The Bruntwood Prize

The Bruntwood Prize is the biggest national competition for playwriting. It is a search for great plays and great writers. We are looking for scripts that are original and unperformed, by writers of any experience. The Prize is open for entries from the 31st January until the deadline on the 6th June 2011.
This year the Bruntwood Prize will make the following awards:
A First Prize of £16,000 - with the offer of a year-long attachment with the Royal Exchange Theatre. Three Judges' Awards of £8,000 each.
All four winners will have the opportunity to develop their play at the Royal Exchange with a view to production. In addition, leading publisher Nick Hern Books will publish those plays that go on to receive a production at the Exchange.

Entering your play for the competition is simple and straightforward. We only accept entries online http://www.writeaplay.co.uk/

Thanks for posting this, Loopey.

I saw this posted on BBC Writersroom. Sounds like a good gig.

I'm working on first draft as I type!

Definitely thinking of developing an idea I have for this. Going to write some of it anyway, even if I don't enter in the end.

Plus it'll be my first time attempting a full length play. I've only done short stuff in play format previously!

We live in ADHD Britain nowadays.

Better make a start...just need to think of a worthy title.

Quote: Griff @ March 23 2011, 11:43 PM GMT

I got sent an invite today:

"This is a play to raise awareness of bowel cancer in an entertaining, informative and memorable manner through the medium of theatre."

While I have seen work by the people involved before, and it was good, it's a thanks but no thanks from me on this one.

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Perhaps the audience sit on bloodied stools?

What next? A requiem to piles through the medium of sculpture?

is 1 hour the max limit?

I keep meaning to do this ever year. Maybe I'll do a Script Frenzy and use that as my entry.

I saw this and thought it looked good. I have been working on something for the last couple of weeks and am hoping to get done in time. The biggest problem I have found so far (apart from Ideas and diologue) is reigning things in so it can be staged. It has if nothing else really made me appreciate the endless possibilitites that come with writing for Radio. Good luck to all who enter.

I have not been on for a while but I have been busy. Have now finished the complete 1st draft for this competition and am receiving feedback before the dreaded rewrite. 31 days left.

Quote: Batleywriter @ May 5 2011, 11:23 AM BST

I have not been on for a while but I have been busy. Have now finished the complete 1st draft for this competition and am receiving feedback before the dreaded rewrite. 31 days left.

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At least you're at the stage of being able to rewrite. I'm still waiting for my stuff to be rejected from another call. Depending on feedback, it might redeemable. It might mean start over.
Whatever, go for it. Okay, if you do you might fail, but what the hell. If you never try, you'll definitely fail.

Quote: KLRiley @ May 5 2011, 10:02 PM BST

At least you're at the stage of being able to rewrite. I'm still waiting for my stuff to be rejected from another call. Depending on feedback, it might redeemable. It might mean start over.
Whatever, go for it. Okay, if you do you might fail, but what the hell. If you never try, you'll definitely fail.

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Good advice. Thanks Dude