The Tinniswood Award was established by the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain to perpetuate the memory of Peter Tinniswood as well as to celebrate and encourage high standards in radio drama.
The winner of the Tinniswood Award 2012 was announced on Sunday 27 January 2013 as part of the BBC Audio Drama Awards in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House. The award was announced and presented by the distinguished screenwriter and author, Andrew Davies
The Winner
Kafka the Musical by Murray Gold
The Shortlist
Like Minded People by David Eldridge
Kafka the Musical by Murray Gold
Angarrack by Christopher William Hill
Pictured L-R: David Eldridge, Murray Gold, Christopher William Hill.
The 2012 judges were Meg Davis, Jonathan Myerson and Tim Stimpson.
The Award is generously sponsored by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society.
Download the full press release for the 2012 Tinniswood Award.
The 2013 Tinniswood Award
Submissions are by producer only and are restricted to a maximum of two entries per producer. We would like to encourage producers to send in quality scripts and would prefer a script that you are confident is the best.
Eligibility
The work must be an original piece for radio and may also include the first episode from an original series or serial first transmitted within the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland over 2012 and scheduled for transmission to 30 June 2013.
When submitting 15-minute episodes from a series or serial we will require consecutive episodes (including the first episode) to make up at least 45 minutes.
We welcome 30-minute plays provided that they were stand-alone and that characters and situations are original to the writer.
An adaptation for radio of a piece originally written for any other medium e.g. stage, television, film, novel, poem or a short story will not be eligible.
Submissions
Submissions should consist of a nomination form from the producer setting out the date and time of transmission, the broadcasting body concerned, along with a non-refundable entry fee of £50, four copies of the script (as broadcast), a supporting statement, synopsis and biography of the writer (each no more than 250 words) which should be emailed to Jo McCrum.
Download the guidelines and entry form
Deadline for entries: Wednesday 10 July 2013.
For further information about the Tinniswood Award please contact Jo McCrum.