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  ard Eligibility and Criteria for Entry and online entry form.  If you require the information in large text format click here . The winning writer will receive £6,000 and excerpts from their winning play will be showcased at the award ceremony. The competition is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, permanently resident in the UK, for the best original, new stage play in English.  Entrants must confirm on their CV that that they are of African and Caribbean descent. The play does not need to have been produced.  However, if it has, only plays produced since August 2025 will be considered. Each entrant can submit only one play. A play may also be nominated by a third party with the writer’s consent (e.g. via an agent). Plays must be typed, full length and presented as double-spaced, single-sided, in Times New Roman, font 12pt and be a minimum of 40 pages and submitted as a .doc file (Word or PDF).  Manuscripts cannot be altered af...

  e are pleased to invite proposals from a collaborating children’s author (including author/ illustrators) and translator team to take part in a two-week residency at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich as part of the New Dutch Writing programme. The focus of the residency will be on time for both the author and the translator to work on their collaborative project together. The writer and translator in residence will be offered free accommodation in the Dragon Hall cottage from Monday 17 August to Saturday 29 August 2026 . ravel and Accommodation The writer and translator in residence will be offered free accommodation in the Dragon Hall cottage from Monday 17 August to Saturday 29 August 2026. The cottage is part of the Dragon Hall campus, home to the National Centre for Writing. Downstairs it has a sitting room, study, kit...

  mouth’s next Young City Laureate. Are you between the ages of 14 and 19 years, and passionate about creative writing? We’d love to hear from you! The selected young person will receive paid writing commissions, and act as a youth voice for Plymouth. The Young City Laureate is open to any young person aged 14-19 who lives, works or studies in Plymouth. You will be a writer of either prose (fiction, creative non-fiction) or poetry. Find out how to apply here Deadline: midday on Monday 6th July 2026