Opportunities

Here you will find opportunities for playwrights provided by Playwrights’ Studio and by other organisations. If you have an opportunity you would like featured, please contact us for more details.

 

Our Opportunities

Opportunities, Projects & News
Case Study Sessions
Case Study Sessions

Case Study Sessions bring playwrights into conversation with leading theatre-makers to explore the craft of writing, collaboration, and industry navigation.

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National Script Reading Service
National Script Reading Service

Status: Ongoing

Our free script reading service provides an opportunity for Scotland's writers to receive valuable script feedback from theatre professionals.

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Other Opportunities

Opportunities, Projects & News
Nick Hern Books - Mentoring Scheme
Nick Hern Books - Mentoring Scheme

Deadline: Midday, Wednesday 1st July

Nick Hern Books (NHB) is looking for five passionate, up-and-coming playwrights to join our exciting new Mentoring scheme.

Scottish Book Trust - New Writers Awards 2027
Scottish Book Trust - New Writers Awards 2027

Deadline: Midday, Wednesday 29th July 2026

Scottish Book Trust’s annual awards programme supporting people of all ages and backgrounds who are committed to developing their writing.

Alfred Fagan Award 2026
Alfred Fagan Award 2026

Deadline: Friday 31st July 5pm

Applications are now opern for the Alfred Fagon Award and Mustapha Matura Award & Mentoring Programme 2026.

Routes In – For Writers
Routes In – For Writers

Deadline: Monday 3rd August (Window 1 – Emerging Playwrights)

Routes In is a year-round programme of support from A Play, A Pie and A Pint for every writer at every career level.

The Bill Cashmore Award - One Act Play
The Bill Cashmore Award - One Act Play

Deadline: Midday, Tuesday 25th August 2026

The Bill Cashmore Award offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays by writers aged 18-30, to be professionally produced at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Bristol Old Vic.

Climate Playwriting Prize
Climate Playwriting Prize

Deadline: Tuesday 1st September

The Climate Playwriting Prize, with Climate Spring and Fern Culture, is an open invitation to playwrights to respond creatively to the climate and nature crisis.

Case Study Sessions
Case Study Sessions

Case Study Sessions bring playwrights into conversation with leading theatre-makers to explore the craft of writing, collaboration, and industry navigation.

Play for May
Play for May

Play for May is a month‑long programme designed to help playwrights stop overthinking, shake off procrastination and leap into making something new.

An Introduction to Playwriting
An Introduction to Playwriting

Presented in association with Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland, in this online course you'll learn the key skills and principles involved in writing a play and generate ideas for your own work.

Dundee Playwrights Group
Dundee Playwrights Group

The Dundee Playwrights Group is an embryonic group seeking to encourage budding or experienced playwrights to support one another in their creative endeavours.

St Andrews Playwriting Award
St Andrews Playwriting Award

The St Andrews Playwriting Award is a playwriting competition to encourage and support the next generation of playwrights living in Scotland. This award provides a key opportunity for an emerging playwright’s career development.

THE ART OF ORiGiNALiTY - CREATiVE CONSULTATiONS
THE ART OF ORiGiNALiTY - CREATiVE CONSULTATiONS

Ongoing | In-Person & Online

TAOO CREATiVE CONSULTATiONS enable you to discuss your creative work, project(s) and process in-depth with an expert, who can help equip you with strategies and input to enable you to achieve your creative goals.

THE ART OF ORiGiNALiTY - REFiNE
THE ART OF ORiGiNALiTY - REFiNE

Ongoing - In-Person & Online

REFiNE writing workshops are designed to support writers with their projects-in-development. If you’d like expert input to help you advance and enhance your projects, help you navigate creative challenges, provide strategies that can help you unblock and unlock creative potential in yourself and your project(s), or simply a community of supportive writers to share your process with, then REFiNE is for you.

THE ART OF ORiGiNALiTY - CREATE
THE ART OF ORiGiNALiTY - CREATE

Ongoing - In-Person & Online

CREATE writing workshops are designed to stimulate, advance and enhance your writing skills, creative process and projects. If you’re looking to boost your creativity and connect with other writers CREATE is the perfect place to start.

The Illustrated Freelancer's Guide
The Illustrated Freelancer's Guide

The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide is a practical resource for the increasing number of artists, makers, writers and other creatives working freelance in Scotland today.

Creative Scotland: Open Fund for Individuals
Creative Scotland: Open Fund for Individuals

Deadline: Ongoing

The Open Fund for Individuals is one of Creative Scotland’s key funding programmes, supporting the wide range of activity initiated by artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland.

Dewar Arts Awards
Dewar Arts Awards

Deadline: Ongoing

The Dewar Arts Award fund exceptional young artists in any discipline who do not have the financial means to achieve their full potential. Applicants must be under the age of 30 and living or working in Scotland.

National Script Reading Service
National Script Reading Service

Status: Ongoing

Our free script reading service provides an opportunity for Scotland's writers to receive valuable script feedback from theatre professionals.

Peggy Ramsay Foundation
Peggy Ramsay Foundation

Deadline: Ongoing

The Peggy Ramsay Foundation give money to theatre writers in order to afford them the time and the space to write. You can be a writer who's only had one play professionally produced, a writer who's had dozens of successes or a writer who's somewhere in between - if you're struggling to pay the bills, then they can help.

London Playwrights’ Blog
London Playwrights’ Blog

The London Playwrights’ Blog began in 2013 as a resource for emerging playwrights. Aiming to bring together the latest opportunities, best resources, and good advice in one place.

Opportunities featured here are often at the request of external organisations or groups and Playwrights' Studio is not able to guarantee accuracy or fully endorse every one.
We encourage you to pay close attention to any fees or rates offered or 'small print' on any opportunity.
For further information on contracts, rates of pay for playwrights and terms and conditions, please visit the Scottish Society of Playwrights or Writers Guild of Great Britain websites.