Writing for Screen
Develop your career in writing for screen, with opportunities for writers based in the North of England
New Writing North has been supporting screenwriters with a broad programme of activity since 2014. Our current programme offers awards, mentoring, placements with production companies, writers’ rooms, script hubs, workshops, roadshows and one-to-one surgeries.
Our growing network includes those who are totally new to screenwriting; emerging television and film writers; and writers who are experienced in different forms, but are looking to move into screenwriting.
Current screenwriting programmes
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Screenwriting Weekender
A packed weekend of TV industry talks, workshops and networking in Newcastle, sponsored by North East Screen.
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Sunderland New Screenwriters
A series of open access taster sessions at libraries in and around Sunderland, for anyone to learn about writing scripts for TV.
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ADAPT
Develop your skills in adaptation from the page to the screen.
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Channel 4 Northern Talent Network
Professional development and peer support for screenwriters from the North.
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Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards
Annual awards programme to discover and support new television writing talent, part of the Northern Writers’ Awards.
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Channel 4 Northern Talent Network - Script Hubs
Our new Script Hubs in Bradford, Newcastle and online provide peer support and networking for screenwriters.
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Genre Feature Lab
We’ve joined forces with Film4 to discover the North’s most exciting new screenwriters to develop a feature film pitch deck.
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Story for Screenwriting – online course
Develop an industry-standard treatment for your original TV, film, or stage drama. 4-month course, CPD-certified.
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1-2-1 Screenwriting Surgeries
New Writing North Screenwriting Surgeries are 30 minute one-to-one meetings via Zoom or in-person where writers can discuss a screenwriting project they are working on, talk about funding and development support available for screenwriters or learn more about developing a career as a screenwriter.
This page links to the latest surgeries
What's on
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Channel 4 Northern Talent Network: Script Hubs
23 April 2024 - 31 December 2025
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Tees Valley TV Pilot Scratch Night
14 January 2026
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Screenwriting Weekender
6 February 2026 - 8 February 2026
Past programmes
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Channel 4 Northern Talent Network: Writers’ Room Workshop
As writers’ rooms are becoming more common in the UK, this two-part workshop led by Tiger Aspect Development Producer Saima Ferdows (Bad Education) will allow you to experience what they are and how they work.
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Sky Writes
Sky Writes is a talent development programme from Sky Studios and New Writing North, which ran in Blackpool, Gateshead and Rotherham in 2021.
