The winners of the 2005 BBC World Service/British Council Playwrite Competition (winning £2,500, an expenses-paid trip to London to see their play being recorded and attending a prize-giving event) are:

English as a first language category:
Gino Diiorio, The Hard Way (USA)

English as a second language category:
Desmond Ntshalintshali, Four, Four - Straight Town (South Africa)

The regional winners (each winning a short wave radio), are:

Americas
Gino Diiorio, The Hard Way (USA)

Europe
Vincent Vella, Valeriana - The Titan's Rock (Malta)

Africa & the Middle East
Desmond Ntshalitshali, Four, four - Straight Town (South Africa)

South Asia
Nazir Edul, Forever Young (India)

Russia and the Caucasus
Anna A Andronova, Something to Remember, Something to Forget (Russia)

Asia & The Pacific
Muhammad Eliot Cohen, Diego Garcia Schwarz, (Bali)


Congratualtions to all our winners, as well as to everyone who entered this competition.