November
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Contests, Opportunities and Submissions
Added on 8/09/08
Call for Submissions
The London Magazine would like to invite writers and academics to submit ideas for articles relating to the great literary figures as published in TLM, as well as ideas relating to the development of early literary publications and their impact on the careers of people like Hazlitt, Boswell etc.
Outline Deadline:1st November 2008
Final Deadline:1st December 2008
Call for Submissions
The London Magazine would like to invite writers and academics to submit ideas for articles relating to the great literary figures as published in TLM, as well as ideas relating to the development of early literary publications and their impact on the careers of people like Hazlitt, Boswell etc.
Outline Deadline:1st November 2008
Final Deadline:1st December 2008
Added on 13/07/08
Competition
HighTide are looking for new full-length scripts from emerging writers. Writers may submit one unproduced, unpublished full-length play. There is no restriction on subject matter.
Deadline: 1st November 2008
Competition
HighTide are looking for new full-length scripts from emerging writers. Writers may submit one unproduced, unpublished full-length play. There is no restriction on subject matter.
Deadline: 1st November 2008
Added on 24/09/08
Competition
Days Like This is an exciting new project run by Scottish Book Trust in partnership with BBC Radio Scotland. To take part, all you need to do is write about a day in your life that was a bit extraordinary.
Deadline:1st Novemeber 2008
Competition
Days Like This is an exciting new project run by Scottish Book Trust in partnership with BBC Radio Scotland. To take part, all you need to do is write about a day in your life that was a bit extraordinary.
Deadline:1st Novemeber 2008
Added on 19/08/08
Competition
The Summer holiday travel writing competition has 5 catagories to enter Camping, UK, Family, Action/adventure , Beach.
Deadline: 1st November 2008
Competition
The Summer holiday travel writing competition has 5 catagories to enter Camping, UK, Family, Action/adventure , Beach.
Deadline: 1st November 2008
Added on 21/08/08
Competition
If you have always fancied earning a living as a travel writer, then why not take this opportunity to start the ball rolling with this Travel Article Writing Competition?
Deadline:1st Novemeber 2008
Competition
If you have always fancied earning a living as a travel writer, then why not take this opportunity to start the ball rolling with this Travel Article Writing Competition?
Deadline:1st Novemeber 2008
Added on 10/09/08
Competition
Writers Digiest fiction award has five genre catagories and a $2,500 prize.
Deadline: 3rd November 2008
Competition
Writers Digiest fiction award has five genre catagories and a $2,500 prize.
Deadline: 3rd November 2008
Added on 30/10/08
Call for Submissions
Cryptic Nights is a pilot programme aimed at supporting a new generation of emerging artists, including writers.
Deadlines: 6th November 2008
Call for Submissions
Cryptic Nights is a pilot programme aimed at supporting a new generation of emerging artists, including writers.
Deadlines: 6th November 2008
Added on 30/09/08
Competition
Future Perfect is a once in a lifetime opportunity to grow and develop as a theatre writer. Paines Plough is looking for six of the most talented and thrilling writers between the ages of 18 and 30.
Deadline: 10th November 2008
Competition
Future Perfect is a once in a lifetime opportunity to grow and develop as a theatre writer. Paines Plough is looking for six of the most talented and thrilling writers between the ages of 18 and 30.
Deadline: 10th November 2008
Added on 3/10/08
Competition
The Inklings as one of Merseyside’s premier writers groups, invite you to enter their 2008 Vincent McTigue comic verse competition.
Deadline: 11th November 2008
Competition
The Inklings as one of Merseyside’s premier writers groups, invite you to enter their 2008 Vincent McTigue comic verse competition.
Deadline: 11th November 2008
Added on 2/11/08
Competition
The Comedy Toboggan Competition seeks new sketches to form the centrepiece of a Christmas show in the Clerkenwell Theatre in London. The winning sketches will be performed on December 7, 2008 at the Clerkenwell Theatre.
Date: 14th November 2008
Competition
The Comedy Toboggan Competition seeks new sketches to form the centrepiece of a Christmas show in the Clerkenwell Theatre in London. The winning sketches will be performed on December 7, 2008 at the Clerkenwell Theatre.
Date: 14th November 2008
Added on 11/11/08
Competition
The International Screenwriters Festival presents Son of the Pitch. To enter, you will need to write a pitch for a film in less than 25 words, then on a separate page write a synopsis of 150 words.
Date: 14th November 2008
Competition
The International Screenwriters Festival presents Son of the Pitch. To enter, you will need to write a pitch for a film in less than 25 words, then on a separate page write a synopsis of 150 words.
