ICYMI: Our final well-being workshop in the 9 Months to Birth Your Play series - The Flow State & Celebrating Success💜 The end of this series means our submissions are soon closing...Deadline: 6pm GMT Mon 9 Jan 2025 writeaplay.co.uk/well-being-wor…

Are you thinking of submitting a script to our Open Call opportunity? We've been running a series of drop in sessions to answer any questions and to offer help and advice. We've put together answers to some of the most frequently asked questions from these sessions over on our

A special year for our Olwen Wymark Awards as they celebrate their 20th cohort Congratulations to all the winners and thank you for the exceptional support and encouragement you have shown to our #playwright members writersguild.org.uk/olwen-wymark-a…

Who wants to WIN a year of Dramaturgy from London Playwrights??? 🤩🤩 Enter our Christmas raffle to be in with a chance! Runner up prizes include script consulting packages! Enter here: raffall.com/371675/enter-r…

Are you a young writer with a story to tell? Then send us your play! Enter our Young Playwrights Award for the chance to see your idea performed on the Royal Court stage by professional actors. Here's writer and performer, Sabrina Ali, to tell you more.

Today Royal Court are announcing our YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS AWARD for ages 13 - 18. The coolest thing we've announced this year, entries will open in March 25. We're calling for schools & groups in London to get involved. Please share & help spread the word. royalcourttheatre.com/young-playwrig…

📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter. Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.

The First Prize is £20,000: our biggest prize fund yet.

We’re excited to announce our first Theatre Partner: Sheffield Theatres. Created with Artistic Director, Elizabeth Newman, Sheffield Theatres has the first right of refusal to co-produce the world premiere of the winning play, alongside EKP & Paines Plough.

We’re honoured and delighted to announce that the 2025 Judging Panel will be chaired by the incoming Director and Co-Chief Executive of the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham.

Indhu is joined by... ⭐️@hamps_theatre Associate Director, Alice Hamilton ⭐️Producer at Wessex Grove, Emily Vaughan-Barratt ⭐️ The Guardian Editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner ⭐️ Literary Agent & Head of Theatre at Casarotto Ramsay, Mel Kenyon; ⭐️ Director Milli Bhatia

⭐️ Playwright & screenwriter, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm ⭐️ Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic, Nancy Medina ⭐️ National Theatre’s Director of New Plays, Nina Steiger ⭐️ Actor Romola Garai.

4 WEEKS UNTIL OUR SUBMISSIONS CLOSE!!! Apply here💛 writeaplay.co.uk/2025-prize/

📢 Calling all teachers! The Young Playwright's Award is coming in 2025. Are you a teacher, arts facilitator or group leader? We’d love your help finding and supporting young Londoners with creative potential and a story to tell.

Congratulations to our winners! Inua Ellams for the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play of the Year. Ilayda McIntosh for the Mustapha Matura Award and Mentoring Programme. Leanna Benjamin for the Roland Rees Bursary. The Typo King FRSL / FRSA @ilaydamac @mustaphamatura

Writers' Card Members Your final newsletter of the year is in your inbox including a special message from our AD David Byrne. 🎫 You can also now book for January's exclusive events & opportunities including the Writers' Canteen, Career Surgeries, Writers' Nights and Zoom

📣 Playwrights in the UK are to gain landmark new terms for the digital exploitation of their work, following a deal struck between WGGB, ScotSocPlaywrights and UK Theatre Read the full story: writersguild.org.uk/playwrights-di…

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a creative new year of exciting new plays! Don't forget that we're here to support your writing journey - check out our Creative Resources Hub here: buff.ly/4iLlBJ6 #NewYearNewWriting #playwriting #theatre #stage #drama

London Summer Social for #Playwrights #Screenwriters & their friends! Thurs 23rd July 7-10pm at Soho Theatre WALTHAMSTOW. All welcome - all levels of experience. Come with friends or come alone! Pls share. #SupportPlaywrightsSummerSocial bbc.co.uk/writers/opport…