The In Good Company Midlands Writers Award: In association with Middle Child
Introducing, the In Good Company Partnership Award for Midlands Writers — a £7,286 straight commission for a new play, paid at Writers' Guild of Great Britain rates for a play up to 70 minutes in length.The play will be produced by Middle Child and premiered at their theatre in Hull and at Derby Theatre in Spring 2028.
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Tell us about you and your writing experience (300 words maximum).
This should be a succinct overview about yourself as a writer, and how you fulfil the criteria above for having presented work professionally and your connection to the Midlands.
Attach an example of your work, a script excerpt of up to 10 pages (word doc or pdf).
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This can be from any draft stage — early to near-complete. Something you feel gives a clear impression of your voice and writing style.
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Attach a Treatment for your proposed script (up to 2 pages) If you have written treatments before and prefer to use your own format that’s great. If you are new to writing treatments, please use our provided prompts to give us an idea of the play you’d like to write.
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What is the play about? What's the central idea, question, theme at the heart of the play and why does it matter to you, and the audience What's the story? What happens in your play, we don't need a scene by scene breakdown but just a sense of who the characters are, what the world is and what journey they're going to go on? What's the vibe? How is this show going to feel? Is it a tight one space, one time pressure cooker play or an anarchic piece of gig theatre? Video and audio files must be no longer than 5 minutes and must be able to be opened on a PC. Where required, we will transcribe video and audio files for the panel. If you’d like to submit your application in a different way that we haven’t thought about, please feel free to contact us using the info below.
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AI and copyright declaration: By submitting your application, you confirm that the work submitted is entirely your own and that you have not used artificial intelligence to generate any dialogue within it. IGC is committed to protecting the craft of writing and the rights of writers. This declaration is a condition of application.
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