Writers' Card Lottery

Applications for paid writing weeks through the Writers’ Card Lottery Fund are opened exclusively to Writers' Card Members in two rounds every year. 

Twice a year, we’re running a free-to-apply lottery for Writers’ Card Members – anyone for whom a small payment would help buy time and space to unlock their next steps as a playwright. With 10 recipients in each round, that’s 20 writers getting a little extra help every year, without having to undergo another competitive application-writing process. 

Recipients, selected at random, will be offered at the same rate we offer any writer – currently £621 for a week paid in advance as a one-off fee – with no strings attached and no expectations, evaluation or reporting requirements. (Though if you do finish your draft, we’d love you to share it via our open Script Submissions). 

Applications are light touch, with quick decisions and no hidden criteria, value judgments or personal info we don’t need. A minimum 50% of awards are reserved for playwrights from backgrounds currently under-represented in our sector, including Black & Global Majority, Working Class, and D/deaf and disabled playwrights.