Green Stories Writing Competitions

Now we’re stuck in lockdown, what better time to work on writing positive visions of sustainable futures for our green stories competitions. The next deadline is 18th April 2020 for full-length screenplays – see http://www.greenstories.org.uk/full-length-film-screenplay/

Coming up for 2020: These are all free to enter, and open to all as long as they are written in English and meet the green stories criteria – see ‘about the competitions’ tab for more details Flash Fiction 21/3/2020 Screenplay 18/4 2020 Quibi 23/5/2020 Novel (for adults) 2/6/2020 Children’s stories 14/9/2020

This evening is our Prize Giving event (free) at the lovely Herringham Hall at Regent’s College, Regent’s Park, London  6.45-9.15pm. We will be awarding prizes to the winners of the stage play, radio, play, novel and tv series competitions. Graham Smith (former commissioner for C4 and Channel 5, executive producer BBC and director of Grand Read More

If you’re following the green stories competitions and would like to help, we’re looking for volunteer judges to provide a range of opinions! The time commitment and timing will vary by competition so please contact us for more info

As part of the green stories writing competition, this is a writing workshop to help you write a winning entry (novel, screenplay, short story, short film etc.). Refreshments and lunch included. See here for details

Alongside Richard Curtis CBE and a host of incredible film experts, environmentalists and futurists, Global Action Plan are very excited to today launch Flickers of the Future. Flickers of the Future is a film competition that calls on young filmmakers to tell a different story- one where humans and planet thrive together. Global Action Plan Read More

The first output from our green stories competition is now available to buy ‘Resurrection Trust‘ – a collection of funny, dark, mad, bad, upbeat, downbeat and fantastical short stories about living sustainably. It has a foreword by Caroline Lucas and review by Jonathan Porritt. It’s £3.99/£7.99 available on Amazon or even better https://www.hive.co.uk/ which allows you Read More

Great news! BBC Writers room have agreed to read the top five scripts in the radio play, TV series and film categories and follow up with any writers they think have promise.