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
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/
Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts
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
BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum
Location: Chelthenham, UK
Deadline: 25 September 2009
The BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing forum is both a platform for new writing, and a networking event. Created in 2000, the original format selects three 7-8 minute script extracts - feature film, short film, television drama, sitcom, theatre, radio or sketches.
The pieces are cast by a casting director, and rehearsed by professional actors and directors on the evening. A narrator sets the piece in context and the extracts are then performed to an industry audience of producers, development executives, directors, actors and literary agents.
Following each performance, the writer receives feedback from the industry co-chair and answers questions from the audience. The evening is rounded off with a Q&A with the event host and a relaxed networking session.
To submit your script for consideration for this event, please click on the below links to find out about the submission process. Deadline is 25 September 2009. The event will take place on the evening of 28 October as part of the International Screenwriters Festival.
For more information please see the website: www.screenwritersfestival.com/rocliffe.php
Calling Script Writers from North West England
Location: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria
Deadline: 27 September 2009
Organised Chaos Theatre Company are inviting writers living and/or working in the North West of England (Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria) to submit new scripts for entry into a new initiative they are running.
Writers are asked to submit an original script with a performance running time of up to 2 hours, any running time below this will be accepted. The script must be your own work and not previously published or professionally performed.
Please send your entries by email in word format including a cover sheet with the title and writers name.Organised Chaos will commit to produce the selected play in Manchester in the early part of next year with the potential for future productions in the North West (and beyond) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Writers should email their script to Kirsty or Gayle at organisedchaostheatre@gmail.com
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
Four Play: Call for Submissions
Location: North East England
Deadline: 1 October 2009
Interact is working with New Writing North to develop and produce four new half-hour plays. Writer and mentor Steve Chambers will oversee the writing process, providing writing workshops for writers based on the concept, and one to one support as drafts develop. Writers will work with young director Andrew Hayes and five young actors to mount a professional production of their work, which will be performed at North East venues in 2010.
For more information or to download the application pack please visit the website: http://newwritingnorth.com/downloads/four%20play.pdf
Sequel to Cannes Short Film Script Competition 2009
Location: UK
Deadline: 31 October 2009
The 'Sequel to Cannes' short film script competition is open to anyone over the age of 18 living in Great Britain (including the Channel Islands, Northern and Southern Ireland) at a cost of £20 per script entry.
There’s a 1st prize of £500 cash (sponsored by Creative Dorset) and 2nd and third prizes of £75 and £25 respectively. For further details please visit the website: www.prequeltocannes.biz
ICWP Accepting Submissions for a New Anthology
Location: UK
Deadline: 31 October 2009
The ICWP (International Centre for Women Playwrights) is accepting submissions for a new anthology: "Scenes from a Diverse World".
Members and non-members are invited to submit scenes for 2-4 actors (no monologues or scenes requiring more than 4 actors).
- All roles should be equally challenging
- Each scene should be 5-10 pages in length
- Each scene should be excerpted from a longer work that is readily
available to students for purchase or performance
- Each scene should be appropriate for teenage actors -- sensitive
treatment of mature themes is welcome; potentially offensive language should be limited unless essential
- Each scene should feature at least one character who the author
identifies as a member of a subordinate group within a larger society, and
reflect themes related to that identity
- Subordinate groups can be defined by differences in gender, race,
sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status, language,
nationality, religion, education, employment or political power from the
dominant culture
- Opinions may differ regarding the most inclusive definition of
cultural diversity; if you are in doubt, please send us your work!
Scenes from a Diverse World" will be published by ICWP in 2010 and marketed to an audience of teenage and adult student actors. Proceeds of the publication will go to ICWP. Although playwrights need not be members of ICWP to submit their work, playwrights featured in the anthology will be required to join ICWP (no membership fee is necessary). Featured playwrights will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology.
Please submit no more than 3 scenes per author, .doc, .rtf, or .txt format. Deadline for submissions is October 31st, 2009. Send your work as an email attachment to: icwpplaywright@gmail.com
Wipst Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009
Location: UK
Deadline: 30 November 2009
If you think you’ve got what it takes to write a script then this is your chance to see your work on the screen. Vibe Tv.Tv Ltd is an industry partner looking for great stories in any of the following genres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Romantic Comedy, Thriller/Suspense, Documentary, Fantasy, Ghost and Open genres.
Vibe’s Mission is to create an opportunity for screenwriters to have a 10 minute pilot of their work made available for distribution, e.g. to film festivals or Production/TV/Film companies to promote their work and to generate funding for the full project. The closing date is November 30th 2009, and the overall winner will be announced on January 18, 2010. A pilot (10 minutes) will be commissioned to promote the screenplay which will be filmed in March/April 2010 at an appropriate location.
For more information about how you can enter the competition or to download attachments please visit the website: www.vibetv.tv
BBC: My Story
Location: UK
Deadline: 16 December 2009
My Story is a new BBC project to gather the Nation’s true stories and publish them online. It launches in early September 2009 on The One Show. The BBC wants to hear from everyone. 15 of the best stories will be made in TV programmes for BBC One.
The My Story website (www.bbc.co.uk/mystory ) will gather and show stories from members of the public and feature celebrities own real-life stories, along with inspiring famous true stories. The site will feature videos and interactive tools to help people plan and structure their stories as well as tips on writing styles and skills.Five of the most compelling storytellers will win a publishing deal which could see the story of their lives on book shelves next to their favourite authors.
Stories should be no longer than 1500 words and accompanied by a short description. They will accept stories by post but these cannot be published online.
For further information please visit the website (listed above) or email mystory@bbc.co.uk
