Studio21 2025 script competition opens – closing 17 Sept

Studio21 2025 script competition opens to find hit micro-drama as the sector booms

Studio21 International has opened its 2025 script competition with a mission to uncover a hit microdrama that can appeal to a contemporary audience worldwide.

Building on its 2024 Studio21 Scene-By-Scene Script Competition – designed to uncover compelling contemporary stories that can reach a 21st century audience across platforms – the 2025 competition is titled The Studio 21 Micro Drama Script Competition.

The competition invites entries for series made up of 2-5 minute episodes, with a total of 40-60 episodes across the series.

Entrants should submit:

• The first three episode scripts (of between 2-5 minutes per episode) as a single file with the end of each episode clearly marked.
• A treatment for the full series, to run between 40- 60 episodes.

There is a £30 fee to enter.

Submissions

Find out more and how to submit your scripts at the Studio21 website here: www.studio21.com/script/