BBC Writersroom launches new online script submissions system
BBC Writersroom have launched their brand new e-submissions system - allowing writers to submit their scripts to the BBC online for the first time.
Published: 18 November 2013
We’re very excited about the launch of the new e-submissions system. As the only broadcaster that has such an open script process, it’s vital that we stay relevant and accessible going forward.”
BBC Writersroom seeks out fresh voices and champions new writing talent from across the UK via a range of talent searches, development schemes, and events. An open door to writers of all ages and experience, the team read all unsolicited scripts on behalf of the BBC – Films, TV Drama, Children’s Drama, TV and Radio Comedy and Radio Drama.
Previously writers were required to submit their scripts to the BBC by post, resulting in a huge manual management task for the Writersroom team who handle up to 10,000 script submissions from the public every year. The new e-submissions system will make the process of managing scripts much more efficient.
Kate Rowland, Creative Director of New Writing at the BBC, said: “We’re very excited about the launch of the new e-submissions system. As the only broadcaster that has such an open script process, it’s vital that we stay relevant and accessible going forward.”
Opening on 18 November with Script Room – Writersroom’s regular open call talent search for TV, radio, film and theatre scripts - writers will now be able to create a profile to digitally submit their scripts and track their progress via the BBC Writersroom website.
A new interface has been built for the Writersroom team, who will now be using iPad and Kindle devices to read and review the scripts they receive. The e-submissions system will be useable across desktop and tablet devices.
Script Room opens for submissions from 18 November 2013 until 16 December 2013 – full guidelines are available on the Writersroom site.
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BBC Writersroom
BBC Writersroom champions new writing talent in film, television, radio, and theatre. Recent successes include Dominic Mitchell’s In The Flesh which came from a Writersroom Northern Voices Scheme, and Debbie Moon’s Wolfblood one of the winners of an open CBBC competition for original new drama. Both of whom are now in their second series. Shazad Mohammed’s series Homegrown is now in development with BBC Comedy. Sarah Hehir’s script Bang Up, one of the winners of the Writer’s Prize was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 this summer
BBC Writersroom run schemes targeting talent from a range of sources and work in partnerships with theatres, writer's organisations, screen agencies, and the wider cultural industries. It helps new writers develop their craft through professional training, the website and in open sessions around the country with the UK's best writing talent.
