Scripts Writing Competition about Sustainability and the Chance to win Cash Prizes from Green Stories

Green Stories has announced the opening of scripts writing contest that in some way touch upon ideas around building a sustainable society. Most stories set in the future are dystopian, meaning they have a pessimistic view of society, but research has shown that stories based on positive solutions to climate change inspire people more than negative ones. The story doesn’t have to be about sustainability or climate change directly. A rom-com, for example, could be set in a society that replaces ownership with borrowing or the characters in a legal drama could live in a city where everyone has gardens on their roofs and generates energy from their own waste.

Story Guidelines:

• The story should be 3 – 15 episodes of 8-10 minutes each that in some way touches upon ideas around building a sustainable society. 
• Green Stories will consider all genres – rom-com, literary fiction, science fiction, mystery, crime, etc. – but stories must engage with the idea of environmentally sustainable practices and/or sustainable societies.

Prizes:

The total prize is £750, It is distributed as follows:

• 1st prize £500
• 2nd prize £100
• Third prize £50
• An additional prize of £50 for the best student submission (18-25 years).
• £50 for best < 18-year submission (if sufficient high-quality entries). 
• If a student or under 18 entry is the best overall then it will win first prize regardless of whether the entry is from a student, and the student prize will then go to the next best student entry.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Open to all, as long as it has not been published elsewhere. 
• All submissions must be in English and conform to the green stories criteria of showing a positive vision of what a sustainable society might look like.

About Green Stories:

Green Stories is a platform for writing stories on a green and sustainable society. It offers writing competitions for all genres/formats and with various deadlines.

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