Dates and Deadlines

Get the Most Out of the Festival by Planning ahead

Dates of deadlines will be added early 2024.

February 2024

Date TBC: Legal Clinic Submissions Open – more here.
Date TBC: Euroscript ‘Script Surgery 1 Hour Consult’ Applications Open – more here.
Date TBC: Actors Table Read submissions Close – more here.
Date TBC: Advanced Mentoring Script Labs Open – more here.
Date TBC: Meet The Experts Submissions Open – more here.

March 2024

Date TBC: Live Script Edit Open – more here.
Date TBC: Advanced Mentoring Script Labs Close – more here.
Date TBC: Euroscript ‘Script Surgery 1 Hour Consult’ Applications Close – more here.
Date TBC: Legal Clinic Submissions Close – more here.
Date TBC: Euroscript ‘Script Surgery 1 Hour Consult’ Successful Applicants Announced – more here.
Date TBC: Live Script Edit Closes – more here.
Date TBC: Actors Table Read Successful Applicants Announced – more here.
Date TBC: Meet The Experts Submissions Close – more here.
Date TBC: Legal Clinic Successful Applicants Announced – more here.
Date TBC at midday: Meet The Experts Slots for Successful Applicants Goes Live.
Date TBC: Advanced Mentoring Script Labs Successful Applicants Announced – more here.
Date TBC: PitchFest Booking System Goes Live – more here.
Date TBC: Festival Week Seminars – more here.
Thursday 4th April 2024 (Thursday): Festival Opening Party – more here.

April 2024

5th to 7th of April: The London Screenwriters’ Festival Runs – more here.

“

If you want to spend 362 days a year sitting alone at a desk writing, you need to spend the other three days at this festival."

Luke Graves, Screenwriter

Luke Graves, Screenwriter

“

A whirlwind where for three days, the outside world simply ceased to be."

Emmanuel Casey, Writer

Emmanuel Casey, Writer

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