Studio21 script comp opens for entries!

July 25th

Screen Yorkshire is working with partners to help find writing talent in Yorkshire

The eighth edition of The Studio21 Drama Series Script Competition (#studio21scriptcomp) has opened for entries. We’re looking for a pilot script for an international drama that will appeal to audiences and co-producers worldwide.

The competition connects emerging writers with the global content business, offering the winner a £10,000 development option and unique opportunity to connect with the global drama business through C21Media’s Content London in December.

The winning project will be developed by Studio21, supported by an advisory board made up of the most creative showrunners and television executives in the business including Chris Albrecht, who built HBO with shows like Sex and the City and The Sopranos to Netflix’ former head of international programming and a raft of leading showrunners who have created and run series from Criminal Minds to Rome, Shameless, Spooks, This Life and many more. Studio21 will connect the project with the right co-producer, platform, channel or partner.

Previous winners now have their shows in development with leading producers, and the raft of new writers and projects taken under the Studio21 wing is commanding the attention of coproducers and commissioners worldwide.

From the pool of submissions, made between 23 June 2022 and 30 September 2022, a shortlist of 21 scripts will be selected and from these six finalists will be chosen to present their script to the global drama business at Content London 2022, or through the Content London digital initiative, whichever the world allows!

This audience includes key commissioners from digital platforms including Amazon, Netflix and Hulu, to broadcasters from ABC, BBC and C4 to YLE, and ZDF, attending Content London.

The winning writer will receive £10,000 from Studio21 to option the project and acquire the script. Studio21 will further develop the project in association with the writer to take out internationally.

The Studio21 Drama Series Script Competition is produced in association with C21Media, Content London and Script Angel.

Each finalist will also receive a free consultancy session from Script Angel.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get your script in front of the world’s drama community! We are looking for original drama series with global appeal. Be part of the story.

Closing date for entries: 30 September 2022
Shortlisted entries will be announced on 21 October 2022 and the six finalists will be announced on 28 October 2022. The script competition final will be held at Content London on 28 November 2022.

To find out more and to enter visit: studio21.com/script

And to check out the submission guidelines and FAQs visit: studio21.com/terms-and-conditions and for enquiries email: info@studio21.com

*There is and entry fee of £40 per submission to enter the Competition, to cover the cost of paying for independent readers to evaluate the submissions.

 

Studio21 truly understands the journey of a project; from the early genesis of the idea within the writer’s brain, to the complex and often challenging approach of taking that idea out into the market. At each stage, and with each decision, they remain loyal protectors of the original vision of their writers, whilst at the same time their feedback and development notes are testing, considered, and intelligent. I have found working with Studio21 on my project a real pleasure, both personally and professionally. I consider myself part of the team, and that kind of connection and trust is hard to find, and even harder not to celebrate. If you come across an opportunity to work with them, fight for it!

Samuel Jefferson, Creator, Renegade