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      <title>Voluntary Survey for Creatives - DEADLINE: 2026/11/08</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/voluntary-survey-for-creatives/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Martin Deutsch, who's doing an MA Innovation Management dissertation at Central Saint Martins, is conducting a survey on how deadlines and working rhythms shape creative decisions. He'd like to hear from playwrights about drafting, rehearsal feedback]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gillespie House Playwrights Retreat - DEADLINE: 2026/10/16</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/gillespie-house-playwrights-retreat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Driftwood Theatre is now accepting applications for its 2027 Gillespie House Playwrights Retreat (GHPR) series.

The GHPR is an entirely self-directed, paid opportunity that offers time, space, and dramaturgical support to Ontario based theatre mak]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Queer &amp; Trans Playwrights Unit - DEADLINE: 2026/10/16</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/queer-trans-playwrights-unit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Verb Theatre is looking for theatre artists who identify as being part of the queer and/or trans communities to join our third annual Playwrights Unit!

Successful applicants will spend the season meeting once a month to discuss writing, share work]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Scripts on Fire New Play Competition - DEADLINE: 2026/10/31</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/scripts-on-fire-new-play-competition/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Submissions are now open for Fire Exit Theatre's 10th annual Scripts on Fire New Play Competition!

This new play competition is open to playwrights across Canada. Only new, full length (80+ minutes) original scripts (no adaptations or musicals) wi]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Canadian Playwriting Competition - DEADLINE: 12/31 Annually</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Theatre BC's 2026 Canadian Playwriting Competition is now open for submissions!

The Canadian Playwriting Competition is open to original scripts of drama or comedy, in English, either full-length or one-act.

Independent jurors will decide upon ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Writing Your Solo Show</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/writing-your-solo-show/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Back by popular demand, this class is perfect for newcomers and established writers who are looking to go from idea to 60 minute show!

Get yourself on stage with award-winning playwright (and Fringe Festival hit-maker) Curtis Campbell. (Gay For Pa]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Banff Summer Writing Residency - DEADLINE: 2027/02/03</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/banff-summer-writing-residency/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are now open for the 2027 Banff Centre's Summer Writers Residency!
Summer Writers is a 12-day self-directed residency offering dedicated writing time within Banff Centre’s vibrant literary community. Writers receive a personal studio in]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Banff Spring Residency - DEADLINE: 2026/12/09</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/banff-spring-residency/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are now open for the 2027 Banff Centre's Spring Writers Residency!
This is a 12-day residency for writers working across genres, paired with Heather O'Neill, Stuart Ross, or Anakana Schofield—whose combined experience spans internationa]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators - DEADLINE: 2027/01/08</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/oac-recommender-grants-for-theatre-creators/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[



This is a third-party recommender program. Using Nova, OAC’s online grant application system, theatre creators apply to theatre companies designated as recommenders for the program (a maximum of five applications per year). These recommenders]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <category>Call for Submission</category>
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      <title>Writing &amp; Dramaturgy Residency in Mexico City - DEADLINE: 2026/10/30</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/writing-dramaturgy-residency-in-mexico-city-casa-hechale-partial-scholarships/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Centro Cultural Casa Hechale invites Canadian and international playwrights, dramaturgs, theatre translators and writers working across performance forms to apply for two- and four-week artist residencies in Mexico City.

The Writing &amp;amp; Dramatur]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <category>Residency</category>
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      <title>Atlantic One Act Festival - DEADLINE: 2027/01/08</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/atlantic-one-act-festival/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The inaugural ATLANTIC ONE ACT FESTIVAL, hosted by King’s Theatre, will take place in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia/Kespuwitk, Mi’kmaki, the week of August 18-22, 2027.

