Opportunities

Watson's Wind Up
Open-door sketch show for BBC Radio Scotland is looking for comedy writers

Nation Competition
Deadline: 13 November 2009
Guardian competition for 11-17 year olds to adapt a scene from a Terry Pratchett novel.

Papa Tango
Deadline: 14 November 2009
Writing competition to have your play produced at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London

Bare Bones
Deadline: 14 November 2009
A showcase for new short plays at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington

BigVillage Fringe Show Competition
Deadline: 27 November 09
BigVillage Theatre Co. are looking for an original play to take to Edinburgh in 2010

Tony Doyle Bursary
Deadline: 4 December 2009
£2,000 award and residential seminar for Irish writers

iFeatures
Deadline: 8 December 2009
New digital film initiative want to make three features in Bristol in 2010

New Playwright Awards
Deadline: 15 December 2009
£1,500 bursary and mentoring available for new Scottish playwrights

STAGE International Script Competition
Deadline: 15 December 2009
$10,000 prize for a play about science and/or technology

Ignite 2009
Deadline: 10 January 2010
Stage and radio playwriting competition for writers aged 16-26 who live in Scotland.

The Westminster Prize
Deadline: 11 January 2010
Playwriting competition open to those who live, work, or study in the London borough of Westminster

Muslim Writers Awards
Screenplays from Muslim writers are now sought for the 2010 awards.

Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council offer bursaries to published playwrights based in Scotland

UK Film Council
Apply for money from the UK Film Council Development Fund

BBC Film Network
Submit your short to the Film Network