BBC World Service & British Council International Audio Drama Competition 2026 – YOA

Deadline: June 4, 2025

Applications are open for the BBC World Service & British Council International Audio Drama Competition 2026. The international competitors, hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, provides the distinctive OPPORTUNITY for writers from exterior the UK to make use of the medium of audio drama to inform tales for a world viewers.

Writers can enter in one among two classes: English as a First Language and English as a Second Language. The International Audio Drama Competition is run by BBC World Service and the British Council.

Benefits

• Winners will obtain a money prize, be invited to attend an award ceremony within the UK in 2026, and to take part within the recording of their dramas for a world premiere on BBC World Service platforms.
• Flight and lodging bills are coated by the BBC.
• A Special Commendation will likely be made for the runner-up in honour of the BBC World Service journalist and author Georgi Markov (1929-1978).

Eligibility

• Entry is just open to anybody who at 4 June 2025 is over the age of 18 and never thought of to be a resident of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man (“UK”). Professional and beforehand printed writers are eligible to enter, however this isn’t a requirement of entry. They might require proof of eligibility.
• Entrants should not be BBC, BBC Group firm, or British Council workers, shut kin of such workers or any individual linked to the competitors. Proof of age, id and eligibility could also be requested.
• Entrants ought to write an audio drama script of roughly forty to fifty minutes’ size on any topic of their selection.

Application

To enter, you’ll want to finish the shape and provide:

• The script to your 40-50 minute audio drama with as much as six central characters. This ought to be submitted as a PDF file.
• A written synopsis outlining the entire story of your audio drama. This ought to be not more than 400 phrases lengthy and submitted as a PDF file.

Submit your entry online or download an entry form to enter through put up or e-mail. The application deadline is 11.00 GMT on Wednesday 4 June 2025.

For extra data, go to BBC International Audio Drama Competition.