Online competition launched with BBC Blast

Since our return from Beijing last month, we’ve been busy advancing plans with the National Youth Theatre for 100 Words activity on screen, on stage and online.

Last week we were delighted to launch an online creative writing competition in partnership with BBC Blast and the National Youth Theatre. 13 to 19 year olds are being set the challenge of writing a 100 word play based on ‘My World – being a young person in the UK today’. The winning play will be made into a short film and broadcast simultaneously on big screens in London and Beijing later this year. We’re looking for strong and imaginative plays with just 100 words of dialogue that demonstrate creativity and originality, tackle the theme of ‘My World’ sensitively, reflect contemporary life, appeal to an international audience, and both translate well on stage and can be adapted into a short film. The closing date for entries is 14 March 2008 – check out the following link for further details:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/writing/showcase/competition/

This week, the competition launches in China in partnership with SOHU.com and British Council China. We’ll be posting details of the relevant website links here soon.