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Chris Aitken

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  • Writer, agent, publicist and script editor

Chris Aitken features

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Ian Sweeney and Alex Scott win Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition 2021

Thursday 21st October 2021

Ian Sweeney and Alex Scott have been named as the winners of the Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition 2021.

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Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition 2021 open

Monday 22nd March 2021

The deadline to enter the Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition is 9th July 2021. The early bird deadline is 19th April.

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Notes from the first Short Com Sitcom Writing Competition

Friday 21st August 2020

Following on from their recent writing competition, Short Com director Chris Aitken runs through some of the common habits new sitcom writers portray, and gives suggestions for how people can potentially improve their scripts.

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Short Com writing competition 2020 longlist

Wednesday 5th August 2020

Short Com has revealed the list of writers and scripts that have made it on to the longlist for its first sitcom writing competition.

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Short Com: Sketch and short film highlights

Tuesday 28th May 2019

Some sketch and short film highlights from previous Short Com Film Festivals. Watch Seabastards, Fear of Flying, This Is Why Gerald Should Be Supervised and more here.

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Short Com festival looking for sketch and film submissions

Saturday 6th April 2019

The Short Com film festival, which will take place in Edinburgh in August, is looking for short comedy films and sketches by emerging filmmaking talent.

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Short Com is dead! The 5 best videos

Thursday 3rd March 2016

Short Com, the comedy film screening programme, is sadly closing. See founder Chris Aitken's five favourite Short Com sketches here.

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