I regularly enter competitions and open calls as part of my writing practice. It’s a disciplined way of testing ideas, staying sharp, and pushing structure, voice and concept under pressure.

I’ve had work produced and have won competitions, but I still treat writing as something that needs consistent practice and refinement, not something you ever finish improving.

This ongoing process feeds directly into both my original projects and client work, ensuring everything I write stays focused, current and rigorously developed.

Placements:

• ‘Mixed/Other’, sitcom pilot

  • Second Round Selection, ISA Diversity Initiative

• ‘A Different Angle’, short play

  • Long List (Top 50), Chesil Theatre’s Take Ten New Writing Festival

• ‘The Transcript’, short film

  • Quarter-Finalist, Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition – Season 6

• ‘The False One’, feature film

  • FINALIST, Screencraft True Story and Public Domain Contest

  • Semi-finalist, Screencraft feature film Screenplay Contest

  • Quarter-finalist, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest

  • Second Round, Launch Pad Feature Competition

• ‘Bums’ (aka ‘Home from Home’), sitcom pilot

  • FINALIST, David Nobbs Memorial Trust Writing Competition

• ‘Beardface’, sitcom pilot

  • Semi-finalist, Screencraft Pilot Launch Contest

• ‘Trollhunters’, drama pilot

  • Short-listed, BBC Script Room 10 (drama)

• ‘Backbenchers’, sitcom pilot

  • Long-listed, BBC Script Room 9 (comedy)

• ‘MirrororriM’, short film

  • Semi-Finalist, Screencraft Short Screenplay Contest

• ‘#Hollywood Screenplay’, short film

  • WINNER, Scripped Monthly Contest

• ‘Herbert Garland & Lawrence of Arabia‘, reimagining of the classic feature film

  • WINNER, Royal Chemistry Society Screenplay Competition

• ‘Lost Connection’, short film/anthology segment

  • FINALIST, Impact50

• ‘The Good Goblin’, feature film treatment

  • FINALIST, Mirza Story Circus

• ‘Cleaning Up’, short play

  • Short-Listed, Capital Plays New Festival of Writing