Getting To Know Theatre503: Session for Playwrights
Friday 2nd May, 2 – 3.30pm
Tom McGrath Writers’ Room
Join us for a cup of tea and a chat with Steve Harper, Literary Manager for Theatre503. Steve will share information about Theatre503, the award-winning London fringe theatre, and offer advice on submitting work to the theatre for programming or for their yearly open access initiatives: the 503FIVE and International Prize.
To book a place, please visit JotForm.
Wee Ones Winter Commissions
Deadline: Monday 5th May 2025
Aberdeen Performing Arts, Capital Theatres and Eden Court Highlands are thrilled to invite proposals from Scotland-based artists, producers and companies to create and produce three new festive productions for young audiences.
2025 Carlo Annoni Playwriting Prize
Deadline: 23:00, Wednesday 30 April 2025
The Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize is now accepting submissions of short and full-length plays exploring LGBTQ+ themes, including love, diversity, and identity in a time of gender fluidity.
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.
Oxford/42 New Writing Prize: Open for Submissions
Deadline: Wednesday 30th April 2025
The Oxford/42 New Writing Prize is a new multi-disciplinary storytelling competition for anyone aged 18 or over living, working or studying in the UK.
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.
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
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.