• Playwright Mentoring Programme 2027

    Deadline: Monday 9th November 2026, 1pm

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  • How does the selection process work for Playwright Mentoring?

  • The selection panel comprises of Louise Stephens (Creative Director, Playwrights' Studio, Scotland), Geri Lang (Projects Producer, Playwrights' Studio, Scotland) and external theatre professionals. 

    Decisions are based only on what you tell us in your application so do include all information that you think is relevant about yourself, your work and your aspirations for your writing. The panel will use their experience in supporting writers to consider whether this type of support is likely to be of benefit to you in developing as an artist, as well as whether now seems like the right time for you to undertake this programme. Unfortunately, every year we receive many more applications than we can support.

    Your application won't be judged on how easy it might be to achieve practically or how many characters you want to include. Please don't limit your imagination or feel restricted in the stories you want to tell or how you want to tell them.

  • Application Form

  • In what format are you applying?

  • The application form has been updated to reflect that you are applying by video. Please complete the sections below. Full details on how to apply via video are found in the About You section.

    • Criteria 
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    • About you 

    • In your video, please tell us about:

      • Your experience as a writer to date
      • Why you would like to be mentored and why you think mentoring will help right now.
      • What language you will be writing in (English, Gaelic, Scots, British Sign Language)
      • The play idea you would like to develop into a play

      Please include any other information you would like the panel to know about you as part of your application. The Equalities Form completed as part of this application is processed separately and anonymously and therefore cannot be considered as part of your submission. However, if there have been barriers to your development that you consider to be important for your application, please feel free to include that information as part of the video.

    • About your idea 
    • What language(s) will you be writing in?*
    • Other information you feel it is important that the panel is aware of 
    • Writing Samples 

    • Please upload two samples of your writing. Either:

      • Two fifteen-page extracts from stage plays, or;
      • One fifteen-page extract from a stage play and one approximately 3,750 word extract of writing in any genre
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    • Confirmation

      By submitting this form, you confirm that all information supplied is accurate and complies with the Terms and Conditions and Acceptable Use Policy of Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland.

    • Your Privacy

      The information supplied in your application will be processed in accordance with current Data Protection legislation. A digital copy of this form will be shared with the selection panel in order for them to read your submission as part of this process. A digital copy of this form will be stored on Microsoft OneDrive, an internet-based data storage system. Microsoft is signed up to the EU-US Privacy Shield. No hard copy of this form will be retained. See our Privacy Policy for full details of why and how we process your personal data and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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