Writers Bursaries-Unplugged and Unleashed 2009/10
Location: Scotland, UK
Deadline: 30 September 2009
FST and the Scottish Arts Council are delighted to announce the launch of Unleashed and Unplugged 2009 – two bursaries for creative artists working in Scottish theatre. The bursaries, Unleashed(£25,000) and Unplugged(£5,000) offer a unique opportunity to support two theatre artists to develop their potential by exploring, evolving and experimenting in their practice.
The bursaries will enable two artists, currently working in Scottish theatre (whether freelance or employed) to disconnect from their regular routine or job and give them time to explore and consider new or alternative ways of approaching their thinking and practice. The awards are open to all Scottish-based theatre artists (directors, performers, designers, choreographers, technicians, writers, dramaturges, multi-media artists, producers) who have reached a point in their career where time out to re-evaluate their own process and practice would be of creative benefit. Unleashed is aimed at established practitioners, and Unplugged at mid-career.
Click below for more details about the bursaries
UNLEASHED 2009/10: A Creative Practice Bursary for Established Artists
UNPLUGGED 2009/10: A Short Creative Practice Bursary for Mid-Career Artists
For information regarding eligibility and application procedure please visit the FST website http://www.scottishtheatres.com/news.php?id=5
Scotland Writes Competition
BBC Scotland
Location: Scotland, UK
Deadline: 2 November 2009
Are you passionate about writing for television? Do you have a series idea that you are burning to tell? BBC Scotland is looking for new Scottish voices for television drama.
This competition is part of Scotland Writes, a writing initiative created by BBC Scotland. It is for writers born or living in Scotland. Writers should submit a 60-minute pilot episode for an original television series or serial which reflects contemporary Scotland. The script can be in any genre: cop drama, supernatural, science fiction, action, relationship drama, or anything else you can think of.
Whatever genre you choose it should feel original and distinctive, with strong character voices and compelling stories. This should be an idea that has a reason to be told. If it feels as though you've already seen it then the chances are it's the wrong idea. And lastly the series must be suitable to sit on one of the BBC Channels.
Process
The writer judged to have submitted the best script will be awarded £1,500 to help them with their development and there will be a further £500 awarded to the runner up. Up to 20 of the best entrants will be invited along to a masterclass in script writing where they will have a chance to meet the BBC Scotland development team and learn more about the processes involved in writing for television.
Deadline: 5pm, Monday 2 November 2009
Winners notified: Monday 7 December 2009
Masterclass: January 2009
For more information and entry rules please visit the website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/scotland_writes1.shtml
Writing for Performance at Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle, UK
How are plays made? Where do dramatic ideas come from? What are the basic principles and techniques of the craft? Can you train yourself to think theatrically? If it excites you to imagine writing words to put into the mouths of actors? If the collaborative journey from page to stage intrigues you, then come to study writing for performance at Newcastle University.
Here you will work with professional actors, dramatists and experienced script doctors. Encounter a lively community of creative thinkers an doers and find a platform on which to display your work.
Our MA in creative in writing can be taken full time in one year or part time over two years and includes options to study screen writing, writing for stage, poetry and prose. There are currently places available for September 2009.
For further information please contact melanie.birch@ncl.ac.uk or call 01912227619 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/
Writer Needed for Customs House Youth Theatre
Location; North East England
Deadline: Contact for deadline info
The Customs House Cultural Development Team are looking for a creative, inspiring writer who has experience of writing with and for young people, and in facilitating drama sessions. This opportunity is for a writer to work with the Youth Theatre and their facilitator over a period of six weekly sessions, spending an hour with the group each week to explore and bring together their collective ideas in an imaginative way and to write a script for a short piece based on this work to be performed in December 2009.
For more information, email fiona@customshouse.co.uk.
Northern Voices
Location: North East England, Yorkshire, North West England
Deadline: 28 August 2009
BBC writersroom, Northern Film & Media, Screen Yorkshire, and Northwest Vision + Media are searching for exceptional writers from the North who want to write drama for television.
Northern Voices will provide training and development for up to four writers from each region to learn about writing for television drama from some of the most experienced producers and writers in the country. It will also provide the opportunity to develop an original TV drama calling card script with the support of a writer mentor.
How to apply to Northern Voices}
The scheme is open to writers living within the North East, Yorkshire, or North West region who have already had a script commissioned or had a professional reading of their work (for any platform, film, radio, stage or TV). Applicants must be over 18 and not in full-time or undergraduate education.
If you wish to discuss your eligibility, please contact your local Screen Agency:
North East - Victoria Johnson victoria@northernmedia.org 0191 269 9219
North West - Jenny Hughes jennyh@visionandmedia.co.uk 0161 244 3751
Yorkshire - Francesca Riley Francesca@screenyorkshire.co.uk 0113 294 4410
If you are interested in applying please download guidelines and application form from:
North East - www.northernmedia.org
North West - www.visionandmedia.co.uk
Yorkshire - www.screenyorkshire.co.uk
Deadline: Noon on Friday 28 August 2009.
