BBC College of Comedy

The BBC College of Comedy is inviting applications for its second year:

The scheme will run for 12 months, and six successful applicants (writing pairs will be treated as a single applicant) will be attached to an existing production, and will also be mentored in the creation of original work.

The scheme is open to writers of half-hour narrative comedy, and to sketch writers from the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland.

Applicants will have had their work broadcast; had work commissioned for development by a broadcaster or production company; or had their work performed professionally, either as a writer or a writer/performer. Applications which do not meet these criteria will not be considered.

The deadline for submissions is noon on 24 April 2009. Full details can be found from BBC Writersroom.

You can read about the College of Comedy's first year in Micheál Jacob's posts for the Writersroom blog.