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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Awards
Nationwide comedy search to find the best new stand-up performers. Shortlisted entries compete in televised regional heats across the UK with the winner from each performing at the final, broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One. The winner will receive a prize of £1,000, a paid commission to write and perform in a 30-minute audio pilot mentored by a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ comedy commissioner. Further information on the New Comedy Awards website. -
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Comedy Collective
Comedy bursary scheme offering emerging writers, producers, directors and editors paid shadowing opportunities on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ comedy productions, production mentors and £5k grants to help develop new material. Previous winners have received script commissions, produced successful TV and radio shows and won BAFTAs. Applications open yearly via the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Commissioning website. -
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Short Stuff - send your content now
Year-round opportunity for comedy writers and performers from or based in Scotland to develop new ideas and characters via experimental short-form sketches published on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Short Stuff website. Send the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland commissioning team ideas for new sketches at any time. -
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers Open Call
Submit your drama or comedy-drama script to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers to be selected for further development schemes including the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers’ Scripted and Voices groups. Open Call accepts submissions annually with full details and dates on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers website. -
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Writers' Award
Writing competition in partnership with Cambridge University for stories of up to 1,000 words by authors aged 14-18. Five shortlisted stories are broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ with the writers attending a creative workshop and award ceremony broadcast live on Radio 4’s Front Row. The award is run annually with submission information on the Radio 1 website. -
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award
Short story award for established authors worth £15,000. The award is for a single story of up to 8,000 words. Submissions open annually with information available on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award website.
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