The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2011

 

 

Update: 04/01/2012

BBC Radio Drama North are pleased to announce that Cat Jones from Doncaster has won the £5,000 Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2011 with her script Glory Dazed, a tense, darkly humorous drama set in a pub lock-in, where a volatile ex-serviceman attempts to win back his estranged wife.

A runner-up bursary of £1,000 was also awarded to Rebecca Prestwich for her drama The Boy in the Photograph and a six-month development opportunity was awarded to Joe Ward Munrow for his highly commended script The Laundry.

Congratulations to all the winners whose scripts and ideas will receive further development with BBC Radio Drama North.

 

This competition has now closed

BBC Radio Drama North are looking for talented writers based in the North of England, with compelling stories to tell.  

The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award, run in partnership with Radio Drama North and the BBC writersroom, aims to encourage and develop new writing in the North. It is an amazing and unique opportunity where you could win a bursary of £5000, have your work produced on BBC Radio 4, secure a twelve month mentorship with a Radio Drama Producer and have the opportunity to develop future commissions.

What is The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award?
This biennial award was set up to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio Drama Producer. Previous winners include Lee Hall, Rosemary Kay, Peter Straughan and Chris Wilson.

Who can apply?
The award is only open to people who live in the North of England and who have not had a previous network radio drama commission.

Who decides?
Rachel Dixon, Alfred Bradley’s Daughter
Chris Reason – Sony Gold Award Winning Writer
Cherylee Houston – Actress and Writer
Jeremy Howe – BBC Commissioning Editor for Drama, Radio 4
Kate Rowland – BBC Creative Director, New Writing
Sue Roberts – BBC Executive Producer, Radio Drama North

How do I enter?
You need to submit a full length script in any format alongside a separate one-page radio drama proposal suitable for the Radio 4 afternoon play slot. 

The proposal should be an entirely separate idea to your submitted script. In essence, it should be the story outline of a drama which you would like to write, and should preferably include a story breakdown, a section on the style you wish to write the drama in and how you will utilise the audio medium.

• Read an example of a radio drama proposal.
• Download Chris Reason’s Sony Gold award winning script ‘Every Child Matters’.

Entrants will be judged on both elements and the judges will be particularly interested in the quality of the entrant’s writing.

Your name should not appear anywhere on your script or proposal. Instead, all entries must be accompanied by an entry form - download an entry form.

Entries should be posted with a completed entry form to:

Alfred Bradley Bursary Award
BBC Writersroom,
3rd Floor
Brock House
19 Langham Street
London
W1A 1AA

Please read the full entry terms and conditions and the award FAQs before entering.

The closing date for entries is 10am on Thursday 15th September 2011.