BBC Audio and Music has joined forces with BBC Writersroom to launch The Writer’s Prize: a prestigious new writing opportunity for radio drama and comedy writers.<\/p>\n
The BBC is looking to commission the best new ideas across the Radio 3 & 4 networks. We are looking for bold, original new stories with characters that will engage, challenge and entertain an audience.<\/p>\n
The Writer\u2019s Prize will be judged by Jeremy Howe (Commissioning Editor, BBC Radio 4 Drama), Caroline Raphael (Commissioning Editor, BBC Radio 4 Comedy and Radio 4 Extra) and Kate Rowland (BBC Creative Director of New Writing), who will be joined by the award-winning writer Roy Williams OBE (The Interrogation, Lift Off, Clubland, Sucker Punch).<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/writersroom\/opportunities\/the-writers-prize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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