Open Call
Our annual open submission opportunity for all writers aged 18 and over and resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
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How and When to Send us a Script
Our Open Call is currently closed. The latest submission window was from noon on 5th November 2024 to noon on 3rd December 2024. Submissions will be open again in late 2025.
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The 麻豆官网首页入口 Comedy Collective
Deadline: Friday 31st January 2025
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DMs Are Open
DMs Are Open is back! The radio sketch show written by YOU - the listeners! The team are looking for outlandish and ambitious sketches that are short and punchy, with a high gag rate inspired by a weekly theme. -
麻豆官网首页入口 Writers Digital Sessions for Screenwriting Students
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The Comedy Unit | Noising Up!
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Aberystwyth University Scriptwriting Society
Ongoing Meet Ups
The society is holding weekly writing workshops for keen scriptwriters who are based in the Aberystwyth area in Ceredigion, Wales. Non-students are welcome. -
Anthroplay Theatre | Anthrotalks
Multiple Deadlines and themes throughout the year
Anthroplay is looking for poetry, spoken word, monologues, comedy, drag, songs - the lot - for their upcoming Anthrotalks events in 2025. -
Barons Court Theatre | The Sunday Fix
Deadline:15th of the month
The Sunday Fix is a scratch night offering feedback on 10 minute extracts of new plays from writers. -
Blanche Improv | Monthly Sketch Night
Deadline: 11.59pm on Sunday 2nd February 2025
Blanche is currently accepting submissions from writers for her sketch show: SW5 LIVE! -
Box of Tricks | Open Door
Rolling Submissions
Box of Tricks has a year-round, open door policy to receiving new plays from playwrights in the North of England. -
Cheshire Prize for Literature 2024/25
Deadline: Friday 31st January 2025
Cheshire Prize is open for entrants to submit a script into the scriptwriting category. -
Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group
Event: The group meets online every month
The group meets to provide reciprocal feedback on completed TV and feature scripts written by group members. -
Druid Theatre | New Writing Window
Deadline: Friday 31st January 2025
Druid Theatre's New Writing Script Submission Window is now open for playwrights based in Ireland. -
Eastern Angles Theatre Company | New Angles Writers Club
Rolling deadline. Booking required prior to each session
Eastern Angles is looking for East Anglian playwrights to join their New Angles Writers Club, a local writing community to receive support and feedback on a play in development. -
Finborough Theatre | Open Script Submissions
Rolling submissions
Finborough Theatre welcomes unsolicited scripts at any time of the year. -
HighTide Writers Group 2025
Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 19th January 2025
HighTide are searching for six playwrights from the East of England to receive 12 months of mentoring and a bursary of 拢800 as they work towards writing a new play. -
LifeBox Theatre | StageWrite
Deadline: Monday 27th January 2025
Lifebox Theatre are currently receiving submissions for their next StageWrite Festival in Bedford. -
Liverpool鈥檚 Royal Court | Stage Write Nights
Ongoing new writing nights
Stage Write at Liverpool's Royal Court is a regular, new writing night that runs year round and they are looking for scripts. Excerpts of several pieces are chosen to be performed by professional actors, working with a professional director. Scripts need to be full length (minimum 60 mins), written for theatre and your own work. -
London Comedy Writers
Ongoing Meet Ups
An opportunity for London based comedy writers who want to share their work and receive constructive feedback. -
London Library: Emerging Writers Programme
Deadline: Wednesday 26th February 2025
A unique opportunity which offers writers, in all genres, one year鈥檚 free membership of The London Library and includes writing development masterclasses, literary networking opportunities, peer support and access to and guidance in using the Library鈥檚 resources. -
Manchester Screenwriting Meet Up
Ongoing Meet Ups
An opportunity for Manchester based screenwriters who want to develop their craft and learn more about screenwriting. -
Messy Writers | Monthly London Meet-Ups
Monthly Meet Ups
An opportunity for London based screenwriters who want to share opportunities and meet potential collaborators. -
Nearside Productions | Flesh & Blood Stories
Deadline: Thursday 6th February 2025
Nearside Productions are looking for original works from new and existing writers for a touring season of new work across Wales. -
Oxbelly: Screenwriters Program
Deadline: Wednesday 22nd January 2025
The Screenwriters program, led by Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, supports ten writer-directors developing their second fiction feature films who are seeking to strengthen their craft and push the boundaries of their unique cinematic voice. -
Oxford/42 New Writing Prize
Deadline: Wednesday 30th April 2025
42 have launched a multi-disciplinary storytelling competition in conjunction with The Faculty of English at the University of Oxford. -
The Play Lottery 2025
Deadline for the February Play Lottery: noon on Saturday 18th March - Deadline for the March Play Lottery: noon on Tuesday 18th February.
The Play Lottery is a playwriting contest for writers based anywhere in the UK, with a twist 鈥� the winning play is chosen entirely at random. -
Playwrights' Studio Scotland | National Script Reading Service
Rolling Submissions
Playwrights' Studio Scotland's free script reading service provides an opportunity for Scotland's writers to receive valuable script feedback from theatre professionals. -
The Rep | Feedback Fridays
Various Submission windows up to March 2025
Feedback Fridays gives scriptwriters from the West Midlands the opportunity to receive valuable support and feedback on their work from The Rep鈥檚 in-house directors. -
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire | Short Film Script Submissions 2025
Deadline: Monday 11th February 2025
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Acting is accepting script submissions for short films to be shot in 2025. -
Royal Court Theatre | Script Submissions
Rolling Submissions
The Royal Court is dedicated to finding the most exciting new plays, underpinned by the history of their open submissions policy. -
Script Club Cardiff
Monthly meet-ups on the first Sunday of the month from 7th April 2024
Script Club Cardiff is launching monthly informal meetups for local scriptwriters. -
The Script鈥檚 The Thing 2
Deadline: Friday 21st March 2025
The Script鈥檚 The Thing 2 - a new writing festival - is looking for submissions for theatre, TV, film, radio. -
Scriptwriters & Co | Scratch Night Submissions
Deadline: 12 noon on Thursday 23rd January 2025
Submissions are open for writers anywhere in the world to submit mini plays, screenplays or audio plays of 2-4 pages, based on a prompt. -
Scriptwriting East Midlands
Regular meet-ups on the third Tuesday of every month (booking required)
A brand-new support network for professional scriptwriters, based in the East Midlands. -
Sl谩inte! Theatre | Monthly Scratch Nights
Rolling submissions
Sl脿inte! Theatre, are looking for Irish and Scottish heritage playwrights for their 'Heads Or Tales?' monthly Scratch Nights held in London. -
The Treason Show | Topical sketches and Parody songs
Deadline: Friday 17th January 2025
The award winning satirical sketch show is now accepting submissions for topical sketches, parody songs and to join the regular writing team. -
TYPE! - Micro plays
Rolling submissions
TYPE! is a new bookmark magazine looking for short/micro plays or screenplays (2-5 minutes in length) to feature in the next edition. -
Womxn Who Make Funny Films
Ongoing Meet Ups
Womxn Who Make Funny Films organise networking events, writing groups and showcases for women identifying comedy filmmakers. -
Writing On The Wall | Write To Work 2024
Ongoing Events
Writing on the wall are currently offering FREE one-day creative writing courses. WOW's courses are for all levels of writing ability, so no experience is necessary. The courses offer a chance to work with professional writers, and everyone who attends will be able to submit their work for publication in a printed anthology available to buy online and in bookshops across Liverpool..
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