2026 New Writers Awards
Deadline: Midday, Wednesday 24th September 2025.
Applications for the 2026 New Writers Awards are currently open.
The Queen's Path
Dates: 23rd and 24th of August 2025
The inaugral Queen's Path workshop takes place in Glasgow in August.
IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship
Deadline: 5pm Monday 29th September 2025
Applications for 2026 are now open for playwrights and theatre makers for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship.
Monthly Play Reading Club
Starts: Wednesday 14th May
A free and informal monthly meetup for anyone who loves theatre and plays.
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.
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.