Results from the Awards so far, with key statistics for each year.
2016-17 Summary
Overall Winner
When Angels Sleep by James Walker
2nd Place
Out of Mind by Alice Seabright
3rd Place
Dead and Married by Kristina Jilly
Runners Up
Trident by Dingan Mhkize
The Kiss by Susan Feehan
Semi Finalists
“Babyface” by Aaron Diebelius
“Drones” by Alan McDonald
“Bastard” by Brennig Hayden
“Bender” by Brian McEvilly
“Ruth” by Caroline Slocock
“Running London” by Christian Ward
“How to be a Wife” by Dawn Green
“Gridlock” by Gareth Peevers
“The Lost Beacon” by Jacqueline Swift
“The Ghetto Gospel” by Jeffrey Aidoo
“Rendering Kate” by Jonathan Young
“Lords of Creation” by Jools Barnett
“The Rosy Hue of the Dying Day” by Lauren Hoekstra
“I’ll Be There For You” by Linda McLaughlin
“Something Good” by Mandy Constance
“My Son” by Miranda Flack
“Double Cheese and Pepperoni” by Najma Khan
“Hollow Bridge” by Paul Thorndike
“Gone to Ground” by Phil Peel
“Diamond” by Rachel Paterson
“The Brighton Send Off” by Robbie McCallum
“Cream” by Russell Davidson
“Circles” by Sarah Rutherford
“Bluebirds” by Simon Wilkinson
“Fits the Crime” by Steve Blame
“The Droth” by Thomas Vowles
“Augustine’s Walk” by Tiago Sousa
Judging Panel
Preliminary Rounds
- Philip Gladwin (Screenwriting Goldmine)
Final Round
- Adrian Banyard, Development Producer, STV
- Nick Barron, Literary Agent, The Writers’ Company
- Matthew Bates, Literary Agent, Sayle Screen, London
- Sharon Batten, Series Producer, EastEnders, BBC Drama
- Anna Davies, Senior Drama Development Producer, CBBC Productions
- Meg Davis, Literary Agent, Ki Agency
- Lucy Fawcett, Literary Agent, Sheil Land Associates Ltd
- Jyoti Fernandes, Development Producer, Douglas Road Productions
- Julie Gardner, MBE, Co founder, Bad Wolf Productions
- Sue Gibbs, Creative Director, Chrysalis Vision
- David Hancock, Script Executive, The Crown, Left Bank Pictures
- Alexis Hood, Development Executive, World Productions
- Edward Hughes, Literary Agent, Linda Seifert Management
- Oliver Kent, Executive Producer, Holby and Casualty, BBC Drama
- Jonathan Kinnersley, Literary Agent, The Agency
- Jonathan Lewsley, Development Executive, BBC Drama Commissioning
- Kirstie Macdonald, Head of Development, World Productions
- Colin McKeown, MBE, Founder, LA Productions
- Steve Matthews, VP Executive Producer, Drama Development, HBO Europe
- Catherine Moulton, Development Exec, Tiger Aspect
- Simon Nelson, Development Producer, BBC Writersroom
- Lorraine Newman, Executive Producer, BBC Drama
- Julie Press, Literary Agent, Kitson Press Agency
- Oliver Rance, Development Executive, Hat Trick
- Aimee Rowling, Head of Development, Bentley Productions
- Adam Sales, Script Editor, Emmerdale
- Lindsay Salt, Head of Development, Sky Drama
- Ben Stoll, Series Script Executive on Britannia for Vertigo Films/Neal Street/Sky 1
- Tanya Tillett, Literary Agent, The Agency
- Angus Towler, Script Editor, Bryncoed Productions
- Julia Tyrrell, Literary Agent, Julia Tyrrell Management
- Lisa Walters, Development Coordinator, Channel 4 Drama
- Vicky Wharton, Producer, Red Water, BBC Drama
- Nikki Wilson, Producer, BBC Drama
Key Facts
In 2016-17 we had 457 entries.
Just as in 2015-16, approximately 37% of those entries were written by women, 63% by men.
