Previous Years

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.

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.