Opportunities

Scottish Radio Lab
Deadline: 17 July 2009
Training opportunity for published writers living and working in Scotland

A New Voice
Deadline: 30 July 2009
The Loft are looking for one-act plays to premiere in their 50-seat theatre

HighTide
Deadline: 31 July 2009
HighTide Festival are looking for new plays to produce for their festival next year

The Alfred Fagon Award
Deadline: 01 August 2009
£5,000 award for the best new play from a writer of African or Caribbean descent

2009/2010 Mentoring Session
Deadline: 03 August 2009
Playwrights Studio, Scotland is looking for Scottish playwrights or playwrights living in Scotland who want to be mentored by working playwrights

The Peter Wolff Theatre Trust Supports the Whiting Award
Deadline: 17 August 2009
£6,000 award for a play performed between 1 August 2008 and 31 July 2009

Off Cut Festival
Deadline: 17 August 2009
Short plays or extracts sought for festival at the Old Red Lion theatre in London

Arad Goch Script Writing Competition
Deadline: 28 September 2009
Welsh theatre company are looking for plays for a rehearsed reading

Scotland Writes Competition
Deadline: 02 November 2009
BBC Scotland are looking for new Scottish voices for television drama.

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

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