2015-16 Summary
Grand Winner
The Certain Light by Geoff Gedroyc
2nd Place
The Brotherhood by Tom McKay
3rd Place
Full Nelson by Tom Nash
Runners Up
Kol Nidrei by Sonya Hadari
Plech and St Nevitt by Rick Griffiths
Semi Finalists
“At The Point Of Need” by Emma Pitt
“Ball Boy” by Tino Di Biase
“Batang Kali” by Katy Walker
“Boomerangs” by Sonya Desai
“Bradford Boyz” by David Gilbank & Paul Renhard
“Brainstem” by Victoria Asare-Archer
“Chutney” by Ann Hawker
“Demise” by David Stevens
“Fat Dad” by Annie Hauxwell
“For What it’s Worth” by Charlotte Cameron
“Full Nelson” by Tom Nash
“Function Creep” by Jonathan Carr
“Gilt” by Andrew Crook
“Kill or Cure” by Charlotte Cameron
“The Life Of Dreams” by Peter Devonald & Kevin Scrantz
“Magpie” by Lauren Sequeira
“Mean Spirits” by Martin Swann
“Ned Buntline” by Addison Anderson
“Private Air” by Billie Bates
“Renovation” by Jonathan Randall
“Resolution” by Hugh Brune
“Ruth” by Caroline Slocock
“Second Grace” by Jonathan Young
“The Serpent Under’t” by Stephen Simpson
“Shadow Player” by Emily Lassalle
“Train” by Diane McInerney
“Wasted” by Peter Devonald
“Weeley Pop Festival” by Toby Roberts
“Winging It” by Linda Duncan McLaughlin
“Yellow Touch Red, You’re Dead” by Lauren Hoekstra
Quarter Finalists
“5-a-side” by Tom Maxted
“A Face To Paint” by KT Parker
“A Little Bit of Beautiful” by Deirdre Murphy
“A Six-Gun for the Devil” by Geoff Holder
“Across the Amazons” by Laura K. Marsh
“Africa As You Like” It by KT Parker
“Alathea” by Dennis Coleman
“Arcania” by John McNamara
“At The Point Of Need” by Emma Pitt
“Ball Boy” by Tino Di Biase
“Batang Kali” by Katy Walker
“Best of Intentions” by Phil Peel
“The Bevin Boy” by Jaye Swift
“The Big Middle” by Chris Tolley
“The Blackbirds of St. Giles” by Sylvia-Anne Parker
“Blame” by Victoria Bajic
“Boomerangs” by Sonya Desai
“Bradford Boyz” by David Gilbank & Paul Renhard
“Brainstem” by Victoria Asare-Archer
“The Brotherhood” by Tom McKay
“Burn” by Tom Nolan
“The Certain Light” by Geoff Gedroyc
“Chutney” by Ann Hawker
“The Circus Alternate” by Blaise Hesselgren
“The Cloning of George Best” by J.J Carr
“Cloud Busting” by Jon Rowe
“Coyote and the Dust-devil” by Jonah Jones
“Cunedda’s Land” by Ian Craine
“Darken Ship” by Dee Chilton
“Delta H” by Patrick Maher
“Demise” by David Stevens
“The Dragon & The Butterfly” by Hannah Pike
“The Driving Instructor” by David Melkevik
“The Dwelling Place” by Isabella Bronte
“End of Line” by Paul Hunt
“The Eye of the Needle” by Poz Watson
“Faith on the Run” by Annie Macdonald
“Fat Dad” by Annie Hauxwell
“Feral” by Louise Monaghan
“The Final Days of Eutopia” by David Almond
“Fire on the Island” by Timothy Jay Smith
“Flappers” by Kristina Day
“For What it’s Worth” by Charlotte Cameron
“Foreign Devils” by Aaron Hubbard
“From the Brink” by Paula Hunter
“Full Nelson” by Tom Nash
“Function Creep” by Jonathan Carr
“The Gate by Rachael Howard”
“Gilt” by Andrew Crook
“Girl in a Box” by Denise Stephani
“Glam” by Andy Gilchrist
“Guardian Angel” by Lorraine Lindsay-Gale & Sarah Olley
“Headbangers” by Dave Gilbank & Paul Renhard
“Hell’s Angel” by Timothy R. Sommerfeld
“He’s Still Out There…” by Mac McSharry
“I am Khama!” by Mark Macauley
“Illegal Aliens” by Chris Leonard
“The Inheritance” by Vivien Kelly
“Into the Dark” by Thomas Vowles
“Invasive Species” by Patricia Semler & James Prine
“Jet Stream One” by David Brady
“Just Enough” by Samuel Blue Gibson
“Kill or Cure” by Charlotte Cameron
“Kol Nidrei” by Sonya Hadari
“Last of the Dodos” by Anthony Khaseria
“The Life Of Dreams” by Peter Devonald & Kevin Scrantz
“Lonely Planet” by Samuel Blue Gibson
“Loyal Americans” by Margaret Dane & Peter Nicholson
“Made In China” by Billie Bates
“Magpie” by Lauren Sequeira
“Mean Spirits” by Martin Swann
“Mersey Cumparsita” by Halida Abbaro
“Missing Chapters” by Sonya Desai
“MoonCurser” by Leia Vogelle
“Ned Buntline” by Addison Anderson
“Next of Kin” by Niall Queenan
“The Night Before” by Aba Ndong
“Nimrod Sanction” by Patrick Maher
“The Nobodies” by Steve Johnson
“Outfoxed” by KT Parker
“Pig” by Paul Holbrook
“Plech and St.Nevitt” by Rick Griffiths
“Prisoner 26” by Thor Magnusson
“Private Air” by Billie Bates
“Renovation” by Jonathan Randall
“Resolution” by Hugh Brune
“Ring-A-Rosie” by Kieran Gill
“Romantic Hideaway” by Kulvinder Gill
“Row D – Box 23” by Steve Langridge
“Ruth” by Caroline Slocock
