Element Pictures NI Writers Award 2021

Element Pictures NI Writers Award 2021

Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12.00pm

Element Pictures (Normal People, The Favourite), BBC Writersroom and BBC Drama Commissioning are looking for the next generation of television writers who have bold and original stories to tell.

Open to both emerging and established writers, this programme will offer the opportunity to develop an original series idea for BBC One, BBC Two or BBC Three with Element Pictures. Four writers will be chosen to write a treatment commission; from those four, one idea will then be developed into a full pilot script.

This scheme is looking for stories that haven’t yet been told about Northern Ireland: the emotionally powerful, thought-provoking, inspiring, celebratory, relevant or surprising narratives that reflect the variety and diversity of life there today – and also speak to a global audience.

WHO CAN APPLY?
To be eligible for this scheme, you must be able to represent Northern Ireland with authenticity (for example you may be from there or have lived/worked there). You must also be confident that you can demonstrate a clear understanding of the culture, telling relevant stories in a fresh and original way.

This scheme is aimed at writers who have already gained some experience in crafting stories, and are ready to step up to developing a series idea. You must have had at least one professionally produced fiction script, at least 15 minutes long, for television, radio, podcast, theatre or film.

Writers with an original idea already in development (beyond treatment stage) with BBC Drama Commissioning, or those who have already had an original scripted series broadcast by the BBC, are not eligible to apply. However, writers in development outside the BBC are welcome to apply.

All applicants must be aged 18 or over, and resident in the UK or Ireland at the time of application and for the duration of the programme.

Individual writers and writing partnership of two (max) may enter. For writing partnerships, both writers must fulfil all the criteria.

See further details at the link below.

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Published by Journal of Music on 8 June 2021

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