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BBC New Comedy Awards
Date Posted: 2023/07/03The BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 will be shining a spotlight on top new stand-up, sketch and musical comedians across the nation! Shortlisted candidates will get the chance to perform at regional hea
British Comedian of the Year 2023
Date Posted: 2023/06/26The British Comedian of the Year 2023 competition is now accepting entries! Open to comedians with any level of experience, the British Comedian of the Year competition will see comedians compete f
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Date Posted: 2023/06/26The BlueCat Screenplay Competition is back for 2024 and accepting entries! This international competition awards top new features, pilot and short scripts. Please note that there is a fee to submit
BBC Comedy Editors Access Scheme
Date Posted: 2023/06/26The BBC have launched their Comedy Editors Access Scheme, which aims to fasttrack the careers of two individuals in scripted comedy. This pilot scheme is open to individuals with a lived experience of
The Popcorn Writing Award
Date Posted: 2023/06/12The Popcorn Writing Award is offered by Popcorn Writing Group in partnership with BBC Writersroom. It's been running since 2019, and has a prize fund of £6000 for the winner and finalists! The Pop
The Pitch Film Fund
Date Posted: 2023/06/12The Pitch Film Fund is a funding and development opportunity with a prize pot of £60,000 for emerging filmmakers in comedy and drama. Entry to this opportunity is free until the Early Bird Deadlin
The Phoebe Frances Brown Film Fund
Date Posted: 2023/06/02The Phoebe Frances Brown Film Fund, established by comedy filmmaker team Mister Tibbs, will be awarding a £1000 grant to a female filmmaker with a top comedy idea. The fund was established to cele
Northern Writers’ Awards
Date Posted: 2023/05/17New Writing North offer a whole host of huge development opportunities for writers based in the North of England. Current opportunities include three awards in partnership with Channel 4. Based in
Funny Women Awards 2023
Date Posted: 2023/05/01The Funny Women Awards are back for 2023! They’re looking for the best talent in performance (stand up, character, variety), comedy writing and comedy short films this Summer. From their website
DMs Are Open – BBC
Date Posted: 2023/04/23DMs Are Open is back from April 2023 - the exciting new open door radio show from the BBC, made by listeners. The show is currently accepting submissions for sketches, one-liners and voicenotes. Fr