LAST DAY TODAY, PEEPS! Enter our fest for half-price until midnight tonight (Pacific Time). If your play or screenplay is ready to roll, do it a favour and SUBMIT NOW. The code: BLACKSANDCO.

Best-ever discount for the SCRIPTWRITERS & CO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, from now until 30 November. Enter as many screenplays and plays as you wish, 1-120 pages at filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... using code BLACKSANDCO. Winners get S&CO trophies and FD13 software 😍. scriptwritersandcofestival.com

DO NOT ENTER OUR FESTIVAL TODAY! Hold your horses until tomorrow, Sunday 16 November! Because we're offering the best-ever waiver code for the SCRIPTWRITERS & CO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. So why not give it a whirl? Tomorrow, obvs! 🤩🙂🎭❤ scriptwritersandcofestival.com filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter...

Guy Fawkes Night' coming up, so we're offering a few more days' discount off all categories, from 1-120 pages. CODE: WITCHY. Winners get trophies, and they and runners-up get licenced copies of Final Draft's FD13 software. INFO: scriptwritersandcofestival.com ENTER: filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... 😍

SPOOKY, bitch. No, witch! Our Halloween code gives 20% off in the SCRIPTWRITERS & CO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, 1-120 pages, at filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... 🧛 Winners get trophies, and they and runners-up receive licenced copies of Final Draft's FD13 scriptwriting software. It's a wicked offer! 🎭🤩❤

What a cracking event we had on Tuesday. Eight winning scripts introduced by eight writers from the UK, Turkey, US and Canada, including three audio dramas, two screenplays and two plays, performed by our incredible company of S&CO Actors. How international is that? What a brilliant night!

SCRATCH NIGHT WINNERS BELOW! The event on Zoom, Tues 23 Sept (7pm BST), is free with the link in our newsletter. See scriptwritersandco.com. Scripts will be performed by S&CO Actors, then notes from me, screenwriter Alex Hollister and our audience. And we'd love to see you in the audience 😊 🎭🤩.

S&CO’s Summer Scratch Night, from 7pm, Tues 23 September. Free to submit until noon (BST) 18 Sept. Plays/screenplays/audio, 5-10 pages, theme ‘Yesterday’, ‘Today’ or ‘Tomorrow’. Up to 8 writers' pieces performed by pro S&CO Actors, notes from Zanna + Alex! scriptwritersandco.com/events.html 🎭🎭🎭

S&CO SCRATCH NIGHT SUBMISSIONS! Deadline: 12 noon GMT 18 Sept. Event: 7pm, 23 Sept. FREE ENTRY! Send 5-10 page scripts on theme ‘Yesterday’, ‘Today’ and/or ‘Tomorrow’. Winners performed on Zoom by pro actors + notes from Zanna and Alex. Full details and enter: scriptwritersandco.com/events.html 🙂

S&CO is looking for volunteer readers for S&CO Scratch Nights and our FESTIVAL. Start in September. Training provided. Read scripts from 1-120 pages, all genres. Teamwork means camaraderie, fun, support! Please email your CV to Zanna: [email protected]. scriptwritersandcofestival.com

ANNOUNCING THE S&CO FESTIVAL 2026! Whoop! Submissions (plays/screenplays) 1-120 pages now open on FilmFreeway. Entry fees lowest until end of June! Don't know about us yet? Click links below- awaiting your entries! filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter...; scriptwritersandcofestival.com; youtu.be/bjip30ce67Q

'S&CO FESTIVAL 2025' wrapped and WINNERS announced! Thanks to our readers, guest Ashley Pharoah, actors, techies, and, not least, the lovely scriptwriters who entered and attended, whether or not they won a trophy. Just... a wonderful day. ❤🎭🤩 scriptwritersandcofestival.com/winners #scripts

Our Scriptwriting Festival's tomorrow, 11 MAY in Bath, 11am-6pm. There's a pitching workshop+screenwriter Ashley Pharaoh+perfomances+awards+ceremony+networking in the pub. Tickets £15, we'd love to see you there! filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... scriptwritersandcofestival.com #plays #screenplays

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 FINALISTS (that’s the year, not the number of writers) This year we received significantly more submissions than in 2024, and quality was exponentially higher as a result. Writers, you blew our socks off! Check out scriptwritersandcofestival.com/winners. #scripts

FESTIVAL UPDATE! I’m so proud to say we’ve just announced our Semi-Finalists. Many congrats to the talented playwrights and screenwriters who made the grade in the face of powerful opposition! Check out the list at scriptwritersandcofestival.com/winners. Next week: Finalists!

