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The Bruntwood Prize For Playwriting 2022
Date Posted: 2022/01/31The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has an international and UK based competition. The UK prize is open to anyone aged 16+ in the UK, Ireland and the British Territories with a story to tell. The b
Windsor Fringe – Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing
Date Posted: 2022/01/14Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit a one-act play. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Windsor Fringe Festival in October. One of the t
Female Pilot Club
Date Posted: 2022/01/14The Female Pilot Club was set up as "a response to the stubbornly intractable problem of under-representation of female writers in TV comedy." Since 2019, the club has staged events featuring read
So You Think You’re Funny?
Date Posted: 2022/01/10Legendary competition for up and coming comedians, So You Think You're Funny?, is back for 2023. Offered by Gilded Balloon, the So You Think You're Funny? new act stand-up competition has been runn
Platform Presents – 2022 Playwright’s Prize
Date Posted: 2021/12/31An open call for distinctive, dynamic, heart-stopping, extraordinary, wonderful plays. Platform Presents are thrilled to announce submissions for the 2022 Platform Presents Playwright’s Prize ar
BBC Studios Audio – Staff Writer Role
Date Posted: 2021/12/20BBC Studios Audio are looking for a staff writer on a part time basis (4 days a week) for an initial 6 months. Check out the below from their website: Are you a new and developing Writer? Do yo
Funny Life Film Festival
Date Posted: 2021/12/10Funny Life Film Festival is back for 2023, and accepts comedy short films and feature films. Please note that there is a fee to submit your film to this opportunity. The Funny Life Film Festival
Pentabus Theatre – Young Writers
Date Posted: 2021/12/10Are you aged 18-30? Interested in telling or writing stories? Would you like to learn to write a short digital play to be recorded by a professional team? Pentabus is looking for Young Writers to
Box Of Tricks Theatre – Pen Pals
Date Posted: 2021/12/10Box of Tricks Theatre Company have opened a new submission window for Northern playwrights for Cohort 4 of their ever-popular Pen Pals writer exchange programme. Six pairs of playwrights will be m
Circuit Breakers
Date Posted: 2021/12/06New and emerging comedians from across the UK are encouraged to enter for the opportunity to gain support and a guaranteed spot to perform at the 2022 Leicester Comedy Festival. The scheme, whi