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✍️ TWJN 272: Pitch Calls, Writing Opportunities, Media Jobs
Positive News, AFAR, CalMatters, WIRED ✨📝 📬
Akhil Chauhan
July 05, 2026
Happy Sunday to all you writers & creatives 👋
This issue has pitch calls, writing opportunities, and media jobs from Positive News, AFAR, theSkimm, CalMatters, WIRED, The Financial Times, City Cast, The Guardian, Milk Makeup and tons more.
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1️⃣ Calls to Pitch
(£1,000 prize) Sherlock & Co. Writing Competition | Goalhanger is running a scriptwriting competition for Sherlock & Co., their modern, documentary-style adaptation of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories. They’re looking for rewrites of the opening episode of The Speckled Band — updating the Victorian original for a contemporary setting, modernizing dialogue, and inserting the Sherlock & Co. characters. Scripts should aim for around 25 pages (20-30 page range accepted), submitted as a PDF. The winner receives a £1,000 cash prize and will be considered for a role writing narrative scripts at Goalhanger. Open to UK and Ireland residents aged 18+. The competition closes Wednesday, July 8 at 23:59 GMT. Submit via the Personio portal.