Date: 14th November 2008
Added on 15/10/08
Call for Submissions
Submissions are open to all writers of plays and musicals across the globe, with or without representation for the Summer Play Festival 2009.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Call for Submissions
Submissions are open to all writers of plays and musicals across the globe, with or without representation for the Summer Play Festival 2009.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Added on 13/11/08
Competition
Mary Gornall Memorial Short Story Competition has a top prize of £100.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Competition
Mary Gornall Memorial Short Story Competition has a top prize of £100.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Added on 24/09/08
Competition
The outstanding literary talent exists in many parts of the Commonwealth is making a significant contribution to contemporary writing in English.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Competition
The outstanding literary talent exists in many parts of the Commonwealth is making a significant contribution to contemporary writing in English.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Added on 8/10/08
Call for Submissions
Pumpkin aims to establish itself as a showcase for the best new writing on the web, while providing valuable support and resources to writers, new and established.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Call for Submissions
Pumpkin aims to establish itself as a showcase for the best new writing on the web, while providing valuable support and resources to writers, new and established.
Deadline: 15th November 2008
Added on 19/10/08
Competition
Recorded for Training Purposes is a sketch show for BBC Radio 4. Its remit is to be about "modern communication" - a wide brief, that can cover anything from straightforward sketches involving unhelpful helplines to parodies of modern types of TV/Radio.
Deadline: 17th November 2008
Competition
Recorded for Training Purposes is a sketch show for BBC Radio 4. Its remit is to be about "modern communication" - a wide brief, that can cover anything from straightforward sketches involving unhelpful helplines to parodies of modern types of TV/Radio.
Deadline: 17th November 2008
Added on 7/11/08
Call for Submissions
As part of the Library Theatre’s Re:Play Festival in January 2009, the theatre presents FirstStage, a unique opportunity for writers, devisers, and performers to test ideas in development and get audience feedback.
Date: 28th November 2008
Call for Submissions
As part of the Library Theatre’s Re:Play Festival in January 2009, the theatre presents FirstStage, a unique opportunity for writers, devisers, and performers to test ideas in development and get audience feedback.
Date: 28th November 2008
Added on 8/10/08
Competition
The trustees of The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust are delighted to announce that the Desmond Elliott Prize will now be an annual event.
Deadline: 28th November 2008
Competition
The trustees of The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust are delighted to announce that the Desmond Elliott Prize will now be an annual event.
Deadline: 28th November 2008
Added on 15/9/07
Competition
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation is looking to award grants for Gay-Positive Arts Projects Based on, or Inspired by, History.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation is looking to award grants for Gay-Positive Arts Projects Based on, or Inspired by, History.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 23/9/07
Competition
Whidbey Writers Workshop Short Form Student Choice Award is not for students, it is for your short stories.
Deadline: Monthly
Competition
Whidbey Writers Workshop Short Form Student Choice Award is not for students, it is for your short stories.
Deadline: Monthly
Added on 5/01/08
Competition
The International Aeon Award 2008 contest for short fiction in any speculative genre, i.e. fantasy, SF, horror or anything in between or unclassifiable! The Award has a grand prize of €1000 and publication in Albedo One!
Date: 30th November 2008
Competition
The International Aeon Award 2008 contest for short fiction in any speculative genre, i.e. fantasy, SF, horror or anything in between or unclassifiable! The Award has a grand prize of €1000 and publication in Albedo One!
Date: 30th November 2008
Added on 24/08/08
Competition
Grist welcomes short stories up to 3,500 words in length on any subject.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
Grist welcomes short stories up to 3,500 words in length on any subject.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 3/10/08
Competition
The New Writer's - annual prose and poetry prize is looking for is bold, incisive material in any genre just as long as it reflects writing today. Up to twenty prizes will be presented as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The New Writer 'Special Collection'
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
The New Writer's - annual prose and poetry prize is looking for is bold, incisive material in any genre just as long as it reflects writing today. Up to twenty prizes will be presented as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The New Writer 'Special Collection'
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 15/10/08
Competition
The Bury St Edmunds Writers' Group Write Now! announces the launch of its 2008 Short Story Competition 'On The Edge'
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
The Bury St Edmunds Writers' Group Write Now! announces the launch of its 2008 Short Story Competition 'On The Edge'
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 13/11/08
Competition
Lichfield & District Writers short story competition has a top prize of £125.
Date: 30th. November 2008
Competition
Lichfield & District Writers short story competition has a top prize of £125.
Date: 30th. November 2008
Added on 13/11/08
Competition
Seafield Short Story and Poetry competition has the theme: "Myself when young did...".
