The BBC Studios Writers’ Academy will give a minimum of eight writers a year’s paid training, with guaranteed commissions on the BBC’s flagship shows as well as the chance to develop an original project with BBC Studios, or one of the BBC’s independent production partners. The aim of the Academy is to give writers the screenwriting tools and creative confidence to write for the BBC’s flagship popular dramas as well as create stunning series of their own.
In the past, only professional screenwriters have been allowed to apply to the academy, but in a bid to bring in voices from different backgrounds any budding writer will be able to try to follow in the footsteps of previous winners such as Killing Eve and The Victim writer Rob Williams.
Eligibility
- In 2020, for the first time, the Writers’ Academy will be open to submissions from all writers, including those that have neither a professional commission, nor an agent.
- If you have a film, television, theatre, or radio drama script, and you’re passionate about writing for television, please apply!
- Adaptations, novels, short stories, poems, and short films (under 30 minutes duration) are ineligible
- The first three months of the Course will be held at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood. An accommodation allowance and travel expenses will be paid to writers based outside of London. The rest of the course will entail writing from home with script meetings where necessary.
Deadline
Applications open Monday 30th March 2020.
Closing date is 12 noon on Sunday 19th April 2020
Selected writers must be available full-time from September 2020 – December 2020 for the teaching period in Elstree, and then part-time from January 2021 – December 2021, working from home with occasional script meetings in London or Cardiff. All selected writers will then be under option for a period of up to 2 years after graduation, allowing BBC Studios and its independent partner companies to have first call on their writing services.
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