“The Sad Triumph Of Caroline Norton” by KT Parker
“Sam” by Stuart Price
“Scatter” by Ed Cripps
“Scrubbers” by Lisa McMullin
“Second Grace” by Jonathan Young
“The Serpent Under’t” by Stephen Simpson
“Shadow Player” by Emily Lassalle
“Shrouded in Darkness” by James Walker
“Soldier’s Song” by Kieran Gill
“Some Other Eden” by Anthony Etherington
“Special Unit” by Rebecca Handley
“Splinter Drive” by Thomas Vowles
“Stan Farland’s Last Chance” by Bob Eckhard
“Strangers on a Crane” by Eddie Coleman
“Strikes of the Conker” by Stephen Sunter
“The Syndicate” by Andrew Gilchrist
“Thinner Than Water” by Gareth Tracey
“Three More Minutes” by Liz Taylor
“Timebomb” by Steve Rehman
“To Grow Free and Fertile” by Andrew Gilchrist
“Train” by Diane McInerney
“Under The Southern Cross” by Stephen Guest
“Undercurrent” by Dee Chilton
“Unfinished Temples” by Gerald Cole
“Vampire United” by Sean McConville
“Wasted” by Peter Devonald
“Weeley Pop Festival” by Toby Roberts
“White Gold” by Rebecca Handley
“Winging It” by Linda Duncan McLaughlin
“Withering Rose” by Isabella Bronte
“Yellow Touch Red, You’re Dead” by Lauren Hoekstra
Judging Panel
Preliminary Rounds
- Philip Gladwin (Screenwriting Goldmine)
Final Round
- Paul Ashton, Senior Film Executive, Creative England
- Adrian Banyard, Development Producer, STV
- Nick Barron, Literary Agent, Writers Company
- Sharon Batten, Series Producer, Eastenders, BBC Drama
- Matthew Bates, Literary Agent, Sayle Screen
- Stuart Blackburn, Series Producer, Coronation St, ITV
- Meg Davis, Literary Agent, Ki Agency
- Jonathan Fisher, Development Executive, Company Pictures
- Michelle Frances, Head of Development, BBC Wales, BBC Drama
- Lucy Gannon MBE, Writer
- Julie Gardener MBE, Co-Founder, Bad Wolf
- Sue Gibbs, Creative Director, Chrysalis Vision
- David Hancock, Script Executive, Left Bank Pictures
- Roxanne Harvey, Story Producer, Casualty, BBC Drama
- Alexis Hood, Development Executive, World Productions
- Oliver Kent, Series Producer, Casualty/Holby, BBC Drama
- Jonathan Lewsley, Development Editor, BBC Drama
- Kirstie MacDonald, Head of Development, World Productions
- Steve Matthews, Development Producer, HBO (Europe)
- Sarah Muller, Head of CBBC Acquisitions, Animation & Drama Development, BBC Drama
- Lorraine Newman, Executive Producer, BBC Drama
- Denise Paul, Producer, Harry Price Ghosthunter, Bentley Productions
- Julie Press, Literary Agent, Kitson Press Agency
- Oliver Rance, Development Executive, ITV Studios
- Ben Stoll, Head of Development, Tandem Communications
- Tanya Tillett, Literary Agent, Knight Hall Agency
- Roberto Troni, Commissioning Editor, C4 Drama
- Diana Tyler, Literary Agent, MBA Literary Agents
- Julia Tyrell, Literary Agent, Julia Tyrrell Management
- Nikki Wilson, Producer, Doctor Who, BBC Drama
Key Facts
In 2015-16 we had 389 entries.
Approximately 37% of those entries were written by women, 63% by men, which is a much higher percentage of women writers than any other previous year.
2014 Summary
Grand Winner
The Boundary by Stuart Nicholson
Second Place
Silvertown by Aldo Paternostro
Third Place
Brand New Day by Hugh Brune
Runners Up
Black River by Patrick Ryan
The Soldier and the Lamp by Janet Williams & Claire Pulley
Semi Finalists
Black River by Patrick Ryan
Brand New Day by Hugh Brune
Cooper’s Promise by Timothy Jay Smith
Daedalus by Gareth Peevers
Deceit: The True Story of the Amorous Landlady by Bob Canning
Glastonbury by Victoria Asare-Archer
Mud Boy by Nic Penrake
Orphans by Jamie Whitby
Pearl by Richard Paul
Portia’s Penguin by Benita Cullingford
Private Air by Billie Bates
Salvation House by Alison Wilkie
Silvertown by Aldo Paternostro
Some to the Wars by Peter Finlay
Talk to the Animals by Mark Eccleston
Tastemakers by Hayden Black
The Boundary by Stuart Nicholson
The Bunker by Martin Kelly & Aidan Halferty
The Family Upstairs by Daniel Sunley
The Homecoming by Keith Martin
he Last Days of Twilight by Kingston Medland
The Soldier and the Lamp by Janet Williams & Claire Pulley
The Wreath by Nancy Walsh & James Wavada
Trading Daylight by Miranda Duffy
You And Me 4 Ever by Peter Devonald
Victory by Simon Littlefield
Weirs Interest by David O’Neill
VirulentBlurb:City of Webs by Steven Taylor-Bryant
Quarter Finalists
A Mother’s Blood by Ernie Zibert
A Pound of Cure by Patricia Semler
A Preemptive Strike by Scott Turner
