•  We are part of Venues North, a consortium of organisations the support artists to develop and present new work. The consortium has produced a Covid Status Report with information on how venues are re-opening and how that affects the way we are supporting artists. The document will be updated regularly and you can find contact details for programmers throughout the north of England. You can view the document HERE on the ARC Stockton website.

• Our unsolicited script window is still open! Our New Works department supports and develops new writing from Liverpool and across the North West.  If you have a script that fits our criteria then you are guaranteed dramaturgical feedback from our team. We’re also looking to support writers through the many opportunities offered through the New Works department. The deadline for submissions has been extended to May 14th. For more information and how to apply VISIT OUR WEBSITE

• We are looking for a new Marketing Officer to join our team for a fixed term 12 month contract. There’s more information HERE on our website. Deadline: Tuesday 4 May.

• Sky Arts and the Royal Society of Literature are offering 10 free mentoring sessions for writers of colour, to take place over 12 months with five RSL Writers Awards Mentors, as well as two additional sessions with Bernadine Evaristo. More information and the application form are online. Deadline Friday 30 April.

•  Liverpool’s Collective Encounters are looking for artists to lead and support their Where You’re At project. The theatre for social change project is for young adults (18-30) who have experience of migration. Artists must have experience of outreach and community work. There is more information on the Collective Encounters recruitment page.  Deadline 26 April & 17 May.

•  Homotopia and 24 Kitchen Street are looking to commission a trans/non-binary visual artist to create a mural at the arts space in Baltic Triangle. The artwork will commemorate visionary artist SOPHIE, who passed away earlier this year. To apply, send your portfolio to commissions@24kitchenstreet.com. Deadline May 1.

•  The Bluecoat are looking for expressions of interest from artists, performers and workshops leaders to run public performances are workshops for children this summer. Workshops would take place on an outside performance area and should be suitable for children aged 5 – 11. For more information and how to apply, visit the Bluecoat website. Deadline 12noon Monday 3 May.

•  The 4thWrite Short Story Prize, in association with the Guardian, is a competition open to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers. The winner will receive £1,000, a one-day publishing workshop at 4th Estate and publication of their story on the Guardian website. Entrants must place the title of the story at the beginning of the short story, but must NOT include their name anywhere on the document. You can find more details, the entrance form and upload your short story HERE. Deadline to apply: 30th April 2021

• Free subtitling services are now available for small to medium sized cultural organisations, as well as for individual artists. More info HERE

• Blackfest are looking for people to join their Board of Trustees. They are looking for four new board members and applications are open until May 15^th. More info HERE

• BBC Careers have just launched loads of paid apprenticeships and trainee schemes in journalism, production and design. More information HERE

• This month’s A Lovely Word online is on Thursday 6 May with headliner The Repeat Beat Poet and the usual open mic slots. Visit our homepage for more information and the sign up for a performance slot.

• You can catch Buttercup, a 20 Stories High and Tigerlilly Productions co-production on the BBC iPlayer now. Written and performed by Dorcas Seb, Buttercup is a spoken word performance, telling the story of a young woman, struggling to make her voice heard. Watch now HERE.

• Our own Script Surgery will take place on Wed 30 April. Script Surgeries take place on the last Wednesday of every month. Theatre-makers and playwrights can book a 30-minute slot with dramaturg Hayley Greggs from Paperwork Theatre. More info and to book on our website HERE.