Freelance Writing Jobs: the monthly round-up
All the upcoming deadlines you need to know about.
Hello! How are you doing today? May is always such a good time of year for writing opportunities and submissions. There are some brilliant prizes, awards and bursaries in this issue, and a whopping sixteen of them close on the 31st, including a prize that I won in 2022. I hope you find something fruitful in this issue, don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for all of the ongoing funding opportunities.
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Closing before the end of May (last day to apply after the link):
Today’s your last day to enter the Creative Future Writers' Award. It’s on the theme of reveal. (19th)
Wild Hunt Books are closing submissions for their Northern Weird Project very soon. (21st)
Out, damned spot. There’s still a few days left to apply to be the Royal Court Theatre’s associate playwright. (23rd)
I’m so excited for the Arts Council’s new project Nature Calling. Some brilliant work will come out of it and you’ve got until Friday to apply. (24th)
Nature calls again: the National Trust is looking for a writer-in-residence for Brimham Rocks. (24th)
Women screenwriters who don’t yet have a writing credit, the WFTV Kay Mellor Screenwriters’ Lab is offering you a fully-funded 5-day Arvon course. The website advises that it could close earlier than the advertised deadline. (28th)