Submissions for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2021 opened in September 2020, following a launch event at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s national poetry and spoken word festival, Contains Strong Language. At that event, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom Development Producer, Alice Ramsey and Radio Drama North Producer, Gary Brown interviewed previous winner Cat Jones (read the interview on our blog, including great advice).
We received over 300 applications and after careful consideration we’re delighted to announce the 21 writers who have reached the longlist.
Adam Bennett-Lea
Al Lockhart-Morley
Alexandra Hannant
Amandeep Singh
Amy Drake
Duncan MacInnes
Emilie Robson
Emma Doherty
Houmi Miura
Jemma Buntin
Juliana Sumsion
Kevin Cuffe
Lydia Hirst
Matthew Kirton
Nick Maynard
Nicole Joseph
Paul Jones
Paul Roberts
Sara Cocker & Léonie Higgins
Susan Pierce
Tamsin Rees
The shortlist will be announced in March, with those writers then working with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Drama North to develop their radio drama play for the final judging process in September.
Thank you to all who entered, it was a pleasure reading your work and we would encourage you to keep submitting to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom opportunities.
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is a £5,000 writing bursary to Northern writers new to radio and the chance of a Radio 4 drama commission.
The Award was established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Drama Producer and is run by Radio Drama North in conjunction with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom.
Find out more about the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award including previous winners, great tips and advice on writing for Radio and read scripts in our online Script Library.