14º Laboratorio de Creación de Series de Televisión 2027
Six television series projects are chosen for this free lab run by Fundación SGAE in the first half of 2027.
closes today
Fellowship or lab United Kingdom
BBC Writers Open Call
Run by BBC Writers (BBC Drama Commissioning)
Rather than taking scripts all year, the BBC reads unsolicited work in one annual window and uses it to find writers to develop, not projects to make. It suits UK and Irish residents with a finished drama or comedy-drama of 30 pages or more. Entry is free, and results can take six months.
Deadline Dec 1, 2026 (closes in 42 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Window closes (12 noon UK time; opens 2026-11-03) | Dec 1, 2026 | free |
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- FreeNo entry fee
- Formats
- Feature, TV pilot, Series
- Language
- English
- Where
- United Kingdom (enter online)
- Who can apply
- Writers 18 or older who reside in the UK, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland and hold UK work rights. One script per writer; pairs may enter together, teams of three or more may not. Scripts sent to any earlier Open Call are refused.
- Prizes
- No prize money. Writers who reach the final stage receive a script report, and those shortlisted are interviewed for BBC Writers development groups.
What to send
- Length
- 30 to 130 pages, not counting title or character pages
- File
- Title page
- Take your name and contact details off the title page and out of the file; check that your software has not added a credit page.
- Your name on the script
- Leave it off: entries are read blind
- Also asked for
- One finished original drama or comedy-drama, for screen, radio or theater, aimed at adult or young adult audiences, sent as one PDF of up to 10MB and written in English. The form also asks for a logline and up to 250 words about your writing so far. Sitcoms, sketch shows, scripts under 30 pages, adaptations and AI-generated work are refused.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Scripts are read in stages (first 10 pages, then 30, then in full) before the BBC Writers team reads a final group; shortlisted writers are interviewed for development groups such as Scripted, Voices and the Writers Access Group.
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