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Writer in Residence Wanted
Fixed term contract of 1 year, with possible extension to 3 years.
Full time (35 hours).
Closing date: 29 September 2008

Biggar Museums Trust Brownsbank Committee are looking for a writer to fill its writing residency based on Brownsbank Cottage near Biggar in South Lanarkshire and its association with the poet Hugh MacDiarmid. Funded by the Scottish Arts Council and South Lanarkshire Council, this residency offers the writer a period of financial security during which he or she can concentrate on his or her own artistic development in return for promoting and supporting creative writing in the diverse communities of South Lanarkshire.

For a full description and application form, please see the website www.brownsbank.weebly.com or contact the Brownsbank Secretary. brownsbank@googlemail.com

Robert McLellan Award for Playwriting

This annual and unique play competition was established in 2007 to commemmorate the centenary of Robert McLellan's birth in celebration of his enormous contribution to Scottish Theatre. The prize for this competition is £1000, a 2 day development workshop with a professional director and actors, leading to a rehearsed reading on the Isle of Arran at the Arran Arts Festival , November 2008 and a full scale production of the play at Oran Mor, Glasgow in March 2009.

The competition asks for plays which have not been performed professionally as yet, are 50 minutes duration, are written for a maximum of 3 characters and are written in any living Scots dialect - urban or rural.

For more information and online entry go to: www.arranartsfestival.co.uk following the links to Play Competition or contact Heather Gough, Chairperson, Arran Theatre and Arts Trust at gough.carlo@virgin.net

Deadline for entries will be 30th September.

Hampstead Theatre’s Start Night

Once every four to six weeks on Mondays, The Michael Frayn Space hosts Hampstead Theatre's fast and furious new writing initiative, Start Night.

Hampstead Theatre encourages the submission of new scripts by writers of all levels. Up to five short extracts are presented on the night with minimal set and props. The audience is asked to give written feedback on each extract which is then collated and given to the writers. The idea is that emerging and established writers have the chance to test a new, incomplete script on an audience and use the response they get to improve the play.

The submission deadline for the upcoming Start Night on Monday 17 November 2008 is October 29 2008.
For more information and submission details please see the Hampstead Theatre website: www.hampsteadtheatre.com

HighTide Festival

HighTide are looking for new full-length scripts from emerging writers. Writers may submit one unproduced, unpublished full-length play. There is no restriction on subject matter. HighTide welcomes international scripts, written in English, on the basis that all selected writers are available in the UK for the dramaturgy, rehearsal and production period from January to May 2009.

The play should be sent to the address below, and must have a title page with author's name, address and telephone number. Scripts will not be returned.

HighTide Festival
24a St John Street
London EC1M 4AY

The play must also be emailed to scripts@hightidefestival.org Please enter your name and title of script in the subject line.

Submission deadline: 1st November 2008

Days Like This
Days Like This is an exciting nationwide project run by Scottish Book Trust and BBC Radio Scotland aimed at encouraging people to write about a special day in their life. The project seeks to gather hundreds of extraordinary tales, from born-and-bred Scots to newly-arrived immigrants.

Anyone can send a story - content is what matters! Stories should be no longer than 1,000 words and can be about anything as long as it’s true. All stories will appear on the BBC website for everyone to read. The best ones will be recorded and discussed in a series of radio programmes and appear in a book to be published in late January 2009.

To submit a story or to read some of the 250 stories sent in so far, please visit the Scottish Book Trust website at (http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/node/23780)

Final deadline for stories is 1 November 2008

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Future Perfect 2009

Paines Plough is looking for writers
Future Perfect is a once in a lifetime opportunity to grow and develop as a theatre writer. Paines Plough is looking for 6 of the most talented and thrilling writers between the ages of 18 and 30.

Channel 4 and Film Four have enabled Paines Plough to host this year long attachment which creates a space for writers to explore their individual voices and develop their vision through practical writing projects, working with professional practitioners and creators of inspirational work and watching exciting productions. Over the twelve month period each of the winning playwrights will work closely with Paines Plough's award-winning creative team to develop a full length play.

