Award details
There is one award available.
The winner will be offered the unique chance to work closely with Warp 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.
Warp Films productions include recent hit and cultural talking point Adolescence, Sky Atlantic mini-series Little Birds, and critically acclaimed four-part drama This is England ’90. This award will be judged by: Warp Films and New Writing North.
Entry details
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. Please note that writers who enter this award may also enter the other Channel 4 Writing for Television Award strands.
The deadline for entries is 12 noon, 26 June 2026.
We are unable to accept submissions after this deadline.
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.
For more information, please read the Eligibility and Conditions of Entry carefully.
Award details
There is one award available.
The winner will be offered the unique chance to work closely with FilmNation TV UK 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.
FilmNation TV UK is part of international independent entertainment company FilmNation Entertainment, whose TV productions include Chris O’Dowd’s Small Town, Big Story, the award-winning HBO mini-series I Know This Much Is True, and the TV drama adaptation of Isabel Allende’s bestselling novel The House of the Spirits.
This award will be judged by: FilmNation TV UK and New Writing North.
Entry details
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. Please note that writers who enter this award may also enter the other Channel 4 Writing for Television Award strands.
The deadline for entries is 12 noon, 26 June 2026.
We are unable to accept submissions after this deadline.
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.
For more information, please read the Eligibility and Conditions of Entry carefully.
Following the Durham Writes taster sessions, we are pleased to open applications for the second stage of the Durham Writes programme.
The deadline for submissions is 12pm on Monday 1st June 2026. All submissions must be made through Submittable. Successful applicants will be contacted by Friday 5th June 2026.
This application is for a series of six free targeted poetry writing masterclasses that will take place between June and July 2026. There will also be one online industry workshop, and one individual mentoring session. Up to eight writers will be accepted onto the programme.
If you are based in County Durham and are new to, or would like to develop your poetry writing, this programme aims to enhance your creative writing skills, deepen your knowledge of the publishing industry, and help to build a network with fellow writers. You will be supported by the Writer in Residence and the Producer to identify progression routes for your writing while on the course. You will also be invited to share your work at a scratch night at Durham Book Festival in October 2026.
This application form asks for a short sample of your writing up to 3 poems (approx. 20 lines per poem) and a short description of the types of poems you might like to write. Writers should be unpublished for a full-length work (e.g. you should not have published a novel or poetry collection, but you are eligible to apply if you have published short stories or poems online or in magazines). You will also be asked to give short answers to a few questions. If you need any support with filling in this application form, please contact New Writing North at office@newwritingnorth.com.
The targeted masterclasses will be led by Katharine Goda and will take place in Spennymoor Library. The mentoring will sessions will be delivered by Anna Woodford and will happen online. Masterclasses will run on Tuesday evenings in June and July. All sessions will run from 5.30-7pm.
If you are unsuccessful in your application for the Masterclass course, you will still be invited to attend the online industry insight session, and will receive details about this closer to the time.
Durham Writes is funded by the North East Combined Authority via Department for Education funding, devolved for the specific purpose of Adult Skills provision.