Adios Goorialla by Russell Jones
Aitchbone by Stephen Pye
Angel in the Marble by Jason Pittock
Bad Apple by Kevin Pacey
Bad Madison by Matt O’Connor
Battleship by Mark Jackson
Better Days by Kingston Medland
Big Bones by Soulla Tantouri Eriksen
Black Bag Pilot by Keith Watson
Black River by Patrick Ryan
Blesse (Wounded) by Bob Canning
Blood in the House of Winter by Sam Dawe
Bloodline by Steve Langridge
Brand New Day by Hugh Brune
Bravefellows by Frank Saunders
Broken Kingdom by Eoin Rogers
Burn Alone by Tom Nolan
Butter Side Up by Kitty Percy
Changing of the Guard by Magz Wiseman
Checkpoint by Timothy Jay Smith
Cheryl by Louis Levin
Coasting by Jemma Walton
Cooper’s Promise by Timothy Jay Smith
Crack Down by Adam Graveley
Cypress by Charlie Neubauer
Daedalus by Gareth Peevers
Dark Water – The River Rises by Bob Eckhard
Darken Ship by Dee Chilton
Deceit: The True Story of the Amorous Landlady by Bob Canning
Deep Level Shelter by Karl Larsson
Discoveries by Curtis Burdick & Scott Burdick
Ether Seers by David P. Davis
Execute Fuller by John Wright
Face to Face by Jason Pittock
Feldspar by Thecla Schreuders
Flirt Birds by Mandy Constance
Followers by Tim Marshall
Gemini by Richard Bevan
Get Happy! by Phil Lowe
Ghosts by Jemma Walton
Gifted by Victoria Martin
Glam by Andy Gilchrist
Glastonbury by Victoria Asare-Archer
Gower Chronicles – Operation Red Star by Rebecca Handley
Her Mother’s Daughter by Joanna Lis
Holly Blossums by Joanne Groshardt & Sarah Walker
Holly by Casey Walker
Hope by Paul Black
Humble Pie by Martin Stocks
Kathleen & Violet by Christina Dowling
King Khama (of Botswana) by Mark Macauley
Kingwood by Gustavo Avila
Lawman by Kingston Medland
Love! Rockets! Robots! by Rudolf Kremers
Maelstrom by Steve Neale Evans
Man Walks Into A Bar by Annie Caulfield
Manic Santas by Kieran Hurford
Metacomet by Tim Leandro
Mojo Hand by Gary Davis
Momentary Truth by Erica Sharpe & Elaine Sharpe
Mortality Threshold by Cillian Daly
Mud Boy by Nic Penrake
Namaste Mumbai by Beewan Athwal
Nimrod Sanction by Patrick Maher
Ninth Life by Kim Standring Jacobs
Noni by Toby Litt
Number Two Man by Scott Turner
Ode to Freedom by Robert Coles & Bartley McSwine
Olivia Rose by Scott Turner
Orphans by Jamie Whitby
Ortus by Heather Wallace-Brown
Parallax by Les Robertson
Pearl by Richard Paul
Portia’s Penguin by Benita Cullingford
Private Air by Billie Bates
Protectors of the Black Prince by Curtis Burdick
Punching Smoke by Patrick McClelland
Rag and Bone: The Mythical Zoo by Helen Brady
Retrouvailles by Evan Klein & Eric Klein
Revelation by Alex Thompson
Rubicon by Kevin Buckley
Ruby Diamond City by Tim Hewitt
Safe & Sound by Scott Edwards
Salvation House by Alison Wilkie
Sentinel Event by Daniel Stewart Levy
Silvertown by Aldo Paternostro
Sleb by Nicholas Thomson
Snap Happy by Fiona Hunnisett
Some to the Wars by Peter Finlay
Sovereign by Mike Casucci
Spivs by Steve Jordan
Stepping Stones by Tadhg Culley
Stolen Seed by Kim Standring Jacobs
Storm House by Mark Hibbett
Stowaways by Hannah Quinn
Summer’s End (History of a Monster) by Sarah-Jayne Whitson & Jennifer Bryce
Switch by Adam Graveley
Tailback by Tadhg Culley
Taking Care by Julian Mountfield
Talk to the Animals by Mark Eccleston
Tangled by Gini Woodward
Tastemakers by Hayden Black
The Adventures of the Velvet Cat by Bob Canning
The Ancient Geeks by Laurie Rea
The Ballad of Gille Dundour by Gerry Dunsmore
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan by Jemma Walton
The Big Merino by Sheridan Humphreys
The Boundary by Stuart Nicholson
The Bunker by Martin Kelly & Aidan Halferty
The Cherub House by Peter Devonald & Kevin Scrantz
The Donor by Sheridan Hawker
The Family Upstairs by Daniel Sunley
The First Cut by Georgina Rees
The Hills by Alexander Milo
The Homecoming by Keith Martin
The Hostage by Heather Hampson
The Infinity Boys by Sarah Counsell & Simon James Green
The Last Days of Twilight by Kingston Medland
The Last Resort by Alan Brash
The Maliks of Mayfair by Kate Welshman
The Naiads by Tom van den Hurk & Craig Guild
The Night Witches by Steven Prowse
The Nth Degree by Ian Martin
The Prefect by Dan Kokotajlo
The Price of Progress by Stephen Readey & Tim Kozlenko
The Science Of Love And Laughter by Sam Baron
The Shadow Player by Emily Lassalle
The Soldier and the Lamp by Janet Williams & Claire Pulley