To become one of the Future Perfect writers please submit a play to us. Please send 2 unbound hard copies with a letter and CV including your name, address, telephone number, email address and date if birth to…

Future Perfect
Paines Plough
4th Floor
43 Aldwych
London
WC2B 4DN

Submissions by email or on disk WIll NOT be accepted. ALL submission must be recieved by 10th November 2008.

For more about Paines Plough visit www.painesplough.com if you have any queries please contact us on 020 7240 4533.

STAGE International Script Competition

S T A G E = Scientists Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration.
The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute will collaborate internationally with professional artists to create and develop multi-media theatre pieces in which science and technology play prominent roles in content and/or form.

The STAGE International Script Competition will now become a biennial competition. The next deadline for entries is December 15, 2009. Submissions will not be accepted earlier than June 15, 2009.

For current guidelines and all details please visit the STAGE website: www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage/guidelines/guidelines.html

Acid Theatre Playwright Competition

The Acid Theatre Playwright Competition is looking for 30-60 minute monologues or 2 handers based loosely around the theme of 'Freedom of Speech in the Theatre' but with special emphasis on religion and religious influences in society.
The winning entry will be performed / produced by AcidTheatre.

Entries to be received by email to theatreacid@yahoo.co.uk
Entry deadline: 5 January 2009.

One Act Playwriting Competition 2009

The Drama Association of Wales in partnership with Ty Newydd Writers Centre for Wales are seeking submissions for the 2009 One Act Playwriting Competition. The competition aims to encourage the writing of plays for amateur theatre in English and Welsh.

Plays may be submitted to three catagories: open section, plays suitable for performance by a cast of 16-25 year olds, and scripts in the Welsh language. (Please note: plays written for radio or television will not be accepted.)

Playing time: 20-50 minutes
Minimum cast of two
Application Fee: £10 for each title
Closing Date for Submissions: 31 January 2009

For application forms, please contact Teresa at the Drama Association of Wales +44 (0) 29 2045 2200 or email Teresa at: aled.daw@virgin.net

