Channel 4 Writing for TV Awards: Bonafide Films 2025
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There is one award available. The winner will be offered the unique chance to work closely with Bonafide Films through a long-term placement, a bursary worth £3000 and mentoring support. They will take part in a peer-group programme with opportunities to meet agents and established writers and take part in a next-steps workshop. The winner will also be given access to the C4/NWN Northern Talent Network.
No writing experience is necessary. For this award, we want to discover new writers from Northern England who would like to work in television. We especially welcome submissions from people of colour and those from LGBTQ+, disabled and lower socio-economic backgrounds, who are particularly under-represented in this area of the TV industry.
Bonafide Film’s productions include the Bafta-winning Mood, and acclaimed drama The Last Post.
To enter writers should submit an outline of an original TV drama storyline (up to 400 words) and a sample script of no more than ten pages, and answer the application questions. You may enter all four strands of the Channel 4 Writing for TV Awards.
For more information, please read the Eligibility and Conditions of Entry carefully.
To apply for this award you should be:
- Living in the North of England at the time of entering and planning to remain here for at least another 12 months.
- Over the age of 18.
- Writing for television and willing to commit to developing your work through the programme on offer.
This award will be judged by: Bonafide Films, Channel 4 and New Writing North.
For any enquiries, please read the FAQs. If you still need an answer, contact us at awards@newwritingnorth.com.