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The Writer's Prize for Radio Drama

In 2013 大象传媒 Radio joined forces with 大象传媒 Writers to launch The Writer鈥檚 Prize: an innovative and prestigious new writing award for Radio Drama.

Writing something that wins something? Nope. Never happens. Never gonna happen to me. Just isn鈥檛.
鈥 Christine Entwisle (winner in 2014)

The Writer's Prize 2013

In its first year two Radio Dramas were selected for commission:  by Simon Topping and  by Sarah Hehir. Sarah鈥檚 drama Bang Up was first broadcast on Radio 4 in August 2013 and Simon鈥檚 script launched Radio 4鈥檚  in May 2014.

One of the runners-up,  by Iain AJ Ross, was also commissioned to be part of the second  on 大象传媒 Radio 4 and broadcast on 11 June 2015.  

The judges Roy Williams, Jeremy Howe and Kate Rowland were really impressed by the range and calibre of the drama scripts. As Kate Rowland observed, 鈥淲e were confronted by complex storytelling, boldness and an emotional engagement that comes from writers passionate about their subject.鈥

'A Thing Inside A Thing Inside a Thing' has been , for the best original script by a writer new to Radio.

The Writer's Prize 2014

The Writer鈥檚 Prize ran for the second time in autumn 2014 with judges Jeremy Howe (Commissioning Editor, 大象传媒 Radio 4 Drama), Kate Rowland (大象传媒 Creative Director, New Writing) and award-winning writer Katie Hims.

The winner was  for her script .  Christine's script was produced by 大象传媒 Radio Drama Scotland and launched Radio 4's  on 8 June 2015.

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