playhouse Playmaker is a Writers Attachment Programme for playwrights at any stage of their career, led by award-winning playwright Clare Bayley. Up to six writers are invited to be a part of this free programme, which runs between November 2020 and July 2021. For more details, interviews with previous Playmakers and audio recordings of their …
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Poems, short stories and monologues that show something new emerging either from a rediscovery made after returning to a familiar place or from an embarrassing moment that became cathartic. This moment can only be experienced now, like One Last Gasp. Recent projects from this team include well-reviewed curated work at Dublin Pride, Burning Man 2020 and …
Want to support us? Become a member today for less than £4! Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities and news. Make sure you never miss an opportunity. Sign up for our email list to get the weekly roundup direct to your inbox! Featured posts: **Update: Covid-19 and our work** …
Play Submissions Helper have published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in August 2020. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but you can click through to peruse the whole list of playwriting opportunities. Deadline: various throughout …
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Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Tamasha Theatre – Made at Home: A Tamasha Virtual Scratch Call Out Description: Every year, Tamasha …