One Act showcases the work of emerging Atlantic Canadian playwrights, because i]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Writer in Residence (Saskatoon Public Library) - DEADLINE: 2026/11/15</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/writer-in-residence-saskatoon-public-library-2/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Writer in Residence is a full-time term position open to writers from across Canada who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents. This individual acts as a mentor to writers in and around Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, reviewing manuscripts and pro]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Fostered Playwrights Festival and Development Program - DEADLINE: 2026/11/02</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/fostered-playwrights-festival-and-development-program/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Foster Festival is seeking submissions for play development with the commitment to introducing new Canadian playwrights to Foster Festival audiences during our 2027 season. They will workshop three (3) new Canadian works which focus on the Festiv]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>First Born Theatre Reading Room - DEADLINE: Ongoing</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/first-born-theatre-reading-room/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[First Born Theatre (FBT) presents Reading Room: a quarterly event where a new Canadian play meets its actors and its audience for the very first time. No rehearsal. No second takes. You’ll watch as a cast of Toronto actors crack open a script they’ve]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Write on the Clock - ONGOING</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/write-on-the-clock-2/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Write on the Clock is a virtual place for writers to gather and be accountable.
Simply show up at 10:00am PT on Zoom for a quick check-in with your writing goals. Then, the timer goes on, everyone goes on ‘mute’, and you start writing. We close with]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>International Writers' Residency in Helsinki at Villa Kivi - ONGOING</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/international-writers-residency-in-helsinki-at-villa-kivi/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Villa Kivi, located in the Linnunlaulu villa area in central Helsinki, is a creative home for writers. Operated by the Villa Kivi Foundation, it offers an international writers’ residency program.
Professional writers, authors, and literary communit]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Hideout Residencies on Prince Edward Island - DEADLINE: Ongoing</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/hideout-residencies-on-prince-edward-island/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are now open for the 2026 Hideout residencies. Now in its seventh year, the Hideout Residencies welcome writers, artists, musicians, and self-care practitioners to PEI’s south shore each spring and fall. Residencies are a week in length ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <category>Residency</category>
      <category>National</category>
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      <title>The Warm Company: Hot Scripts Cold Reads - ONGOING</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/the-warm-company-hot-scripts-cold-reads/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Take part in this new, monthly script reading series, Warm Company: Hot Scripts Cold Reads!

The mandate is simple: bring writers together with actors in a casual and social environment that gives writers the chance to hear excerpts of their work -]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>10-Minute Sunday Play Festival - DEADLINE: 2026/12/15</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Calling all new and seasoned playwrights!

Peterborough Theatre Guild is seeking submissions for their next 10-Minute Sunday Play Festival!

PTG is looking for comedy, satire, or drama plays that tell a complete story in less than 1,500 words and]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Indigenous Theatre Creators Script Submissions - ONGOING</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/indigenous-theatre-creators-scripts/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Native Earth Performing Arts welcomes unsolicited script submissions year-round from Indigenous theatre creators.
Find all of the submission details HERE.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>One-Act Musicals - ONGOING</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Young at Heart Theatre is looking for new scripts for productions in 2027 and beyond. Young at Heart Theatre produces a one-act musical each year, touring to long-term care and community care facilities across PEI. They are committed to lifting the s]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Dramaturgical Reading Program - ONGOING</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[
PTC Dramaturgical Reading Program



Open to submissions from across Canada, PTC's Dramaturgical Reading Program is perfect for playwrights who are looking for a structured and critical response to their completed one-act or full-length play. T]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Nova Scotia Artist Residencies&#xA0;- DEADLINE: Ongoing</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/call-for-applications-artist-residencies/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[

The Ross Creek Centre for the Arts offers both self-directed and project-based residencies to professional artists working in one or more of the following media: visual art, writing, theatre, dance, film, music, performance art, photography, fibr]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest - Recurring Deadline: December 31 Annually</title>
      <link>https://playwrightsguild.ca/job/shubert-fendrich-memorial-playwriting-contest-3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest was incepted to encourage the development of quality theatrical materials for the educational, community, and children’s theatre markets.

Submissions are accepted on an on-going basis with a strong]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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