John Allen (He/Him)
@johnnyawrites.bsky.social
Scribbler of comedy, science fiction, fantasy, horror. Scriptwriters & Co Festival 2025 Quarter Finalist, High Tide 2025 Longlist, Chorts 2024 Final 50, QuaranCon 2022 Winner.
Learn more about me at https://johnallenwriter.com/
Learn more about me at https://johnallenwriter.com/
I just submitted "Hansella's Off Menu" a half hour TV comedy pilot to The Screenwriter's Script & Screenplay Showcase via FilmFreeway.com! With a series teaser currently in post production, fingers crossed I can get enough attention to bring Hansella to a wider audience soon!
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I just submitted "Hansella's Off Menu" a half hour TV comedy pilot to The Screenwriter's Script & Screenplay Showcase via FilmFreeway.com! With a series teaser currently in post production, fingers crossed I can get enough attention to bring Hansella to a wider audience soon!
#hansellasoffmenu #teaser #shooting tomorrow!
Huge thanks to Christie Peto & Tayla Kenyon from @teepeeprods.bsky.social helping me with this. Seemed daft not to try as the script was a finalist @scriptsandco.bsky.social, Wiki, & now the FINAL 10 at PAGE International youtu.be/w3GpLIqXHRI?...
Huge thanks to Christie Peto & Tayla Kenyon from @teepeeprods.bsky.social helping me with this. Seemed daft not to try as the script was a finalist @scriptsandco.bsky.social, Wiki, & now the FINAL 10 at PAGE International youtu.be/w3GpLIqXHRI?...
Hansella's Off Menu - Intro to the teaser
YouTube video by James Lasing presents... (AKA John Allen)
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October 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#hansellasoffmenu #teaser #shooting tomorrow!
Huge thanks to Christie Peto & Tayla Kenyon from @teepeeprods.bsky.social helping me with this. Seemed daft not to try as the script was a finalist @scriptsandco.bsky.social, Wiki, & now the FINAL 10 at PAGE International youtu.be/w3GpLIqXHRI?...
Huge thanks to Christie Peto & Tayla Kenyon from @teepeeprods.bsky.social helping me with this. Seemed daft not to try as the script was a finalist @scriptsandco.bsky.social, Wiki, & now the FINAL 10 at PAGE International youtu.be/w3GpLIqXHRI?...
At a friend's funeral yesterday reminded me of the importance of staying connected, but also living more offline. There were no phones. No selfies. No one trying to jump up and down for attention. Just friends and family remembering, chatting, mourning and celebrating our friend.
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
At a friend's funeral yesterday reminded me of the importance of staying connected, but also living more offline. There were no phones. No selfies. No one trying to jump up and down for attention. Just friends and family remembering, chatting, mourning and celebrating our friend.
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If someone had told me 20 years ago that one day l’d be number 1 in breast cancer on Amazon I’d… probably not have been too happy about it.
Still, this is nice to see, today!
And you can buy the book here:
linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
Still, this is nice to see, today!
And you can buy the book here:
linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
September 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
If someone had told me 20 years ago that one day l’d be number 1 in breast cancer on Amazon I’d… probably not have been too happy about it.
Still, this is nice to see, today!
And you can buy the book here:
linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
Still, this is nice to see, today!
And you can buy the book here:
linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
Fantastic article from @supercrip1994.bsky.social via @ign.com on #accessibility in videogames - and as a fan of Hollow Knight and it's sequel, Silksong, this really resonates. www.ign.com/articles/hol...
Hollow Knight: Silksong Reinforces the Metroidvania Genre’s Accessibility Barriers - IGN
There are overarching accessibility problems in the Metroidvania genre, and Hollow Knight: Silksong is just perpetuating and reinforcing inaccessible barriers.
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September 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fantastic article from @supercrip1994.bsky.social via @ign.com on #accessibility in videogames - and as a fan of Hollow Knight and it's sequel, Silksong, this really resonates. www.ign.com/articles/hol...
Nice surprise this week. "Hansella's Off Menu" has made the final 10 in the TV Comedy category at The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. And we aim to shoot a teaser in October! pageawards.com/past-winners...
September 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Nice surprise this week. "Hansella's Off Menu" has made the final 10 in the TV Comedy category at The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. And we aim to shoot a teaser in October! pageawards.com/past-winners...
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Go on, have a peek inside my book!
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published NEXT WEEK!
Preorders are open now! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published NEXT WEEK!
Preorders are open now! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Go on, have a peek inside my book!
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published NEXT WEEK!
Preorders are open now! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published NEXT WEEK!