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	Opportunities Writer in Residence Wanted Robert McLellan Award for Playwriting Hampstead Theatre's Start Night HighTide Festival Days Like This Future Perfect 2009 STAGE International Script Competition Acid Theatre Playwright Competition One Act Play Competition 2009 Read more...
	Events Scottish Society of Playwrights' New Website Writers' Groups at the Traverse Theatre Soho Theatre Writing Workshop Writing for Radio: Movies in the Mind Drama: The Next Stage The Workers' Educational Association Playwrights Workshop Stephen Jeffreys' Weekend Masterclass Dealing With Writing Writing Theatre for Younger Audiences Script Reading Service Read more...
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	Studio News
	Applications Now Open for 2008/09 Mentoring Session
	Looking for experienced advice and constructive feedback? Every year the Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland selects new playwrights for a programme of mentoring by established playwrights for six to eight months. This is a programme designed to support you in the development of your play. You should be an emerging playwright, living in Scotland or from Scotland and living elsewhere, with a particular play you hope to develop during your mentoring time. You do not need to have been produced in order to qualify. To Apply Please Send: a cover letter explaining why you would like to be mentored two ten-page extracts of your writing a synopsis of each work from which the extracts have come your current contact details a brief biography detailing your writing experience to date Please address applications to: Playwrights' Studio, Scotland, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD or send via email to sonja@playwrightsstudio.co.uk All applications must be recieved by noon on 30 September 2008 Note: Short-listed applicants will be asked to submit a complete piece of writing electronically at a later date. Fuse Fuse is a unique Scotland wide initiative that puts information about new plays in front of the artistic directors at the country's top theatre venues. For more information on how to submit a play to Fuse please visit our website at: www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/fuse.html Translation Resource Details are available on our website for our Translation Resource. This fund is available for producing theatre companies outside the UK to translate plays from Scotland’s playwrights specifically for a public event; production or reading. It will be for a mechanical/literary translation into another language when the play has not previously been translated into that language. Final Deadline for applications is: 15 December 2008 www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk
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	Writer in Residence Wanted Fixed term contract of 1 year, with possible extension to 3 years. Full time (35 hours). Closing date: 29 September 2008 Biggar Museums Trust Brownsbank Committee are looking for a writer to fill its writing residency based on Brownsbank Cottage near Biggar in South Lanarkshire and its association with the poet Hugh MacDiarmid. Funded by the Scottish Arts Council and South Lanarkshire Council, this residency offers the writer a period of financial security during which he or she can concentrate on his or her own artistic development in return for promoting and supporting creative writing in the diverse communities of South Lanarkshire. For a full description and application form, please see the website www.brownsbank.weebly.com or contact the Brownsbank Secretary. brownsbank@googlemail.com Robert McLellan Award for Playwriting This annual and unique play competition was established in 2007 to commemmorate the centenary of Robert McLellan's birth in celebration of his enormous contribution to Scottish Theatre. The prize for this competition is £1000, a 2 day development workshop with a professional director and actors, leading to a rehearsed reading on the Isle of Arran at the Arran Arts Festival , November 2008 and a full scale production of the play at Oran Mor, Glasgow in March 2009. The competition asks for plays which have not been performed professionally as yet, are 50 minutes duration, are written for a maximum of 3 characters and are written in any living Scots dialect - urban or rural. For more information and online entry go to: www.arranartsfestival.co.uk following the links to Play Competition or contact Heather Gough, Chairperson, Arran Theatre and Arts Trust at gough.carlo@virgin.net Deadline for entries will be 30th September. Hampstead Theatre’s Start Night Once every four to six weeks on Mondays, The Michael Frayn Space hosts Hampstead Theatre's fast and furious new writing initiative, Start Night. Hampstead Theatre encourages the submission of new scripts by writers of all levels. Up to five short extracts are presented on the night with minimal set and props. The audience is asked to give written feedback on each extract which is then collated and given to the writers. The idea is that emerging and established writers have the chance to test a new, incomplete script on an audience and use the response they get to improve the play. The submission deadline for the upcoming Start Night on Monday 17 November 2008 is October 29 2008. For more information and submission details please see the Hampstead Theatre website: www.hampsteadtheatre.com HighTide Festival HighTide are looking for new full-length scripts from emerging writers. Writers may submit one unproduced, unpublished full-length play. There is no restriction on subject matter. HighTide welcomes international scripts, written in English, on the basis that all selected writers are available in the UK for the dramaturgy, rehearsal and production period from January to May 2009. The play should be