JADE CARTIER INTERVIEWS MICHEAL JACOB (Freelance Comedy Producer and Writers’ Dock Comedy Competition Mentor) JC: Having produced comedy for a number of years, what would you say are some of the major changes you have witnessed that would have an impact on writers of comedy today? MJ: In the creative sphere, there has been an [...]
WELCOME TO THE NEW COMEDY WORKSHOP COMPETITION Micheal Jacob and Jade Cartier have devised a way of giving – both the seasoned and welcomed first time/newbie, aspirational comedy competition workshop writer – the chance to place existing, well-known characters into a completely different scenario, or tinker with the existing scenario. Every month the comedy competition [...]
WE AT WRITERS’ DOCK ARE VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE CONTINUED PATRONAGE, over a number of years, of Mr Micheal Jacob, BBC producer of comedy classics such as My Family, Goodnight Sweetheart, and Birds of a Feather, and now a freelance comedy consultant for British and international comedy artists and industry. We are on the brink of [...]
WRITERS’ DOCK FORUM HIGHLIGHT Moderators at the forum are pleased to announce the Christmas poetry and prose competition winners (and the prose runners-up). Congratulations to Lindsay Craik for his poem, At Winter Solstice, which can be read on the Showcase Poetry tab. The micro prose winner and runners-up are anonymous, at the time of publishing. [...]
WRITERS’ DOCK FORUM HIGHLIGHT Dear Poets and Prose Writers As the festive season is upon us, we invite you to a seasonal competition in poetry and prose. Theme: Christmas Poetry Competition: any poetical form Prose Competition: one-line story of 15 or fewer words. This article may help to inspire: World’s Shortest Stories (David Williams) Submission Details: [...]
PRESS RELEASE: THE UKA OPEN THEME POETRY COMPETITION You can submit as many poems as you like, in any genre, but each submission must be accompanied by the relevant entry fee. GUIDELINES: Open theme, open to all, any genre, any subject, any length. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: January 31, 2012 ENTRY FEE: The entry fee is [...]
PRESS RELEASE: GET YOUR COMEDY SKETCH PRODUCED BY AN AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/jason Ever had an idea for a comedy sketch? Circalit is back once again helping talented comedy writers get their sketches produced and distributed. This time Circalit has teamed up with award-winning filmmaker, Jason Wingard, whose most recent short, ‘Ben and Jackie’, has [...]
CELEBRATING THE BICENTENARY OF JANE AUSTEN’S Sense and Sensibility, Writing Magazine invites you to write your own ‘sense and sensibility’ story for their monthly open creative writing competition. First prize is £200 with a £50 runners up prize. The winning entry will be published in Writing Magazine and it, along with the runners up entry, [...]
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