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International radio playwriting competition 2007
 
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Rules in detail

 




  1. You are asked to write a radio play of about sixty minutes on any subject of your choice. This means that your finished script should be a minimum of 50 pages of A4 paper (or equivalent) and a maximum of 75 pages (note, a rough guide is a minute per page; read and time your play if you can before you send it!). The play should have a maximum of six central characters.


  2. The play must be the original, unpublished work of the person or persons submitting it. It must not have been professionally produced, in any medium.


  3. In the case of an entry by two or more writers, we will need written or email confirmation from each writer involved that they are prepared to take a share of the prize money and are prepared to receive those funds from a nominee. The nominee must be one of the writers credited for the winning play. We will pay prize money to only one individual. If a play written by two or more writers wins the competition, prize money will be paid to one entrant and it will be that individual's responsibility to distribute these funds to the additional contributors.


  4. The contest is open to any writer who is not normally a resident of the United Kingdom.


  5. No individual may submit more than two plays.


  6. The play must be written substantially or entirely in English. Unfortunately, we do not have the facility to offer a translation service. Entries that have been translated must acknowledge this fact by giving a credit to the translator or translators. Entries that have been translated will be entered in the English as a First Language category. The BBC reserves the right to publish the winning plays.


  7. Each entrant will receive a certificate acknowledging their participation in the International Radio Playwriting Competition 2007. Unfortunately, no further correspondence can or will be entered into.


  8. The play entered in the competition must not, at the time it is submitted, be offered for publication, performance or broadcast in any other form or medium and competitors will be deemed to have entered into an undertaking not to accept offers for their entries from other broadcasters or publishers before 31 December 2008.


  9. As with any new play, the BBC may require further drafts and revisions of the winning plays. Entrants must be willing and able to undertake redrafting and revision work in conjunction with the BBC. This work is likely to take place between August and September 2007 and participants will need to keep time free to achieve this. This work will be completed with the winning entrant using email or the most suitable method available. We reserve the right to revoke a play?s prize winning status if this work is not completed.


  10. The BBC will reserve the right to make minor cuts, changes and edits to the winners' final draft scripts.


  11. The decision of the judging panel is final and incontestable.


  12. No manuscripts will be returned by the BBC. Please do not send your only copy.


  13. Subject to a satisfactory recording being made, the winning plays will be broadcast on BBC World Service in November 2007. No fee will be payable other than the £2500 sterling offered as prize money for one broadcast cycle. If repeated on the World Service, a fee of 50% of £2500 will be payable for the first repeat cycle and thereafter the BBC will be entitled to broadcasting and other rights on the terms of the applicable BBC Radio Drama contract.


  14. The BBC and the British Council reserve the right to withhold prizes in whole or in part if, in the opinion of the judges, the standard of entries so justifies.


  15. It is a condition of entry that entrants warrant that their work contains no defamatory matter (provided, however, that they shall not be liable for any defamatory matter which in the opinion of the BBC was included in the script without negligence or malice on their part), also that it does not contain any quotation from copyright material without appropriate permission having been obtained.


  16. The BBC and British Council may consider arranging for the publication of a book containing some of the plays entered in the Competition. To make this possible, it is desirable that writers retain their publishing copyright until 31 December 2008.


  17. All plays must reach us in London by 30 April 2007. No exceptions will be made.


  18. The names of the short listed entrants and the titles of their plays will be posted on the competition website in July 2007. Following the final judges meeting, the winners' names and the titles of their plays will be posted on the website in September 2007.


  19. The overall winning plays will be recorded in October 2007 and the playwrights invited to attend the production and a prize-giving event in London.
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