Date: 30th November 2008
Competition
Seafield Short Story and Poetry competition has the theme: "Myself when young did...".
Date: 30th November 2008
Added on 19/08/08
Call for Submissions
The Two Penny Trash is a once-in-a-while hardcover publication dedicated to the fine art of storytelling. A naive yet beautifully dark remedy, where narrative is conceptually woven into rich, boundless imagery and sound.
Deadline: Ongoing
Call for Submissions
The Two Penny Trash is a once-in-a-while hardcover publication dedicated to the fine art of storytelling. A naive yet beautifully dark remedy, where narrative is conceptually woven into rich, boundless imagery and sound.
Deadline: Ongoing
Added on 10/09/08
Competition
FrightFiction.com is currently seeking submissions for the first issue of a webzine dedicated to fictional ghost stories.
Deadline: Ongoing
Competition
FrightFiction.com is currently seeking submissions for the first issue of a webzine dedicated to fictional ghost stories.
Deadline: Ongoing
Added on 16/09/08
Call for Submissions
Cwmni Theatr 3D would like to invite new and old playwrights to write half hour plays to potentially be staged at our now annual project of new writing.
Deadline: No deadline mentioned
Call for Submissions
Cwmni Theatr 3D would like to invite new and old playwrights to write half hour plays to potentially be staged at our now annual project of new writing.
Deadline: No deadline mentioned
Added on 9/10/08
Call for Scripts
Each month Artists Anonymous brings together the best in new writing, directing and performing talent to showcase three 10 minute pieces of new theatre.
Deadline: ongoing
Call for Scripts
Each month Artists Anonymous brings together the best in new writing, directing and performing talent to showcase three 10 minute pieces of new theatre.
Deadline: ongoing
Added on x/10/08
Competition
Cinnamon Press competitions for poetry, short story, and novel offer writers in different genres excellent publication opportunities.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
Cinnamon Press competitions for poetry, short story, and novel offer writers in different genres excellent publication opportunities.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 17/10/08
Competition
In2town wants to encourage people to get away from their tv sets and start communicating with people by writing.
Ongoing with Deadline: November 2008
Competition
In2town wants to encourage people to get away from their tv sets and start communicating with people by writing.
Ongoing with Deadline: November 2008
Added on 19/10/08
Competition
Cooldog Publications is an independent publisher launched in 2008. We provide a shop window for developing writers from across the world to help them to get their work into print.,
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
Cooldog Publications is an independent publisher launched in 2008. We provide a shop window for developing writers from across the world to help them to get their work into print.,
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 22/10/08
Competition
BBC Northern Ireland is once again searching for the next generation of television writers with the launch of the Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing.
Commences: 30th November 2008
Competition
BBC Northern Ireland is once again searching for the next generation of television writers with the launch of the Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing.
Commences: 30th November 2008
Added on 2/11/08
Competition
Movie Poet has set their next monthly script competition. This time it is "Less is More".
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
Movie Poet has set their next monthly script competition. This time it is "Less is More".
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 2/11/08
Competition
The eclectic tastes of the editors of Blood Lotus welcome submissions from both established and emerging writers. Writing on all subjects will be considered so long as it is not blatantly offensive.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
The eclectic tastes of the editors of Blood Lotus welcome submissions from both established and emerging writers. Writing on all subjects will be considered so long as it is not blatantly offensive.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 3/11/08
Competition
BrevityThing's November's flash fiction competition theme is Hunger with £50 to be won as a first (and indeed, only) prize.
Deadline:30th November 2008
Competition
BrevityThing's November's flash fiction competition theme is Hunger with £50 to be won as a first (and indeed, only) prize.
Deadline:30th November 2008
Added on 3/11/08
Competition
The monthly Global Short Story Competition is proving a success - and now we have the backing of internationally renowned author Bill Bryson OBE.
Deadline: End of every month
Competition
The monthly Global Short Story Competition is proving a success - and now we have the backing of internationally renowned author Bill Bryson OBE.
Deadline: End of every month
Added on 6/11/08
Competition
Txt Lit is a literary genre of creative writing using a mobile phone texting system. A single mobile phone text message contains just 160 characters, including spaces and punctuation. We like to call stories written within these parameters Micro Stories.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
Txt Lit is a literary genre of creative writing using a mobile phone texting system. A single mobile phone text message contains just 160 characters, including spaces and punctuation. We like to call stories written within these parameters Micro Stories.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 6/11/08
Competition
Seafield Short Story and Poetry competition has the theme: "Myself when young did...".