sent to the address below, and must have a title page with author's name, address and telephone number. Scripts will not be returned. HighTide Festival 24a St John Street London EC1M 4AY The play must also be emailed to scripts@hightidefestival.org Please enter your name and title of script in the subject line. Submission deadline: 1st November 2008 Days Like This Days Like This is an exciting nationwide project run by Scottish Book Trust and BBC Radio Scotland aimed at encouraging people to write about a special day in their life. The project seeks to gather hundreds of extraordinary tales, from born-and-bred Scots to newly-arrived immigrants. Anyone can send a story - content is what matters! Stories should be no longer than 1,000 words and can be about anything as long as it’s true. All stories will appear on the BBC website for everyone to read. The best ones will be recorded and discussed in a series of radio programmes and appear in a book to be published in late January 2009. To submit a story or to read some of the 250 stories sent in so far, please visit the Scottish Book Trust website at (http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/node/23780) Final deadline for stories is 1 November 2008 --------------------------------------- Future Perfect 2009 Paines Plough is looking for writers Future Perfect is a once in a lifetime opportunity to grow and develop as a theatre writer. Paines Plough is looking for 6 of the most talented and thrilling writers between the ages of 18 and 30. Channel 4 and Film Four have enabled Paines Plough to host this year long attachment which creates a space for writers to explore their individual voices and develop their vision through practical writing projects, working with professional practitioners and creators of inspirational work and watching exciting productions. Over the twelve month period each of the winning playwrights will work closely with Paines Plough's award-winning creative team to develop a full length play. To become one of the Future Perfect writers please submit a play to us. Please send 2 unbound hard copies with a letter and CV including your name, address, telephone number, email address and date if birth to… Future Perfect Paines Plough 4th Floor 43 Aldwych London WC2B 4DN Submissions by email or on disk WIll NOT be accepted. ALL submission must be recieved by 10th November 2008. For more about Paines Plough visit www.painesplough.com if you have any queries please contact us on 020 7240 4533. STAGE International Script Competition S T A G E = Scientists Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration. The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute will collaborate internationally with professional artists to create and develop multi-media theatre pieces in which science and technology play prominent roles in content and/or form. The STAGE International Script Competition will now become a biennial competition. The next deadline for entries is December 15, 2009. Submissions will not be accepted earlier than June 15, 2009. For current guidelines and all details please visit the STAGE website: www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage/guidelines/guidelines.html Acid Theatre Playwright Competition The Acid Theatre Playwright Competition is looking for 30-60 minute monologues or 2 handers based loosely around the theme of 'Freedom of Speech in the Theatre' but with special emphasis on religion and religious influences in society. The winning entry will be performed / produced by AcidTheatre. Entries to be received by email to theatreacid@yahoo.co.uk Entry deadline: 5 January 2009. One Act Playwriting Competition 2009 The Drama Association of Wales in partnership with Ty Newydd Writers Centre for Wales are seeking submissions for the 2009 One Act Playwriting Competition. The competition aims to encourage the writing of plays for amateur theatre in English and Welsh. Plays may be submitted to three catagories: open section, plays suitable for performance by a cast of 16-25 year olds, and scripts in the Welsh language. (Please note: plays written for radio or television will not be accepted.) Playing time: 20-50 minutes Minimum cast of two Application Fee: £10 for each title Closing Date for Submissions: 31 January 2009 For application forms, please contact Teresa at the Drama Association of Wales +44 (0) 29 2045 2200 or email Teresa at: aled.daw@virgin.net
	Events
	Scottish Society of Playwrights' New Website The Scottish Society of Playwrights have a new website that not only contains details of how to join, current rates of pay and a history of the organisation, but also has a forum where you can talk plays and playwrighting to your heart's content. All are welcome. Please visit www.scottishsocietyofplaywrights.co.uk Writers’ Groups at the Traverse Theatre Young Writers’ Group Are you aged 18-25 and interested in theatre? Ever thought of writing for the stage? It’s free to join the Traverse Young Writers’ Group and whether you’ve written something before or are completely new to playwriting, all you’ll need is enthusiasm and a pen. The group starts up again in October 2008 and the Traverse Theatre is looking for new writers to join in. The Playwright’s Toolkit – Zinnie Harris £60 (£40) for the six-session course – first meeting 29th September. Renowned playwright Zinnie Harris, the Traverse/SAC’s Senior Playwriting Fellow for 2008-09, is once more leading six evening sessions of playwriting workshops for writers aged 26 or over looking to develop their skills for the stage. Places are limited. To book please contact the Box Office on 0131 228 1404. If you’d like information about either group, please check out the brochure page on the Traverse website: www.traverse.co.uk. For further enquiries, please get in touch with Louise Stephens on 0131 228 3223 or e-mail