The First Laugh Comedy Writing Competition @TheFirstLaughC1
A UK peer-to-peer comedy writing competition for total beginners, run by comedy writer @sara_rose_g . Competition closes at midnight 08/11/2019. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk Joined September 2019-
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The submissions to this have been of such a high quality & its been loads of fun to judge! Congrats to all the finalists & to the First Laugh team for putting together such a strong competition. Winner coming soon...
The submissions to this have been of such a high quality & its been loads of fun to judge! Congrats to all the finalists & to the First Laugh team for putting together such a strong competition. Winner coming soon...
Got down to the last 25 in this here competition - 93rd percentile is nothing to be sniffed (or laughed) at. Thanks to @Sara_Rose_G for organising and the judges for all their time and effort putting this together - and good luck to the finalists!
Got down to the last 25 in this here competition - 93rd percentile is nothing to be sniffed (or laughed) at. Thanks to @Sara_Rose_G for organising and the judges for all their time and effort putting this together - and good luck to the finalists!
Well done to all of the top 10! Can’t wait to see who the winner is. Got pretty close myself - top 25 - and I’m so stoked about that, bet you’re all feeling on top of the world right now. ❤️
Well done to all of the top 10! Can’t wait to see who the winner is. Got pretty close myself - top 25 - and I’m so stoked about that, bet you’re all feeling on top of the world right now. ❤️
i made the top 25 which is good because my mum has been looking for an excuse to ask me "why didn't you win?" for ages
i made the top 25 which is good because my mum has been looking for an excuse to ask me "why didn't you win?" for ages
Get to throw out my 2007 Fylde Coast long jump championship trophy now
Get to throw out my 2007 Fylde Coast long jump championship trophy now
Didn't quite make the final, but pleased to have made the top 25 longlist! Grateful for taking part in #Grinupnorth on @bbcnewcastle which has helped build my confidence in sketch and radio writing ⭐
Didn't quite make the final, but pleased to have made the top 25 longlist! Grateful for taking part in #Grinupnorth on @bbcnewcastle which has helped build my confidence in sketch and radio writing ⭐
Didn't make the final 10, but got an email today saying I was in the top 25 of this Comedy Writing Contest I entered. Thanks @Sara_Rose_G for putting it on :)
Didn't make the final 10, but got an email today saying I was in the top 25 of this Comedy Writing Contest I entered. Thanks @Sara_Rose_G for putting it on :)
in the immortal words of nick knowles in who dares wins, [he’s] on the list (this is v out of the blue and nice)
in the immortal words of nick knowles in who dares wins, [he’s] on the list (this is v out of the blue and nice)
This was a delightful surprise. Very very proud to have made the final. Thank you very much.
This was a delightful surprise. Very very proud to have made the final. Thank you very much.
This is incredibly unexpected and lovely
This is incredibly unexpected and lovely
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57K Followers 2K Following Writer. Credits: HIGNFY, Dead Ringers, The News Quiz, The Now Show, Mash Report. Drama Queen author - agent @Rowan_Lawton she/her #EightBrightLights out 9th NovThe submissions to this have been of such a high quality & its been loads of fun to judge! Congrats to all the finalists & to the First Laugh team for putting together such a strong competition. Winner coming soon...
We are beyond excited to announce the amazing judges for the competition finals are @Mollie_FB , @sarahlmorgan & @JuliaAMcKenzie - so honoured to have such incredible talents & industry leaders on board. Read all about them here thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finals/
Made it into the final 25 and I'm taking that as a victory @TheFirstLaughC1
Got down to the last 25 in this here competition - 93rd percentile is nothing to be sniffed (or laughed) at. Thanks to @Sara_Rose_G for organising and the judges for all their time and effort putting this together - and good luck to the finalists!
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
Well done to all of the top 10! Can’t wait to see who the winner is. Got pretty close myself - top 25 - and I’m so stoked about that, bet you’re all feeling on top of the world right now. ❤️
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
Get to throw out my 2007 Fylde Coast long jump championship trophy now
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
i made the top 25 which is good because my mum has been looking for an excuse to ask me "why didn't you win?" for ages
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
Finalists announced!
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
Didn't quite make the final, but pleased to have made the top 25 longlist! Grateful for taking part in #Grinupnorth on @bbcnewcastle which has helped build my confidence in sketch and radio writing ⭐
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
in the immortal words of nick knowles in who dares wins, [he’s] on the list (this is v out of the blue and nice)
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
This was a delightful surprise. Very very proud to have made the final. Thank you very much.
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
Didn't make the final 10, but got an email today saying I was in the top 25 of this Comedy Writing Contest I entered. Thanks @Sara_Rose_G for putting it on :)
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
This is incredibly unexpected and lovely
After 350 entries & 2 rounds of reading, we are thrilled to announce our 10 finalists, whose entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts (details TBA in the coming days) to choose a final winner. thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk/the-finalists/ 1/
Entered my first joke writing competition. All very exciting 😁😁😁
Thank you to everyone who helped with the competition & to the fabulous entrants - all 350 of you! Apologies to anyone who asked last-minute questions late last night, which I missed. I hope you got your entries in safely. Will release details about judging in the next few days.
@TheFirstLaughC1 Entry submitted - now time for a biscuit.
I just submitted to @TheFirstLaughC1 and you should too. Deadline tomorrow!
Everything about this competition sounds great. Time is running out so if you’re eligible - enter quick!
Delighted to announce that the First Laugh Comedy Writing Competition for brand new comedy writers is now open for entries! If you have two broadcast credits or fewer, this one is for you. Read all about it and enter here. Good luck! thefirstlaughcomedycomp.co.uk
@TheFirstLaughC1 I've only just seen this so I'm hoping to get something into you before the deadline! 🤞
Just submitted my sketch and one-liners to @TheFirstLaughC1 and I'm excited! Unless they're actually terrible in which case commiserations to the person that used my name and email
@TheFirstLaughC1 Ah wonderful thank you, it's currently written as a TV script so I'll work it out for the form😊