Date: 30th November 2008
Competition
Seafield Short Story and Poetry competition has the theme: "Myself when young did...".
Date: 30th November 2008
Added on 11/11/08
Competition
Secret Attic's monthly short story competition is free to enter and carries a £10 prize.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
Secret Attic's monthly short story competition is free to enter and carries a £10 prize.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Added on 11/11/08
Competition
Secret Attic's monthly Flash Fiction competition is free to enter and carries a £10 prize.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Competition
Secret Attic's monthly Flash Fiction competition is free to enter and carries a £10 prize.
Deadline: 30th November 2008
Events, Screenings, Training and Workshops
Added on 9/10/08
Training
Embarking on a 120pp feature-length script can be daunting for any screenwriter so why not take some time out and write a short with this Euroscript course?
Date: 1st November 2008
Training
Embarking on a 120pp feature-length script can be daunting for any screenwriter so why not take some time out and write a short with this Euroscript course?
Date: 1st November 2008
Added on 30/10/08
Event
Of Time and the City + Terence Davies in Conversation Admirers of the inimitable Terence Davies raconteurial style will know to expect revelations, hilarious anecdotes, illuminating insights, poetic quotes and passion aplenty.
Date: 2nd November 2008
Event
Of Time and the City + Terence Davies in Conversation Admirers of the inimitable Terence Davies raconteurial style will know to expect revelations, hilarious anecdotes, illuminating insights, poetic quotes and passion aplenty.
Date: 2nd November 2008
Added on 16/09/08
Training
Radio is a medium of endless possibilities. The only limit is your own imagination and Euroscript will guide you there.
Deadline: 3rd November 2008
Training
Radio is a medium of endless possibilities. The only limit is your own imagination and Euroscript will guide you there.
Deadline: 3rd November 2008
Added on 9/10/08
Opportunity
The London Bridge Festival is getting together a group of writers, actors and comics to come together to work on and develop material for performance before and during the Festival.
Date: 7th November 2008
Opportunity
The London Bridge Festival is getting together a group of writers, actors and comics to come together to work on and develop material for performance before and during the Festival.
Date: 7th November 2008
Event
London Comedy Writers meeting. Come and enjoy another reading from our talented team.
Date: 11th November 2008
London Comedy Writers meeting. Come and enjoy another reading from our talented team.
Date: 11th November 2008
Added on 30/10/08
Training
BFI are pleased to announce this one-off workshop by James Bonnet, author of Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers.
Date: 12th November 2008
Training
BFI are pleased to announce this one-off workshop by James Bonnet, author of Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers.
Date: 12th November 2008
Added on 1/09/08
Event
Insight's Beyond the Frame series continues with the film 'The May Lady' and seminar on Iranian cinema.
Free Screening: 12th November 2008
Free Seminar: 19th November 2008
Event
Insight's Beyond the Frame series continues with the film 'The May Lady' and seminar on Iranian cinema.
Free Screening: 12th November 2008
Free Seminar: 19th November 2008
Event
London Comedy Writers meeting. Come and enjoy another reading from our talented team.
Date: 18th November 2008
London Comedy Writers meeting. Come and enjoy another reading from our talented team.
Date: 18th November 2008
Added on 9/10/08
Opportunity
The London Bridge Festival is getting together a group of writers, actors and comics to come together to work on and develop material for performance before and during the Festival.
Date: 21st November 2008
Opportunity
The London Bridge Festival is getting together a group of writers, actors and comics to come together to work on and develop material for performance before and during the Festival.
Date: 21st November 2008
Added on 1/09/08
Event
Insight's Beyond the Frame series concludes with the film 'Waiting for Happiness' and seminar on African cinema.
Free Screening: 26th November 2008
Free Seminar: 3rd December 2008
Event
Insight's Beyond the Frame series concludes with the film 'Waiting for Happiness' and seminar on African cinema.
Free Screening: 26th November 2008
Free Seminar: 3rd December 2008
Added on 7/11/08
Event
21st Century Film Festivals Panel & 'Shifty' Screening includes avibrant panel with leading figures in the British Film Industry will debate the role of film festivals in the 21st Century, followed by a screening of the new film Shifty produced by Film London as part of its progressive Microwave Film Scheme.
Deadline: 27th November 2008
Event
21st Century Film Festivals Panel & 'Shifty' Screening includes avibrant panel with leading figures in the British Film Industry will debate the role of film festivals in the 21st Century, followed by a screening of the new film Shifty produced by Film London as part of its progressive Microwave Film Scheme.
Deadline: 27th November 2008
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