Female stories are evolving - and so are the formats that bring them to life.
Vertical drama is one of the fastest-growing spaces in entertainment: emotionally addictive, cliffhanger-driven storytelling created specifically for mobile audiences. Short-form stories designed to be consumed quickly, and felt deeply.
Female stories are evolving - and so are the formats that bring them to life.
Vertical drama is one of the fastest-growing spaces in entertainment: emotionally addictive, cliffhanger-driven storytelling created specifically for mobile audiences. Short-form stories designed to be consumed quickly, and felt deeply.
The SheBuildsStories Vertical Drama Programme is calling bold female voices to a format that is still being invented. No more waiting. No more permission.
We want flawed women, impossible choices, messy relationships and the thoughts we are never supposed to say out loud. Stories that feel raw, intimate, specific, and impossible to stop watching.
Selected stories are developed together as one interconnected universe of female-driven storylines, told through short episodic chapters. Yours could be one of them.
The SheBuildsStories Vertical Drama Programme is calling bold female voices to a format that is still being invented. No more waiting. No more permission.
We want flawed women, impossible choices, messy relationships and the thoughts we are never supposed to say out loud. Stories that feel raw, intimate, specific, and impossible to stop watching.
Selected stories are developed together as one interconnected universe of female-driven storylines, told through short episodic chapters. Yours could be one of them.
THE PROGRAMME • HOW IT WORKS
SIX WRITERS. ONE WEEK.
ONE ROOM.
ONE PRODUCED PILOT.
Selected concepts are developed as part of a
collaborative, serialised vertical drama
project: an interconnected universe of
female-driven storylines told
through short episodic chapters.
01 - SUBMIT
OPEN CALL
A logline, a one page series treatment and up to six pages of script.
02 - SELECTION
SIX WRITERS
Concepts with strong emotional hooks, compelling characters and clear serialised potential.
03 - THE ROOM
ONE WEEK IN LONDON
Six writers develop their stories together in a professional development room, with mentorship and creative support throughout.
04 - THE PILOT
ONE PROJECT GOES TO SCREEN
After the room, one project is chosen and produced as a pilot, with serialised writing credits on the developed season.
05 - THE COMMUNITY
BUILT TO LAST
The room launches a lasting writers' community, with industry visibility through the SheBuildsStories and CenterFrame network.
THE PROGRAMME • HOW IT WORKS
SIX WRITERS. ONE WEEK. ONE ROOM.
ONE PRODUCED PILOT.
Selected concepts are developed as part of a collaborative, serialised
vertical drama project: an interconnected universe of female-driven
storylines told through short episodic chapters.
01 - SUBMIT
OPEN CALL
A logline, a one page series treatment and up to six pages of script.
02 - SELECTION
SIX WRITERS
Concepts with strong emotional hooks, compelling characters and clear serialised potential.
03 - THE ROOM
ONE WEEK IN LONDON
Six writers develop their stories together in a professional development room, with mentorship and creative support throughout.
04 - THE PILOT
ONE PROJECT GOES TO SCREEN
After the room, one project is chosen and produced as a pilot, with serialised writing credits on the developed season.
05 - THE COMMUNITY
BUILT TO LAST
The room launches a lasting writers' community, with industry visibility through the SheBuildsStories and CenterFrame network.
WHO CAN APPLY
THIS IS FOR YOU IF…
✓ You're a woman with a story that refuses to leave you alone.
✓ You write raw, honest, and impossible to ignore.
✓ You’ve been told to wait your turn, soften the edges, be grateful for the room.
✓ You want to build in a format that’s being invented, right at the start.
No credits required. No agent required. No fee.
You just need the story.
Open for female writers from anywhere in the world.
The development room takes place in London and is open to everyone selected.
Travel and accommodation are not covered, selected writers arrange their own.
WHO CAN APPLY
THIS IS FOR YOU IF…
✓ You're a woman with a story that refuses to leave you alone.
✓ You write raw, honest, and impossible to ignore.
✓ You’ve been told to wait your turn, soften the edges, be grateful for the room.
✓ You want to build in a format that’s being invented, right at the start.
No credits required. No agent required. No fee.
You just need the story.
Open for female writers from anywhere in the world.
The development room takes place in London and is open to everyone selected.
Travel and accommodation are not covered, selected writers arrange their own.
HOW TO ENTER
NO LONG FORM. NO PORTFOLIO.
NO FEE. JUST THREE THINGS.
One protagonist. No more than three main characters.
One huge emotional beat per scene.
HOW TO ENTER
NO LONG FORM. NO PORTFOLIO.
NO FEE. JUST THREE THINGS.
One protagonist. No more than three main characters.
One huge emotional beat per scene.