Preorders are open now! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
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Taking a brief break from Milford Critique Week (where I'm having a fab time at the wonderful Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social) to celebrate the #bookrelease of my #solarpunk short story collection "Futures to Live By" by Newcon Press 🌻
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Futures to Live By, Ana Sun - Books - Futures to Live By
NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Taking a brief break from Milford Critique Week (where I'm having a fab time at the wonderful Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social) to celebrate the #bookrelease of my #solarpunk short story collection "Futures to Live By" by Newcon Press 🌻
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Good opportunity for a little R&D for anything you might be working on. #playwright #screenwriting
S&CO SCRATCH NIGHT SUBMISSIONS! Deadline: 12 noon GMT 18 Sept. Event: 7pm, 23 Sept. FREE ENTRY! Send 5-10 page scripts on theme ‘Yesterday’, ‘Today’ and/or ‘Tomorrow’. Winners performed on Zoom by pro actors + notes from Zanna and Alex. Full details and enter: scriptwritersandco.com/events.html 🙂
September 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Good opportunity for a little R&D for anything you might be working on. #playwright #screenwriting
Sabrina is really funny so if you like #comedy #horror do share this and if you can... chuck in a a few $ greenlit.com/project/grow
Grow - A Horror-Comedy with Practical Creature Effects!
Grow is a comedy horror that centres around Simon, a film critic and snob, who cluelessly buys some grow-in-water toys for his nephews birthday. Little does Simon know that each plastic figurine conta...
greenlit.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Sabrina is really funny so if you like #comedy #horror do share this and if you can... chuck in a a few $ greenlit.com/project/grow
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“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is now available for pre-order!
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
August 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is now available for pre-order!
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
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Calling all Ghost fans! The polls have closed and the chart has been created! Join me Monday 18th August at 8pm on @phoenixfm.com for the Ghost Top 20 show!
This will be an evening of Ghost celebration so I would love to hear your stories
Tune in www.phoenixfm.com
Remember, if you have Ghost...
This will be an evening of Ghost celebration so I would love to hear your stories
Tune in www.phoenixfm.com
Remember, if you have Ghost...
August 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Calling all Ghost fans! The polls have closed and the chart has been created! Join me Monday 18th August at 8pm on @phoenixfm.com for the Ghost Top 20 show!
This will be an evening of Ghost celebration so I would love to hear your stories
Tune in www.phoenixfm.com
Remember, if you have Ghost...
This will be an evening of Ghost celebration so I would love to hear your stories
Tune in www.phoenixfm.com
Remember, if you have Ghost...
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This is rather lovely - "Adventure SF with heart" - my latest story, out now in #analog
Highlights etc...
David Gerrold @dergullen.bsky.social @shiwritesprose.bsky.social @matthewclaxton.bsky.social James Dick Joseph Weber Sean Monaghan @JayWerkheiser @frankwu.bsky.social John Brunner Charles Stross Geoffrey A. Landis @ceciliatan.com Liz Williams Steven Utley Allen M. Steele
David Gerrold @dergullen.bsky.social @shiwritesprose.bsky.social @matthewclaxton.bsky.social James Dick Joseph Weber Sean Monaghan @JayWerkheiser @frankwu.bsky.social John Brunner Charles Stross Geoffrey A. Landis @ceciliatan.com Liz Williams Steven Utley Allen M. Steele
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is rather lovely - "Adventure SF with heart" - my latest story, out now in #analog
Always nice to be interviewed! Especially about writing! www.wikiscreenplaycontest.com/john-allen-i...
JOHN ALLEN
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN ALLEN THE BEST WIKI WRITERS OF 2025.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Always nice to be interviewed! Especially about writing! www.wikiscreenplaycontest.com/john-allen-i...
Recommend!
If you’d like to see my Debut show “Nerine Skinner: The Exorcism of Liz Truss” I am sending the link to people via my Kofi page. If you make a donation through my Kofi page, I’ll send it over! 💕I know a few people have asked to see it, so here goes!
Kofi: ko-fi.com/nerineskinner
Kofi: ko-fi.com/nerineskinner
Buy Nerine Skinner a Coffee
Become a supporter of Nerine Skinner today!
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August 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Recommend!
Why so silly? Having a 1 year old Supreme Leader dictating what I can and cannot do is limiting my social media time. Anyway, I actually got 5 minutes to collect my thoughts (and try not to cry over an empty wallet) this week! johnallenwriter.com/blog/why-so-...
July 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Why so silly? Having a 1 year old Supreme Leader dictating what I can and cannot do is limiting my social media time. Anyway, I actually got 5 minutes to collect my thoughts (and try not to cry over an empty wallet) this week! johnallenwriter.com/blog/why-so-...
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And so it would transpire that Kneel Before Pod hit 300 regular format episodes (!!!), and we marked the occasion with a double-header Twitch/YouTube livestream.