The Something by Anthony Khaseria
The Sound of Crazy Mountains by Kate Welshman
The Space Requiem by Tim Connery
The Syndicate by Andy Gilchrist
The Wild Goose Chase by Mark Roberts
The Wreath by Nancy Walsh & James Wavada
Thy Kingdom Come by Tim Hewitt
Trading Daylight by Miranda Duffy
Tyne View – Fighting Dogs by Michael Taylor
Ultimate Fight Queen by Billie Bates
Verdanza by David J. Williams
Victory by Simon Litttlefield
VirulentBlurb:City of Webs by Steven Taylor-Bryant
Water Safety Skills by Thecla Schreuders
Weavers by John Murphy
Weir’s Interest by David O’Neill
What Annie Ate by Kate Welshman
What’s Yours Is Mine by Martyn Lawrence
When the World Shatters and Breaks by Alexander Milo
Who Were You? by Julian Smith
Writing Dylan by Sam Minett
You and Me 4 Ever by Peter Devonald
Judging Panel
Preliminary Rounds
- Philip Gladwin (Screenwriting Goldmine)
Final Round
- Paul Ashton, Senior Film Executive, Creative England
- Adrian Banyard, Development Producer, STV
- Matthew Bates, Literary Agent, Sayle Screen, London
- Stuart Blackburn, Series Producer, Coronation St, ITV
- Tom Collins, Producer/Director DeFacto Films
- Jonathan Fisher, Development Manager, Island Pictures
- Surian Fletcher-Jones, Head of Development, Channel 4
- Lucy Gannon, Writer
- Roxanne Harvey, Story Producer, Casualty, BBC
- Alexis Hood, Development Executive, Fifty Fathoms/Tiger Aspect
- Clova McCallum, Senior Drama Development Executive, Warp Films.
- Kirstie MacDonald, Head of Development, World Productions
- Steve Matthews, Executive Producer, Drama Development, HBO Europe
- Julie Press, Literary Agent at Macfarlane Chard Associates
- Fraser Robinson, VP, Scripted ITV Studios Global Entertainment
- Ben Stoll, Head of Development, Tandem Communications
- Tanya Tillett, Literary Agent, Knight Hall Agency
- Roberto Troni, Commissioning Editor, Channel 4 Drama
- Julia Tyrrell, Literary Agent, Julia Tyrrell Management
- Nikki Wilson, Producer, Doctor Who, BBC
- Stephen Woolley, Director/Producer, Number 9 Films
Key Facts
In 2014 we had 341 entries.
Approximately 30% of the entries were written by women, 70% by men.
2013 Summary
Grand Winner
Gone Away by Jane Eden
Joint Second Place
Snapper by Claire Fowler
Stealing Speed by Charles Inge
Runners Up
Caravan by Katie Wimpenny
Other Mother by Amanda Duke
Semi Finalists
An International Woman, by Jan Smith
Caravan, by Katie Wimpenny
Cooper’s Promise, by Timothy Jay Smith
Country Lover, by Niall Queenan
Crossbones, by Rosanne Flynn
Gone Away, by Jane Eden
Hagridden, by Adam Roberts
How Not To Change Your Boyfriend, by Alison Wilkie
Junction 26, by Adam Thursby
Long Dead Road, by Andy Conway & Richard Adams
Minack, by Rosanne Flynn
No Go, by Susie Farrell
Other Mother, by Amanda Duke
Pigpen, by Lindsay Jane Sedgwick
Snapper, by Claire Fowler
Something Good, by Mandy Constance
Special Needs, by Sharon Walker
Spikes, by Nicholas Gibbs
Stealing Speed, by Charles Inge
Steen’s Folly, by Jeffrey Gold
Stranger Inside, by Charlotte Wise
The Boundary, by Stuart Nicholson
The Fall of a Sparrow, by Jamie Kanwar
The Science Of Love and Laughter, by Sam Baron
The Soldier and the Lamp, by Janet Williams & Claire Pulley
The Work of Zombies, by Patricia Semler
Under London, by Liz Holliday
William McGonagall – The Life And Rhymes, by Keith Storrier
Winging It, by Linda McLaughlin
Your Number’s Up, by Christopher Bacon
Quarter Finalists
1066, by Stephen Graham
Scratch, by Vanessa Yardley
A Preemptive Strike, by Scott Turner
A Vision of Angels, by Timothy Jay Smith
An International Woman, by Jan Smith
An Ordinary Girl, by Gerry Byron
Attic Ashes, by Lorraine Portman
Attributes of Light, by Andrew Turvil
Bad Monkey, by Matthew Hurst
Blood, by Jaimie Kanwar
Brown Bread, by Adam Graveley
Burnage Boys, by Adrian Davies Suzanne Winwood
Caravaggio’s Shadow, by Torkjell Stromme
Caravan, by Katie Wimpenny
Cooper’s Promise, by Timothy Jay Smith
Country Lover, by Niall Queenan
Crossbones, by Rosanne Flynn
Damascus Road, by Patrick Homes
Deadline Day, by John Hickman
Deadlock, by Robin Lindsey
Debt, by Paul Skinner
Dogbite, by Paul Holbrook
Doghouse, by Peter Floro
Droch Ola; Bad Blood, by Liam Farrell
End Of A Century, by Neil Westley
Endless Life, by Tadhg Culley
Family Men, by Jeff Woodard Paul
Fembryo, by John Wright
Finding Frank, by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan
First Born, by Victoria Hanna
Getting Away With It, by Joanna Studdert-Kennedy
God Save The Queen, by Tom Wateracre
Gone Away, by Jane Eden
Gower Chronicles: Operation Red Star, by Rebecca Handley
Grace, by Lynda Lemberg Jeffrey Russel
Hagridden, by Adam Roberts
Hard Men, by Gill Kirk
Hauntings of the Sea, by Nicholas Gibbs
Hearts Blood, by Ann Tobin
How Not To Change Your Boyfriend, by Alison Wilkie
Ice, Disappear, by Gareth Tracey
Imprint, by Caitriona Spellman
Intervention, by Ian Martin
Iricana, by Sean Clancy
Jarrownack, by Nicolas Jackson
Junction 26, by Adam Thursby
Khama, by Mark Macauley
Lady Beth, by Caroline Farrell
Ladykilaz, by Karen Hope
Land of Bones, by Peter Floro
Learning to Drive, by Linda Manning
Lent, by Niall Queenan
Little Horrors, by John Cronin
Long Dead Road, by Andy Conway Richard Adams
Lost Leaves, by Sonya Desai
Mean Time, by Sonya Desai
Midnight Clear, by Peter Finlay
Minack, by Rosanne Flynn
Missing, by Sharon Walker
Mops and Stones, by Sujay Pande
Namaste Mumbai, by Beewan Athwal
Special Needs, by Sharon Walker
Nigel and Moi, by Annie Macdonald
No Go, by Susie Farrell
No.1 Hope Street, by Chris Miller
Ocean Beach, by Michael O’Keefe Michael O’Keefe
One And All, by Carmit Levite
Other Mother, by Amanda Duke
Out On A Limb, by Paul Goetzee
Paradise, by Rachel Yelding
Paradise Pond, by Lorraine Portman
Parallax, by Les Robertson
Phoebe Langtry, by Philip Peel
Pigpen, by Lindsay Jane Sedgwick
Pixer Knows, by Caroline Farrell
Portia’s Penguin, by Benita Cullingford
Precious Vengeance, by Stephen M Hunt
Rank, by Adrian Reynolds
Refracted, by Roger Thomas Brian Barnes
Retribution, by Magz Wiseman
Sacrifice, by Simon Evans
Shadytown, by Donnie Ray Clark
Shanghaied, by Curtis Burdick
Sick, by Yassir Matloob
Silent Dawn, by Janis Gibbon
Sleepwalk, by Kevin Joiner Jason McMahan
Snapper, by Claire Fowler
Something Good, by Mandy Constance
Something In The Water, by Andrew Heard
Spikes, by Nicholas Gibbs
Spring to Fall, by Neil Ilderton
Stealing Speed, by Charles Inge
Steen’s Folly, by Jeffrey Gold
Stranger Inside , by Charlotte Wise
Summer, 1960, by Ieuan Watkins
Taken, by Angela Holden
The Beach Hut, by KT Parker
The Boundary, by Stuart Nicholson
The Church, by Asher Pirie
The Dead Coast, by Gareth Tracey
The Fall of a Sparrow, by Jamie Kanwar
The Ghillie Man, by Peter Finlay
The Gods of Death, by Phillip Watson
The Golden Age, by Maya Ortega Maya Ortega
The Grey Escape, by Dee Chilton
The Hit Man and Her, by Kulvinder Gill
The Knowledge, by Mark Jackson
The Latchkey Kids, by Gini Woodward
The Method, by Edward Reeve
The People V. God, by Paul Undari
The People’s Monster, by John Gorenfeld Patrick Runkle
The Red Stone, by Kevin Smith
The Renegade Mesmerist, by Christopher Bacon
The Rest and be Thankful, by Ross McMillan
The Scandal of Skylon Hall, by Eben Skilleter
The Scare System, by Joanne Bartley
The Science Of Love and Laughter, by Sam Baron
The Secret Within, by Daniel Sunley
The Snakeman, by Jeffrey Ryback
The Soldier and the Lamp, by Janet Williams Claire Pulley
The Travel Auction, by Mark Green
The White Raven, by Deirdre Dore
The Work of Zombies, by Patricia Semler James Prine
Time Out, by Trish Cooke
Timeless, by Steven Skinner
Tobotix, by Mark Wilson
Under London, by Liz Holliday
When The Money Runs Out, by Nic Penrake
Where I Shall Be Remembered, by Max Orkis
White Trash, by Jemma Walton
William McGonagall – The Life And Rhymes, by Keith Storrier
Winging It, by Linda McLaughlin
Within Reason, by Sammi Dee
Yellow Dragon and the Red Fox, by Anthony Etherington
Your Number’s Up, by Christopher Bacon
Judging Panel
Preliminary Rounds
- Philip Gladwin (Screenwriting Goldmine)
Final Round
- Paul Ashton, Development Producer, BBC Writersroom
- Adrian Banyard, Development Producer, STV
- Matthew Bates, Literary Agent, Sayle Screen, London
- Elliot Grove, Founder and Head of The Raindance Film Festival
- Johann Knobel, Producer, Company Pictures
- Kirstie MacDonald, Script Executive, World Productions
- Steve Matthews, Producer, Octagon Films
- Julie Press, Literary Agent at Macfarlane Chard Associates
- Fraser Robinson, VP, Scripted ITV Studios Global Entertainment
- Ben Stoll, Drama Development Executive, C4
- Julia Tyrrell, Literary Agent, Julia Tyrrell Management
Key Facts
In 2013 we had 318 entries.
