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Unfortunately the BBC doesn’t have the resources to support individuals in this process.</p> <p>Find other opportunities and ways to contact the BBC below including links to free online training from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/">BBC Academy</a>.</p></div></div><div id="heading-contacting-the-bbc" class="widget widget-heading" data-widget-index="3"><h3>Contacting the BBC</h3></div> <div class="widget widget-image widget-image-two_column" data-widget-index="4"><div class="items"><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/0s/jw/p00sjwdl.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p00sjwdl"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Contact the BBC</h3></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/4y/dv/p04ydvn1.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p04ydvn1"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Make a complaint</h3></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/2k/6s/p02k6snv.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p02k6snv"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Want to appear on a show?</h3></div></a></div></div></div><div id="heading-bbc-writersroom" class="widget widget-heading" data-widget-index="5"><h3>BBC Writersroom</h3></div> <div class="widget widget-richtext" data-widget-index="6"><div class="text"><p><strong>BBC Writersroom is a cross-genre department for scripted content working</strong><strong> with and developing both new and experienced writers</strong></p></div></div><div class="widget widget-image widget-image-two_column" data-widget-index="7"><div class="items"><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/send-a-script"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/4y/d5/p04yd5sn.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p04yd5sn"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Send a script</h3><p class="desc">How to submit </p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/80/wx/p080wxkg.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p080wxkg"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Writers lab</h3><p class="desc">Interviews, advice and toolkits</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/0p/7c/p00p7c2g.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p00p7c2g"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Opportunities </h3><p class="desc">From the BBC and across the industry</p></div></a></div></div></div><div class="widget widget-image widget-image-two_column" data-widget-index="8"><h2 id="heading-latest-bbc-writersroom-opportunities-">Latest BBC Writersroom opportunities </h2><div class="items"><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/script-room"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/56/rj/p056rjn6.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p056rjn6"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">BBC Comedy Script Room</h3><p class="desc">Send us comedy scripts for TV, radio or online. Deadline 23 March</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/bbcstudios-casualty-holby"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/80/zw/p080zw7z.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p080zw7z"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">BBC Drama Opportunities</h3><p class="desc">BBC Studios seek new generation of talent for Casualty & Holby City. Deadline 29 Feb</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/crimson-phoenix"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/81/qk/p081qkyf.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p081qkyf"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Scripts Sought for Production</h3><p class="desc">Submission window for plays and musicals to produce. Deadline 31 March</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/just-out-theatre"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/81/jd/p081jdg6.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p081jdg6"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Scratch Night</h3><p class="desc">Monthly new writing nights in the North of England.</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/customs-house"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/81/69/p08169l1.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p08169l1"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Young Writing Residence</h3><p class="desc">The Customs House seeks emerging artists. Deadline 16 March</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/theatre-bloom"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/80/ww/p080wwl4.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p080wwl4"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">LGBTQ+ Works in Progress</h3><p class="desc">LGBTQ+ artists and companies sought for staged productions. Deadline 2 Feb</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/matchstick-theatre"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/5y/xn/p05yxnzr.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p05yxnzr"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">New Writing Submissions</h3><p class="desc">South East London theatre company seeks new plays. Deadline 25 Feb</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/theatre503"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/5x/5t/p05x5tw3.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p05x5tw3"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">International Playwriting Award 2020</h3><p class="desc"> £6,000 and a guaranteed production for winning play. Deadline 29 Feb</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4n1HgL2GFCWDmCtq9Sx5kKB/500-words-2020"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/80/jw/p080jwf4.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p080jwf4"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">500 Words 2020</h3><p class="desc">Short-story competition for five to 13 year-olds. Deadline 27 Feb</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/london-library"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/6z/lz/p06zlzp0.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p06zlzp0"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Emerging Writers' Programme</h3><p class="desc">Masterclasses, networking opportunities and guidance. Deadline 19 Feb</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/writing-squad"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/80/jm/p080jmp4.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p080jmp4"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">The Writing Squad Programme</h3><p class="desc">Two year programme for 16 to 21s in North England. Deadline 29 March</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/alpine-fellowship"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/72/rf/p072rfy2.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p072rfy2"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Theatre Prize</h3><p class="desc">£3000 prize and a rehearsed reading in Sweden. Deadline 1 April</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/green-stories"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/7c/x6/p07cx6dv.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p07cx6dv"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Green Stories Writing Competition</h3><p class="desc">Writing competitions from The University of Southampton. Various deadlines</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/slackline-stories"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/73/j4/p073j4kd.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p073j4kd"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Slackline Stories</h3><p class="desc">New writing night to be held at the Southwark Playhouse. Deadline 8 Feb</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/windsor-fringe-kenneth-branagh-award"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/6v/ln/p06vlnpf.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p06vlnpf"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">New Drama Writing Award</h3><p class="desc">Prize awarded to promising one-act plays for Windsor Festival. Deadline 5 March</p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/wales-writer-in-residence"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/7x/gc/p07xgcfz.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p07xgcfz"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">Wales Writer in Residence</h3><p class="desc">Search for the next Wales Writer in Residence. 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Deadline 2 Feb </p></div></a></div><div class="image image-single"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/john-byrne-award"><span class="img"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200131174649im_/https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/7h/3d/p07h3dnv.jpg/480" width="480" height="270" alt="" class="thumbnail" data-pid="p07h3dnv"/></span><div class="text"><h3 class="heading">The John Byrne Award</h3><p class="desc">Monthly and annual cash awards. 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