Do You Have a Funny Script Just Waiting for a Commission?

BAFTA are looking for British comedy writers to take to New York for a special pitching session with US producers, linked to the New York Film Festival.

Three top writers will participate in a BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forumat the 7th Annual New York Television Festival. BAFTA are heading across the pond for a very special incarnation of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum. Teaming up with the New York Television Festival and BAFTA's official airline British Airways, they will take three new British-based writers to the New York Television Festival (NYTVF) from 20-25 September 2011 and showcase their work in front of the cream of the US TV industry. Whilst there, they'll organise special one-to-one meetings with top development executives, giving the writers an amazing opportunity to pitch their projects and forge US contacts.

This new writing forum is specifically for comedy pieces for the small screen. Features and serious TV dramas are not eligible. 

The entry fee is £30.00 per ten-minute extract if received by the early bird deadline of 30 June 2011, and £40.00 per ten-minute extract if received by the final deadline of 6 July 2011. All writers will receive a one page report on their submission from a professional script reader.

For more information and full details of how to enter please visit the BAFTA website here.

The submission deadline is July 6th, so you have a month to try out your best lines and top scenarios.