You can now hear the audio edit on the feed, wherever you get your podcasts 🤩
You can now hear the audio edit on the feed, wherever you get your podcasts 🤩
Holy 300th Regular Format Episode Batman! Join us for the audio edit of our recently live-streamed 300th podcast. We chat, we play games and interact with an engaged audience of multiple listeners. Celebrate with us in your ears
kneelbeforeblog.co.uk/podcasts/300...
pod.link/kneelbeforepod
kneelbeforeblog.co.uk/podcasts/300...
pod.link/kneelbeforepod
July 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And so it would transpire that Kneel Before Pod hit 300 regular format episodes (!!!), and we marked the occasion with a double-header Twitch/YouTube livestream.
You can now hear the audio edit on the feed, wherever you get your podcasts 🤩
You can now hear the audio edit on the feed, wherever you get your podcasts 🤩
Such a great night at Ryaknots Theatre's scratch night last Thursday. Not only was it great to see other works in progress, I couldn't have asked for a better cast to bring "Carrots for Mum" to life in such a short space of time! Kudos to Arabella Fraser, Ruth Piggot and Lucy Eddington! #theatre
June 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Such a great night at Ryaknots Theatre's scratch night last Thursday. Not only was it great to see other works in progress, I couldn't have asked for a better cast to bring "Carrots for Mum" to life in such a short space of time! Kudos to Arabella Fraser, Ruth Piggot and Lucy Eddington! #theatre
Be kind. Do the right thing... Then eat a truckload of pizza, drink some beer, and tell the world to go do one whilst you're tapped out.
June 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Be kind. Do the right thing... Then eat a truckload of pizza, drink some beer, and tell the world to go do one whilst you're tapped out.
#Playwrights Great update from @mrdavebyrne.bsky.social at @royalcourttheatre.bsky.social Read! You won't regret it!
This week the Royal Court Theatre significantly expanded our offer to playwrights everywhere. And all you need to do is send us your play.
I've written a letter to playwrights to explain the changes and the thinking behind them.
👁️ royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/...
I've written a letter to playwrights to explain the changes and the thinking behind them.
👁️ royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/...
June 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
#Playwrights Great update from @mrdavebyrne.bsky.social at @royalcourttheatre.bsky.social Read! You won't regret it!
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There are over 40 hand-picked writing awards, bursaries and residencies in this special edition. All with upcoming deadlines. Go get ‘em. open.substack.com/pub/freelanc...
Freelance Writing Jobs: June's awards, bursaries and residencies
All the upcoming deadlines you need to know about.
open.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There are over 40 hand-picked writing awards, bursaries and residencies in this special edition. All with upcoming deadlines. Go get ‘em. open.substack.com/pub/freelanc...
This Thursday, my short play "Carrots for Mum" is appearing in Ryaknots Theatre's scratch night in Chiswick. More info here: www.instagram.com/p/DK4R6UAMkL... and to tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ryaknots-s... Be lovely to see fellow Blueskyers there!
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June 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This Thursday, my short play "Carrots for Mum" is appearing in Ryaknots Theatre's scratch night in Chiswick. More info here: www.instagram.com/p/DK4R6UAMkL... and to tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ryaknots-s... Be lovely to see fellow Blueskyers there!
Launched today: "Building Women" by Faye Allen (my sister!) Stories and recommendations on how we can equalise the construction industry so that women and men feel safe and inspired to pursuse their careers! A must read for men and women trying to equalise igg.me/at/FayeAllen...
June 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Launched today: "Building Women" by Faye Allen (my sister!) Stories and recommendations on how we can equalise the construction industry so that women and men feel safe and inspired to pursuse their careers! A must read for men and women trying to equalise igg.me/at/FayeAllen...
Tickets available for Ryaknots Theatre's opening scratch night at Arcane in London's trendy Chiswick are now on sale. 5 short plays performed live including "Carrots for Mum" a comedy-drama wot I wrote. www.eventbrite.com/e/ryaknots-s... Limited space (small venue)
June 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tickets available for Ryaknots Theatre's opening scratch night at Arcane in London's trendy Chiswick are now on sale. 5 short plays performed live including "Carrots for Mum" a comedy-drama wot I wrote. www.eventbrite.com/e/ryaknots-s... Limited space (small venue)
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This is on Thursday! Who lives near Amersham? Please spread the word as I’m not sure why this is so hard to sell this time around. Is everyone on holiday? 🤣#amersham #comedy
Next Thursday in Amersham!
Fantastic comedians incl @kayleigh-jones.bsky.social @chelseabirkby.bsky.social Dom Bant & Alex Egan!
7:30pm Mad Squirrel Amersham! Please spread the word! #amersham #comedy #standup #buckinghshire
Link: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/ame...
Fantastic comedians incl @kayleigh-jones.bsky.social @chelseabirkby.bsky.social Dom Bant & Alex Egan!
7:30pm Mad Squirrel Amersham! Please spread the word! #amersham #comedy #standup #buckinghshire
Link: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/ame...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is on Thursday! Who lives near Amersham? Please spread the word as I’m not sure why this is so hard to sell this time around. Is everyone on holiday? 🤣#amersham #comedy