Approximately 28% of the entries were written by women, 72% by men.
2012 Summary
Grand Winner
Once in Royal Bradford City by Matthew Coombes
Second Place
Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Patrick Ryan
Third Place
Bad Air by Charles Inge
Runners Up
Snakes and Lovers by Susan Everett
Song of the Lost Sister by Brian MacEvilly
Semi Finalists
Mirror-Me, by Leone Annabella Betts & Keith Dando
Heartstrings, by Helen Brady
Silent Night, by Gil Brailey
The Pretender, by Gil Brailey
The Fireworks Maker, by Curtis Burdick & Scott Burdick
Once in Royal Bradford City, by Matthew Coombes
Cold Star, by Tadhg Culley
ryan.com, by Alan Davis
Hearts and Minds, by Sue Durrant
Snakes and Lovers, by Susan Everett
A Year Of Greater Love, by Patrick FitzSymons
Getting Betta, by Don Fried
Feeling Good, by Tony Galuidi
Sleepers, by Kulvinder Gill
One Moment in Time, by Mark Green
Winter of Discontent, by Natalie Hanson
Bad Air, by Charles Inge
Red White and Blue, by Mark Jackson
Replica, by Anthony Khaseria
Song of the Lost Sister, by Brian MacEvilly
Contact, by Ronnie Mackintosh
Delta H Error, by Patrick Maher
Money for Nothing, (Episode 1) by Nicholas Miles
Backwater, by Mike Murray
More Than Just Sex, by Nic Penrake
The 49th Day, by Craig Peters
Eagle Heights, by Asher Pirie
The Giant’s Passage, by Jonni Remmler
Darkness On The Edge Of Town, by Patrick Ryan
The Wind Riders, by Jeff Ryback
The Jeweler’s Wife, by D Shailer
Red Coal Country, by Jan Smith
The Weird World of M.R. James, by Keith Storrier
Winter, by Steve Turnbull
Ten Tors, by Rob Yescombe
Quarter Finalists
A Mind In Three Halves, by Mark O’Connor
A Year Of Greater Love, by Patrick FitzSymons
Albion, by Robert Blaise Hesselgren
Amazona, by Zoe Mavroudi
Archie Small, by Martin Green
Armor, by Ross McMillan
Backwater, by Mike Murray
Bad Air, by Charles Inge
Banking on Betty, by Geno Scala
Bastion, by Alan McDonald
Blood and Fire, by Karl Larsson
Blood Money, by Dillon Vanoort
Blood Runs Deep, by Nick Amatuzio
Bombay Duck, by Iqbal Ali
Bullring, by Niall Byrne
Cold Star, by Tadhg Culley
Collider, by Rebecca Handley
Contact, by Ronnie Mackintosh
Cowgirl Slapstick, by Ian Craine
Dali, by Lorraine Mauvais
Darkness On The Edge Of Town, by Patrick Ryan
Dead Air, by Jonathan Hawtrey Clark
Delta H Error, by Patrick Maher
Development Hell, by Dillon VanOort
Diligence, by Jonathan Stewart
Dr Jenner of Berkeley, by Jon Rowe
Droch Ola, by Liam Farrell
Drum, by Kenneth Lemm
Eagle Heights, by Asher Pirie
Elizabeth’s Dream, by Lorraine Mauvais
Endre & Gerta, by José Ygoa-Bayer
Eruption, by Tim Hogg
Escape from Heaven, by Georgia Shankel
Faeye, by Julie Nichols
Feelin Good, by Tony Galuidi
Fly Away Brooklyn, by Ian Kaye
Getting Betta, by Don Fried
Happy Trails, by Michael Rhodes
Heart of the Dragon, by Julien Deladriere
Hearts and Minds, by Sue Durrant
Heartstrings, by Helen Brady
Heaven Down Below, by Gill Trethowan
III, by George Strayton
I’ll Be There For You, by Linda Duncan McLaughlin
In the Stars, by Abe Frank
Jack’s Back, by Phil Peel
Kablitski, by Steve Ruttley
King Billy and the Popes, by Gerald Moynihan
Kissing Audrey Hepburn, by Patrick Brady
La Mujer, by Steve Lucas
Land of Gold, by Teresa Godfrey
Little Flowers of Africa, by Iqbal Mohammed
Long Haul, by Joseph Carpenter
Los Perdidos (The Lost Ones), by Gustavo Avila
Love, by Zoe D’Amaro
Lucid, by Philip Tarl Denson
Magic in Ordinary Places, by Joanne Haslam
Mirror-Me, by Leone Annabella Betts & Keith Dando
