Writers aged 18 and over in the North West of England have a fantastic opportunity to enter two scripts in the biennial Alfred Bradley Bursary Award.
BBC Radio Drama will offer the winner a bursary of up to £5,000, a six month mentorship with a radio drama producer and have your work produced on BBC Radio 4 with a commission for the Afternoon Play as well as the chance to develop other scripts.
To take part send a hard copy of an original 45 minute radio drama (7,000 words maximum excluding stage directions), along with a covering letter including your contact details.
To take part you must have been born, currently live or previously lived for a minimum of five years in the North of England. You must also never had a play produced by BBC Radio Drama.
Scripts will be judged on "originality, the strength of story and structure, the ability to write good dialogue, inhabit the characters, and develop convincing relationships between them."
The first ten pages of each entry will be read first by an experienced BBC writersroom reader and if of interest they will get a full read by a second BBC writersroom reader to form a longlist of 23 scripts.
The main judges - David Nobbs (writer of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), Amanda Dalton (poet and radio writer), Shobna Gualti (actress), Jeremy Howe (BBC Commissioning Editor for Drama, Radio 4), Kate Rowland (BBC Creative Director, New Writing) and Sue Roberts (BBC Executive Producer, Radio Drama North) - will select a winning script and runners-up from a shortlist of 13. Small individual bursaries may also be given to the runners-up of the award, who the judges feel have the potential to be developed.
The BBC Writersroom website includes lots of tips, scripts and there will also be radio drama workshops offered in the North of England. Dates so far include Manchester1:30pm - 3:00pm on Tuesday 30 December 2008, Keswick, theatre by the lake, Thursday January 8th 10.30-12.00 and Leeds 10.30-12.00 on Saturday Januray 17th. Liverpool workshop to be confirmed. Places must be booked by email - see http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/alfred_bradley_workshops.shtml
Full terms and conditions are available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/alfred_bradley.shtml
Entries must be posted and received by Friday, February 27th 2009 - the rules state either 10am or noon so best aim for the day before.
The North of England is as defined by The Boundary Committee for England, including Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, the North East, Yorkshire and Humber.
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