Some of you will also receive the newsletter from Scottish Playwrights’ Studio which contains loads of useful information about things dramatic. Here’s one that was in this month’s edition:

“Oran Mor Comedy Drama Award Oran Mor and Channel 4 Applications: UK wide Deadline: 1 October 2012

Oran Mor is delighted to announce the launch of the Channel 4/Oran Mor Comedy Drama Award. The Award carries a prize of £5000 and is open to all writers resident in the UK. The winning entry will be selected by a panel of judges drawn from Oran Mor and Channel 4 and will be given its stage premier in March 2013 at A Play A Pie and A Pint during the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

Scripts, in one act and no more than 50 minutes in length and using no more than 3 actors, should be submitted by email to April Chamberlain at aprilcha@gmail.com .Please include a cover sheet with your full contact details and agents details (if applicable). The closing date for entries is Monday 1st October 2012.”