The biennial Theatre 503 Playwriting Award, which offers a playwright a £6,000 prize and a guaranteed production of their play at Theatre 503, will be open for entries between 1 and 29 February.
Developing playwrights may also submit for 503Five, an 18-month resident writer training programme that will be offered to five emerging theatre writers. The selected writers will receive a full-length play commission, mentoring, workshops, masterclasses and practical opportunities to develop their work. To be considered for this, writers should have no full-length professional production credits.