Mistaken Identity, by Ieuan Watkins
Money for Nothing, by ‘Nothing Nobody’ Nicholas Miles
Monkey Puzzle Tree, by Lindsay Jane Sedgwick
Monsters, by Steve Turnbull
More Than Just Sex, by Nic Penrake
Murder In The Lakelands, by Patrick Nash
OJ’S Eleven, by Lawrence Riggins
Once in Royal Bradford City, by Matthew Coombes
One Moment in Time, by Mark Green
Out of this Land, by Mark Murphy
Play Voodoo For Me, by Stuart Wright
Quiz Night, by Michael Hodgson
Ready, by Joe Becker
Reasons To Be Single, by Alison Wilkie
Red Coal Country, by Jan Smith
Red White and Blue, by Mark Jackson
Replica, by Anthony Khaseria
Resistance, by Hannah Patterson
Ripples, by Magz Wiseman
ryan.com, by Alan Davis
Sanctioned, by Sophie Petzal
Schmear Therapy, by Patrick Brady
Scratch, by Vanessa Yardley
Second Glance, by Sue Morris
Second Sight, by Lee Rathjen
Shack Castle Kings, by Natalie Hanson
Siege, by Nicholas Gibbs
Silent Night, by Gil Brailey
Sleepers, by Kulvinder Gill
Snakes and Lovers, by Susan Everett
Song of the Lost Sister, by Brian MacEvilly
Souls of Nod, by Mike Sherer
Strands, by Mike Murray
Talking Shop, by Stephen Potts
Ten Tors, by Rob Yescombe
That Guy, by Odin Ozdil
The 49th Day, by Craig Peters
The Automated Heart, by Rachel Yelding
The Binary Man, by Jonathan Hawtrey Clark
The Dog Walker, by Stephen Potts
The Dorchester Plan, by Patricia Semler
The Fare, by Michael Coleman
The Fireworks Maker, by Curtis Burdick
The Forgotten Conscript, by Jacqueline Swift
The Full Irish, by Brian MacEvilly
The Giant’s Passage, by Jonni Remmler
The Greene Man, by Mark Wilson
The Grey Escape, by Jeremy Carr
The Horizon, by Julien Deladriere
The Infernal Comedy, by Robin Bailes
The Jeweler’s Wife, by D Shailer
The King, by Richard O’Rawe
The Last Superhero, by Dillon Vanoort
The Lazarus File, by James Burau
The McCarthy Bird, by Mandy Constance
The Poisoned Mind of Professor Halfpenny, by Miranda Sen
The Pretender, by Gil Brailey
The Raven Watch, by Paula Lewis
The Rustler, by Douglas Raine
The Safest Hands in Britain, by Stephen Davis
The Season, by Tom Dirlis
The Sex Play, by James Woolf
The Sleeper, by Keith Storrier
The Steelboys, by James Haus
The Weird World of M.R. James, by Keith Storrier
The Wind Riders, by Jeff Ryback
This Man’s Land, by Jonathan Randall
Time Out, by Soulla Tantouri Eriksen
Ultimate Fight Queen, by Billie Bates
Wasteland 2020, by Gareth Tracey
We Be The Verse, by Lisa Howells
Westmoor, by Tim Hogg
Wheeling Barrow, by Adam Graveley
Whicher, by Jan Smith
Winter, by Steve Turnbull
Winter of Discontent, by Natalie Hanson
Working Class Hero, by Domenic Amatuzio & Nick Amatuzio
Judging Panel
Preliminary Rounds
- Philip Gladwin (Screenwriting Goldmine)
Final Round
- Paul Ashton, Development Producer, BBC Writersroom
- Matthew Bouch, Independent Producer, “Being Human”, “My Mad Fat Teenage Wedding”
- Elliot Grove, Founder and Producer, Raindance Film Festival
- Steve Matthews, Producer, “Love/Hate”, “The Borgias”
- Julie Press, Literary Agent, MacFarlane & Chard
- Fraser Robinson, Independent Screenwriting Consultant (ex. NBC/Universal)
- Ben Stoll, Head of Development, C4
- Julia Walsh, Head of Development, ITV
Key Facts
In 2012 there were 477 entries.
Approximately 29% of the entries were written by women, 71% by men.
Breakdown by country:
- 58% UK entries
- 22% USA entries
- 4% Australia
- 4% Canada
- 3% Ireland
- 9% other international
- 71% male writers
- 29% female writers