louise.stephens@traverse.co.uk. Soho Theatre Writing Workshops This autumn the Soho is pleased to present a range of exclusive Workshops and Masterclasses. They offer the unique opportunity for you to get first rate, individual feedback, generate and road test new ideas, reinvigorate your ideas-in-progress and explore a variety of approaches with some of the UK’s leading theatre practitioners. Open Access Workshop: Re-Mapping the City 18 September, 6pm - 9pm Led by Peter Petralia, Artistic Director of Proto-type Theatre Masterclass : Finding the Heart of Your Play 4 & 5 October, 10am - 6pm, 10am - 3pm Led by Rebecca Lenkiewicz with Esther Richardson. Masterclass: On Making a Theatre Essay 22 & 23 November, 11am - 6pm Please be advised that group discounts, concessions and special offers are available. For further information on all of these events, including dates, prices and full biographies, please see the Soho Theatre website www.sohotheatre.com or contact sheena@sohotheatre.com Writing for Radio: Movies in the Mind A Euroscript workshop Venue: Room 633, Birkbeck College, Malet Street Building, London WC1 Date: Saturday 4th October 2008 Time: 10:30am-5pm Price: £85 (£75 concessions) This course covers nearly every aspect of writing for radio: comedy gags, sketches and shows; radio sitcoms and series; short drama; full-length drama; radio ads - and beyond, to explore all the possibilities of work in this medium. For further details please visit the Euroscript website www.euroscript.co.uk/radio.html or e-mail: paul.bassettdavies@euroscript.co.uk Drama: The Next Stage Gwynedd, North Wales October 6 - 11 Course Leaders: Gilly Adams and Charles Way Cost: £480 (single) £420 (shared) A course designed for writers who have some experience of writing for theatre or radio and who wish to deepen their understanding and practice. This will be an intensive week with opportunities to create new work as well as develop existing scripts. Professional actors will get involved with the process at the end of the week. For more information please visit the Ty Newydd website www.tynewydd.org or e-mail: post@tynewydd.org The Workers’ Educational Association Playwrights Workshop The Workers’ Educational Association Playwrights Workshop starts up again on Oct 7th 10-12am for 8 weeks in Riddle’s Court, High Street, Edinburgh. Fees: £36 full; £16 concession. It’s an informal group of new and more experienced playwrights who meet to share their work and experiment with new approaches. This term’s optional theme is the early 20th century Women’s Movement: to create scripts for a possible performance by Citadel Arts Group at next year’s Fringe to mark the centenary of the forgotten Edinburgh Suffragettes. To enrol, contact WEA 0131 225 2580 or e.bryan@weascotland.org.uk For more info, contact lizhare@blueyonder.co.uk London, UK Cost: £300 10th - 12th October 2008 (limited places available) Stephen Jeffreys' intensive weekend Playwriting Masterclass is designed to be stimulating, entertaining and career-changing for the experienced playwright and beginner alike. The course gives a practical guide to every aspect of the art and craft of writing plays including: dramatic structure, making a scene, the art of subtext, character, six kinds of logic, finding your myth, and selling your plays. Please see further details at www.stephenjeffreys.co.uk or contact admin@stephenjeffreys.co.uk Dealing with Writing Weekend workshops by the sea Royal Hotel, Deal, Kent October 25th-26th Tuition fee: £175 Plays Personal, plays political. Workshop leaders:Noel Greig and Philip Osment A great play can connect our personal lives, thoughts and experiences to the wider world: the local and particular becomes the universal, the personal becomes political. This weekend course will explore how we can achieve this in our own work, through a mixture of practical exercises, reference to existing plays and tutor-led discussion. The work will cover such topics as subject-matter and theme, style and genre, and the development of story and character. By the end of the weekend you will have begun to develop an idea for you own new play. For more information or to reserve a place in this workshop, please call: 01304 367625 Or contact info@dealingwithwriting.com www.dealingwithwriting.com Writing Theatre for Younger Audiences: A European Perspective Totleigh Barton Arvon Centre, Sheepwash, Devon Mon 24 – Sat 29 November 2008 Special price : £239/£299 This course will have an international flavour and draw on best European practice by seeking to uncover what is at the heart of the best work, look for its roots and trace the soul journey of the Child at its centre. The focus will be on developing and deepening your own writing practice through workshops, one-to-one tutorials, readings, work ‘on the floor’ and private writing time. Please note that there are just 16 places available on this course; applications should be made as soon as possible. For further details or to apply for the course please email Rina Vergano at aldenvergano@clara.netInclude your full name and address, email and telephone numbers, how you heard about the course, and put “WTYA Arvon course” in the subject box. Script Reading Service The Drama Association of Wales offers a script reading service to any and all playwrights. The script reading service costs £17.50 for a one act script and £25.00 for a full length script. Plays are critiqued anonymously by experts in theatre writing and the written feedback sent to the playwright. If a play recieves a strong recommendation from the reviewer, then the script is automatically passed on to DAW publications for consideration. For more information or to submitt a script please direct your enquiry to: Script Reading Service Drama Association of Wales The Old Library Splott, Cardiff CF24 2ET Wales, UK
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