The British Council together with BBC world has recently launched an International Radio Playwriting Competition 2011. To join, you must create an original 60 minute radio play with up to 6 central characters. Two winners will each receive £2500 sterling and a trip to London to see the play being recorded and to attend a prize-giving evening. Contest is open worldwide so you better make that play stand out.
Contest Requirements:
Contest Requirements:
- Open to anyone who is over the age of 16 as of March 31, 2011 who is not normally a resident of the UK. This may include anyone living/working in the UK on a temporary basis (up to 12 months) at the time of entering the competition. Professional and previously published writers are eligible to enter, but this is not a requirement of entry.
- Enter individually or as part of a group
Contest Mechanics:
- Write a radio play of approximately 60 minutes’ length on any subject of your choice
- Categories
- English as a first language
- English as a second language
- Entry Guidelines
- Adaptations of novels are not eligible
- Must not have been professionally produced in any medium
- Must not be entered in any competition during the course of this contest
- Minimum of 50 pages of A4 paper
- Maximum of 75 pages NOTE: A rough guide is a minute per page; read and time your play before you send it
- Maximum of six central characters (up to 3 small “doubling” characters who don’t have more than a few lines each)
- Must be accompanied by a short synopsis which outlines the complete story of the play (no more than 400 words)
- Must be written substantially or entirely in English
- One entry per person
- Download application form
- Submit application forms together with your entry via email to radioplay@bbc.co.uk or mail to
- British Council
10th Floor Taipan Place
F. Ortigas Jr. Road
Ortigas Center, Pasig City - View complete contest mechanics
Contest Period: October 16 - March 25, 2011
Contest Prize:
Contest Prize:
- Best play written with English as a first language - £2500 sterling and a trip to London to see the play being recorded and to attend a prize-giving evening
- Best play written with English as a second language - £2500 sterling and a trip to London to see the play being recorded and to attend a prize-giving evening
- Best radio play to be written from the following geographical areas: The Americas; Europe; Africa and the Middle East; South Asia; Russia and the Caucasus; Asia and Pacific - digital or short wave radio EACH
- All writers whose plays reach the judges' final shortlist - BBC goodie bags EACH
For more information, log on to britishcouncil.org
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