The Brian Way Award 2008
An award for Playwrights who write for young people
Submitted plays should be suitable for young people up to the age of eighteen and be at least forty-five minutes long. They must have been produced professionally between 1 July 2006 and 31 August 2007. This may be a first, second or third production of a play written within the past ten years. Previously submitted plays will not be considered.
• The value of the Award is £6,000, with a runner-up Award of £1,000.
Winners announced April 2008.
Further information and details on how to enter are available at http://www.theatre-centre.co.uk/
admin@theatre-centre.co.uk
Deadline 31 October 2007
Scottish Eco Prize for Creativity 2007- Call for Entries
This Prize is awarded for a creative work in Scotland which positively and imaginatively inspires people to be environmentally-friendly and adopt greener lifestyles.
There are two awards: £1,000 for Established Talent, which includes established individual artists and creative company entries, and £1,000 for Emerging Talent.
Further information and details on how to enter are available at www.eco-prize.org.uk
Ten in a Bed Theatre
Ten In A Bed Theatre seek new theatre writing to premiere as rehearsed readings at their regular monthly event in the Clerkenwell Theatre.
If you are a budding or emerging theatre writer with a script that you would like produced as a rehearsed reading, they want to hear from you.
Ten In A Bed Theatre can only accept scripts submitted by mail. As well as plays, they will also consider excerpts, works-in-progress, sketches, sit-coms, and radio plays. As they are dedicated to new writing, they cannot consider any work that has received a full professional production.
For more information, including how to submit your manuscript please visit:
http://www.teninabedtheatre.org/pgeSubPolicy.htm
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Paint Pictures on Radio- Writing for Radio Course
20-25 August 2007
Moniack Mhor, Scotland's Creative Writing Centre
The tutors will explore the basics of writing drama, focusing on character, dialogue and structure. During the week, each participant will create a short radio piece, which will be recorded at Moniack.
Course Tutors:
Linda Cracknell has written plays, adaptations, abridgements and short stories for BBC Radio Four. Her short fiction collection, Life Drawing (11:9), was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year award.
Lu Kemp is a BBC Scotland radio drama producer, developing and directing plays for BBC Radio 3 and 4. Recent work includes The Receptionist by Ali Smith.
David Neville has been a BBC radio drama producer for eleven years. He also writes for radio, theatre and educational projects. He will be the guest reader for this course
For more information or to reserve a place:
Tel: 01463 741 675
Email: m-mhor@arvonfoundation.org
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
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Red Planet Prize 2007
An annual prize for the best and brightest screenwriters. The winner will receive:
- £5,000
- Representation
- A script commission for Red Planet Pictures
For the first round, they're looking for the first ten pages of the script, a half page synopsis, and a half page biog of the writer. Sending complete screenplays for the first round will result in disqualification. Only one entry can be made per person. Full scripts for those who've made it through the first round will be requested by Red Planet Pictures in October 2007.
The final short listed candidates will be contacted in December 2007 for a workshop day and the winner will be announced following the workshop.
For more information please visit:
http://www.redplanetpictures.co.uk/
Deadline 1 September 2007
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