Fringe to Screen: Events
Date: August 10th & August 11th
Fringe Connect are running two Screen Fringe events during August for playwrights interested in understanding how their work might extend into TV and film.
Playwriting with Douglas Maxwell
Date: Monday 17th August
Vivid Roots Collective are offering an online playwriting workshop with Douglas Maxwell. Suitable for complete beginners as well as experienced writers looking for a fresh approach.
New Sauce Scratch Night
Deadline: Wednesday 5th August
South Asian Artists in Scotland are seeking proposals from four artists of South Asian heritage to showcase 10–15 minute extracts of new work.
The Scots Language Publication Grant
Deadline: Midday, Wednesday 2nd September 2026
The Scots Language Publication Grant exists to support publishers to publish and promote work written in Scots.
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
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
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.
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 bring playwrights into conversation with leading theatre-makers to explore the craft of writing, collaboration, and industry navigation.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Status: Ongoing
Our free script reading service provides an opportunity for Scotland's writers to receive valuable script feedback from theatre professionals.