The David Nobbs Memorial Trust
The David Nobbs Memorial Trust aims to support new comedy writing in the UK in memory of one of its
24/07/2024
Announcing this year's David Nobbs Memorial Trust Comedy Writing Competition winner Alice Etches and runners-up Chess Tomlinson and Ralph Jones as chosen by Desiree Burch, Katy Wix and Lucy Lumsden. Thanks to all who took part and congratulations to these three!
20/07/2023
We are proud to announce this year's winners of the DNMT New Comedy Writing competition are Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick-Wright for their script Borderline! The runners-up are Al Nash and Amy Harrison Congratulations!
23/02/2023
The 2023 David Nobbs Memorial Trust New Comedy Writing Competition is now OPEN! Visit https://thedavidnobbsmemorialtrust.squarespace.com/entry-requirements to find out how to enter.
11/10/2022
If you missed our brilliant comedy writing panel with the Writers Guild of Great Britain, hosted by Lucy Porter with panelists Jack Rooke, Steve Canny, Lee Ridley & Amna Saleem then never fear, you can catch it here!
Comedy is a Serious Business - How to Get Ahead in Comedy Writing Even if you’ve written the funniest script imaginable, gaining a foothold in the tough as hell business of comedy writing means learning how to navigate the…
17/08/2022
Delighted to announce that Rhiannon Shaw has won this year's DNMT New Comedy Writing competition, runners up are Benjamin Sutton and Charlie Dinkin. Congratulations!
If you're a comedy writer coming to then you won't want to miss this opportunity to see our live panel of industry experts, comedians & writers on 17th of August. Save the date! More details coming soon...
We are very happy to announce the lucky seven who have made this year's David Nobbs Memorial Trust New Comedy Writing Competition.
Congratulations to:
Nick Chen
Joanna Tilley & Krysia Pepper
Benjamin Sutton
Rhiannon Shaw
Dan Hooper
Charlie Dinkin
Anu Basu
25/05/2022
Here it is! The long-awaited longlist for this year's David Nobbs Memorial Trust New Comedy Writing Competition is here, congratulations to the 18 who made it. https://www.davidnobbsmemorialtrust.org.uk/news
19/04/2022
DNMT trustee Margaret Cabourn-Smith and 2021 competition winner Zoë Tomalin talked to The Failing Writers podcast, be sure to give it a listen! https://audioboom.com/posts/8067032-ep-3-writing-competitions
Ep 3 - Writing Competitions An episode by The Failing Writers Podcast
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