Euroscript, Wergle Flomp Prize & UK Film Fest 🌍
Your weekly guide to the latest comedy opportunities
NEWSLETTER ISSUE 530
“I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do the day after”
Mark Twain
Greetings Comedy Crowders,
In the maelstrom of productivity advice and so-called wisdom of your YouTube videos, self-help books, and TikTok sermons, there is often an assumption that your effort is pointing its barrel at the right target.
But maybe it's not. Maybe the best productive hack is to sack it off, or rather, to know what you can ignore. Or get someone else to do.
AI could become a creative’s friend in this context - transcribing, summarising, reading T&Cs, remembering birthdays, removing the guff from a potentially useful blog that’s been stuffed with slop so you see more ads.
It can’t replace this newsletter though…
COMMUNITY NEWS
Match Of The Daly
Top Comedy Crowder Jim Daly is taking his show “Match Of The Daly” on tour for the first time. Jim is a great example of carving a perfect niche for himself within the comedy stratosphere. His focus on “football silliness”, and being the antidote to football taking itself seriously, has lead him to an online following of 350,000+ and opened the doors to many exciting collaborations.
In Jim’s case finding a niche has been more about a subject, audience and style rather than a medium, showcasing this across filmed sketches, podcasts, broadcast and live shows.
We first worked with Jim on a commissioned sketch for O2 Telefonica alongside his long term collaborator, and fellow OG Comedy Crowder, Dave Bibby.
If you are into football and comedy, we recommend checking out Jim in action on tour here:
OPPORTUNITIES
Would you like to see your opportunity featured in this newsletter, sent to over 10,000 creators worldwide? Contact us at theccteam@thecomedycrowd.com
Global Opportunities
Euroscript Screen Story Competition 2026
Write a great prose summary of your feature-length screenplay in no more than 750 words and submit it by the deadline of midnight 31st March 2026.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Submit one humourous poem before April 1, 2026, no fee, great prize, what’s not to like?
London Short Film Festival
The 24th London Short Film Festival will be held in January 2027. The festival exists to spotlight a multiplicity of UK and international filmmakers, visual artists and creatives. There is a fee to enter.
Inspiration
Where are you right now?
Newsletter over and out!
Carry on creating and we'll see you next week.
Team Comedy Crowd
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We are on a mission to open opportunities to exciting comedy creators from all backgrounds, and make the world a bit less serious and a bit more human.
If you are a talented creator who has had commissioned comedy work and fancies joining our branded projects, get in touch via our top talent page.
If you are a talented creator who hasn’t had commissioned comedy work but still fancy joining the action, make sure you get involved in our comps such as Chorts! so we can find out all about you.