Thrilled to announce that we’ve selected our festival’s Quarter-Finalists. Congratulations to the writers of all scripts listed at scriptwritersandcofestival.com/winners!

THE END IS NIGH! scriptwritersandcofestival.com filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... writers.coverfly.com/competitions...

Last up in our #FestivalFeature series is lead script consultant, Alex. With the final submission deadline coming up in just a few days, don’t leave it too late to enter! scriptwritersandcofestival.com filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... writers.coverfly.com/competitions...

DON'T LEAVE IT TOO LATE TO SUBMIT! We're waiting for your logline, pitch, play or screenplay! scriptwritersandcofestival.com filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... writers.coverfly.com/competitions...

THE FINAL DEADLINE! Two weeks to get your skates on! scriptwritersandcofestival.com filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... writers.coverfly.com/competitions...

Today in our #FestivalFeatures series, meet Dan! We accept screenplays/stage plays/audio plays, 1-120 pages, plus loglines and pitches. Winners receive FD13 and trophies! scriptwritersandcofestival.com; filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter...; writers.coverfly.com/.../scriptwr....

scriptwritersandcofestival.com filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... writers.coverfly.com/competitions...

SHALL WE GET CLOSER? We’d LOVE you to enter our festival! So, for today only, here’s a cute romantic gesture. scriptwritersandcofestival.com filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter... writers.coverfly.com/competitions...

Meet Nate, the next in our #FestivalFeature series! We accept screenplays/stage plays/audio plays, 1-120 pages, plus loglines and pitches. Winners receive FD13 and trophies! scriptwritersandcofestival.com; filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter...; writers.coverfly.com/.../scriptwr....

Our next reader, Phoebe, tells us what differentiates a script! We accept screenplays/stage plays/audio plays, 1-120 pages, plus loglines and pitches. Winners receive FD13 and trophies! scriptwritersandcofestival.com; filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter...; writers.coverfly.com/.../scriptwr....

S&CO's Winter 2025 Scratch Night tonight at 7pm GMT! The theme is 'Short and Sweet', 2-4 page scripts, nine winners in the line-up! Sign up at scriptwritersandco.com by 3pm GMT, when we'll send a final newsletter with a link to join us on Zoom. 🎭🤩🥰 #scratchnight #scripts #plays #screenplays #winners

Congrats to all winners of our Winter 2025 S&CO Scratch Night! Theme: 'Short and Sweet'. Nine short plays/screenplays will be performed on Zoom, Mon 27 Jan by S&CO Actors, with notes from me and screenwriter Alex Hollister. Get our newsletter with the Zoom link at scriptwritersandco.com#scratchnight

Meet the first of our festival judges, with tips on what she's looking for. We accept screenplays/stage plays/audio plays, 1-120 pages, plus loglines and pitches. Winners receive FD13 and trophies! scriptwritersandcofestival.com; filmfreeway.com/Scriptwriter...; writers.coverfly.com/.../scriptwr....

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN... Happy new year!

Merry everything to everyone, from all the stars who work with S&CO as actors, readers and administrators!

Pics from the 2024 S&Co ‘Intensive’ Retreat in Cromford, UK. Immensely talented writers, lots of laughter (especially on Quiz Night). And since Alex Hollister couldn’t be there in person as he was unwell, we beamed him in on Zoom for Structure and Pitching! Next year’s retreat? Who knows where?! 😍

Surprise! Two last-minute beds left for MALE #screenwriters or #playwrights on our fab 5-night UK Scriptwriting Retreat next week, Nov 24-29. See scriptwritersandco.com/workshops.html. B&B + tuition. Book there, or email [email protected] with your best offer! #scripts #writingretreats

S&CO 5-night UK Scriptwriting Retreat almost sold out! 24-29 Nov 2024, UK. Take your scripts to next level in country house. We'll deep-dive, teaching on great characters, loglines, structure & pitches. Reduced prices on last 3 double/twin rooms. scriptwritersandco.com/workshops.html #writingretreat

And here we are, navigating away from Elon Musk etc. Join us if you write, direct, produce or act in plays or screenplays! We run free S&CO Scratch Nights with pro actors, as well as the Scriptwriters & Co International Festival. scriptwritersandco.com + scriptwritersandcofestival.com #scriptsandco