Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Saw It Here First Productions seeking submissions (10-15 mins) for showcase Description: Saw It Here …
Creative Youth are delighted to announce that applications are open for their Creative Talent Programme for 2020-2021. They are searching for three new and exciting emerging or early career companies/artists to support. What they are looking for? They are particularly keen to support emerging artists/companies from outside of London/ M25 and/or, artists/companies who identify as …
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Six to Start is expanding its slate of immersive New Adventures audio dramas – thrilling adventures where you’re the main character. They’re looking for writers with an excellent ear for dialogue, an impeccable understanding of story and character, and the ability to produce first-class audio scripts to a tight deadline. You’ll be reaching over seven …
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Plays Rough London are looking for writers to take part in ‘Fly on the Wall’ a 24 Hour Plays Challenge, taking place 11th – 12th July. 4 short plays will be written and staged in 24 hours and performed live via Zoom. Plays Rough are a new-writing collective founded in Feb 2016. So far they …
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BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South West of England the New Creatives programme will be led by Calling the Shots. They are looking for emerging talent between …
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BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the South East of England the New Creatives programme will be led by Screen South. They are looking for emerging talent between the …
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Are You the Next Spoken Word Star? Words First is a talent development scheme for Spoken Word artists that will run throughout 2020. Selected artists will be given the chance to attend digital workshops in July and August 2020, where they will work with established artists and mentors to develop their work, and be given a …
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BBC New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms. If you’re based in the English Midlands, the New Creatives programme will be led by Rural Media. They are looking for emerging talent between the ages of …
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QUEER ALL ABOUT IT SCRIPT CALL OUT HIV: 30+ YEARS OF CHANGE Green Carnation Company are looking for script submissions for the first of their QUEER ALL ABOUT IT short film commissions. They are looking for writers to respond to the theme HIV: 30+ Years of Change, exploring how attitudes and realities of lives affected by …
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Gemma Arrowsmith, writer on Tracey Ullman’s Show and script editor of Newsjack is running ‘The Crash Course’; a short FREE online sketch comedy writing course aimed at improving diversity in writers’ rooms. The Crash Course consists of four 90 min workshops covering sketch structure, game, escalation, punchlines, writing for TV and radio, writing to a brief, formatting …
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