Script Submissions Invited
Location: New York, USA
Deadline: postmarked by 1st September 2009
hotINK, an annual festival of plays, presented at the Tisch School of the Arts by the Department of Drama, is currently inviting script submissions from playwrights.
Submission Guidelines: Full-length plays that have not had productions in the U.S. are preferred but one-acts will be considered. The competition is currently unable to consider musicals. All scripts must be submitted in English. Due to the volume of plays received, one script submission per author will be considered; if more than one script is sent, neither will be considered.
In addition to the play, all submissions must include: contact information, a writing resume/CV, a brief synopsis of the play, a character list and brief description of roles.
Please note: Any submissions that do not include all the above materials will not be considered.
For more information regarding competition rules or submission procedure, please visit www.hotink.org or contact Festival Director Catherine Coray cc19@nyu.edu
The Twelve
Location: London, UK
Deadline: 4 September 2009
Royal Exchange Young Playwrights Course (The Twelve) will be an intensive free four week course aiming to identify and develop writers of potential between the ages of 18-30.
Meeting on Saturdays 17 and 24 October 2009 (10:00am - 5:00pm) and 31 October and 7 November 2009 (10:00am - 1:00pm), 12 writers will be taught the craft of writing. By the end of the course, the writers will have generated an idea for a play and developed this into a storyline. They will then have a further six weeks to write that play.
In January 2010 the young playwrights will be given one-to-one tutorials on their plays, and advice on the future. All of the writers who complete an original play on deadline, and to an acceptable standard, will pass the course. The graduates of the YPC will continue to have a relationship with the theatre and have access to the Literary Department.
For more information and to find out how to apply please visit the website http://www.royalexchangetheatre.org.uk
Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Location: UK
Deadline: 24 September 2009
The Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts scheme aims to support artists - by which we are referring to visual artists, performers, musicians, creative writers, poets, and other producers of original creative work - as postdoctoral research fellows within a research environment.
It provides for the salary of the Fellow, who can be appointed on a salary of between £27,500 and £46,000 pro-rata according to their experience, and associated costs. Fellowships can be held for either 2 or 3 years full time, or for five years at either 0.4 or 0.6 FTE. Up to £40,000 full economic costing may also be requested to support project costs essential for carrying out the research of the Fellowship.
The closing date for the receipt of proposals is 4pm on Thursday 24th September 2009.
For more information or to download the funding application and guidelines please visit the website: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/FCPA.aspx
Write Now One-Act Plays Festival
Location: UK
Deadline: 25 September 2009
Write Now is currently accepting submissions for its first annual International Festival of One-Act Plays to be held at The Actor's Studio, Seel Street, Liverpool The fesital will run between Friday 26 March and Saturday 3 April 2010. Any / all one-act play submissions will be accepted except for adaptations, musicals or children's plays. All pieces must be original. Running time must be 45 - 60 minutes. Settings should be simple or suggested. Other than that there are no limitations!
Script submissions will close on Friday 25 September 2009. The final selection of plays to be invited will be made by Tuesday 15 December 2009. For more information please contact Ian Moore at info@writenowfestival.co.uk
Arad Goch Script Writing Competition
Location: Wales, UK
Deadline: 28 September 2009
2009 sees Arad Goch Theatre Company celebrate its 20th Birthday and an exciting programme of 20 events to celebrate 20 years has been devised. On April the 1st, the company’s ‘official birthday’ the Scriptwriting Competition was launched.
Here are the competition details :
Subject : Open
Length : Open
Competition Age: Open.
Prize: Training and a rehearsed reading of the play
As you can see it's a completely open competition! The only requirement is that the play is suitable for an audience of children or young people. If you have always wanted to write, then here’s the competition for you
For more information please visit the website
http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk/adverts/adverts_details.asp?ad_ID=706 or email Carys@aradgoch.org
Wild Orchid Theatre Calls for Plays
Location: East/West Midlands, UK
Deadline: 30 September 2009
Dedicated to performing exciting new writing in unconventional theatre spaces, Wild Orchid Theatre is seeking new plays to stage in its December production at Sharpe's Pottery Museum, South Derbyshire.
Open to anyone living or working in the East or West Midlands, plays should have a light-hearted/humorous Christmas theme, require a maximum of four actors, and be no longer than fifteen minutes.
Further details are available by emailing: wildorchidtheatre@live.co.uk
UK Film Council
Location: UK
Deadline: Ongoing
The UK Film Council has a fund available to broaden the quality, range, and ambition of film projects being developed in the UK and to build a talent driven home for writers, directors, and producers.
The First Feature Film Development Programme aims to identify and support emerging filmmakers: screenwriters, writer/directors, and writer-director-producer teams who have not yet had a feature film released theatrically or broadcast on UK television.
Generally, awards of up to £25,000 will be offered to screenwriters or writer-directors to write and develop a feature film. To find out more about the Development Fund please visit the website: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/devfirst
