Open Call
Our annual open submission opportunity for all writers aged 18 and over and resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
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How and When to Send us a Script
Our Open Call is currently closed. The latest submission window was from noon on 5th November 2024 to noon on 3rd December 2024. Submissions will be open again in late 2025.
More Opportunities from 蜜芽传媒 Writers & across the 蜜芽传媒
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蜜芽传媒 Writers at Contains Strong Language Festival 2025
EVENT: Friday 19th September 2025
Join us at the Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford to find out more about our work and the opportunities we have available for writers. -
蜜芽传媒 Academy | Production Unlocked Glasgow
FREE EVENT in Glasgow
Production Unlocked is back in Glasgow on Thursday 25th September 2025, with its FREE broadcasting and production skills workshops. -
The Comedy Unit | Noising Up!
Rolling Deadlines
Noising Up is set to return to 蜜芽传媒 Radio Scotland and 蜜芽传媒 Sounds and needs your topical, satirical and observational sketches! -
蜜芽传媒 Upload
Upload is open to submissions all year round, with content showcased every day on 蜜芽传媒 radio stations and social and online platforms from writers and content creators across the UK.
Non-蜜芽传媒 Opportunities
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Aberystwyth University Scriptwriting Society
Ongoing Meet Ups
The society is holding weekly writing workshops for keen scriptwriters who are based in the Aberystwyth area in Ceredigion, Wales. Non-students are welcome. -
Anthroplay Theatre | Anthrotalks
Multiple Deadlines and themes throughout the year
Anthroplay is looking for poetry, spoken word, monologues, comedy, drag, songs - the lot - for their upcoming Anthrotalks events in 2025. -
Barons Court Theatre | The Sunday Fix
Deadline:15th of the month
The Sunday Fix is a scratch night offering feedback on 10 minute extracts of new plays from writers. -
Box of Tricks | Open Door
Rolling Submissions
Box of Tricks has a year-round, open door policy to receiving new plays from playwrights in the North of England. -
Channel 4 Screenwriting Course
Opens from 9am Monday 22nd September to 5pm Monday 6th October 2025
The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a 鈥渄ry-run鈥� of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission. -
Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group
Event: The group meets online every month
The group meets to provide reciprocal feedback on completed TV and feature scripts written by group members. -
Eastern Angles Theatre Company | New Angles Writers Club
Rolling deadline. Booking required prior to each session
Eastern Angles is looking for East Anglian playwrights to join their New Angles Writers Club, a local writing community to receive support and feedback on a play in development. -
Finborough Theatre | Open Script Submissions
Rolling submissions
Finborough Theatre welcomes unsolicited scripts at any time of the year. -
Glasgow Film Festival | Funny Features
Deadline: 12 noon on October 7th October 2025
Following the success of its inaugural edition, applications for Glasgow Film Festival鈥檚 innovative UK-wide comedy lab, Funny Features, are now open. The festival is seeking ideas for bold, original features with the potential to become the next big UK comedy hit. -
Ink Festival | Short Play Submissions
Deadline: 26th September 2025 at 23:59 ( 31st October 2025 for students)
INK is the UK鈥檚 leading producer of new short plays for stage and radio. The INK Festival in Halesworth, Suffolk acts as a launchpad for many scriptwriters, providing invaluable exposure and opportunities. Over 70 selected scripts will feature in the 10th INK Festival, April 16th -19th 2026. -
Live Theatre | The North East Playwriting Award
Deadline: 5pm on Friday 31st October 2025
Applications are open to all writers over the age of 16 who are from, living or working in the North East of England. -
London Comedy Writers
Ongoing Meet Ups
An opportunity for London based comedy writers who want to share their work and receive constructive feedback. -
Manchester Screenwriting Meet Up
Ongoing Meet Ups
An opportunity for Manchester based screenwriters who want to develop their craft and learn more about screenwriting. -
Messy Writers | Monthly London Meet-Ups
Monthly Meet Ups
An opportunity for London based screenwriters who want to share opportunities and meet potential collaborators. -
Papatango | Playwrights鈥� Studio
Papatango have announced a brand-new, completely free offer for playwrights which includes digital workshops, open-access funding, one-to-one advice, in-person events, and representation on a searchable industry database. -
The Place Playwrights Circle
EVENTS: Various Dates
The new Place Playwrights Circle, held at The Place Theatre, Bedford, is an opportunity for writers of all levels to share up to 10 minutes of a new play. -
The Play Lottery
Various Deadlines
The Play Lottery is a playwriting contest for writers based anywhere in the UK, with a twist 鈥� the winning play is chosen entirely at random. -
Playwrights' Studio Scotland | National Script Reading Service
Rolling Submissions
Playwrights' Studio Scotland's free script reading service provides an opportunity for Scotland's writers to receive valuable script feedback from theatre professionals. -
Royal Court Theatre | Script Submissions
Rolling Submissions
The Royal Court is dedicated to finding the most exciting new plays, underpinned by the history of their open submissions policy. -
Script Club Cardiff
Monthly meet-ups
Script Club Cardiff holds monthly informal meetups for local scriptwriters. -
Script East Midlands
Monthly meet-ups, booking required
A writer-led support network for scriptwriters, based in the East Midlands. -
Script East Midlands | Mix Up
Deadline: 5pm on Monday 6th October 2025
Sign up for a free online event for UK-based playwrights. -
Scriptwriters & Co | Scratch Night Submissions
Deadline: 12 noon on Thursday 18th September 2025
Submissions are open for short original plays, screenplays or audio plays from writers anywhere in the world for a scratch night. -
TYPE! - Micro plays
Rolling submissions
TYPE! is a new bookmark magazine looking for short/micro plays or screenplays (2-5 minutes in length) to feature in the next edition. -
Womxn Who Make Funny Films
Ongoing Meet Ups
Womxn Who Make Funny Films organise networking events, writing groups and showcases for women identifying comedy filmmakers. -
Yorkshire Screenwriters | Monthly Script Feedback
Monthly Meetings
Yorkshire Screenwriters is a community-based organisation supporting screenwriters in the region by offering Monthly Script Feedback on the first Wednesday of each month, either online or in person in central Leeds.
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Info: 蜜芽传媒 Comedy
蜜芽传媒 Comedy
From 2021, Comedy writer, writer/performer, director and producer development is looked after by 蜜芽传媒 Comedy Commissioning, which brings together all comedy outreach that is happening across the 蜜芽传媒 under one strategy.
The separate Caroline Aherne Bursary, Felix Dexter Bursary and Galton & Simpson Bursary for writers have been brought together with two new bursaries for directors and producers into the 蜜芽传媒 Comedy Collective, a supercharged bursary scheme offering 10 places each year to up-and-coming writers, producers and directors who’d like to develop their careers in scripted comedy.
Find out more about the 蜜芽传媒 Comedy Collective leaders and alumni
We will no longer open a window specifically for Comedy script submissions or run further Comedy Room writer development groups via 蜜芽传媒 Writers.
Interested in breaking into Comedy?
Visit the 蜜芽传媒 Comedy Commissioning website to find out about more opportunities