I am delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Little Wonder Radio Plays Short Drama Competition is:
Annie Fox with Driverless.
Well done Annie! Driverless is a wonderful, warm and hopeful play with great characters and a talking car (always good), which provoked a long discussion on the night about whether or not a certain character was a bad guy. Fabulous stuff.
Warmest congratulations to our other shortlisted candidates: Steven Lancefield for Final Goodbye, Stephanie Weston Gladiator, Tom Kinney for Less Than Three and Kris Thompson for Birth of a Hero. There was virtually no consensus between our judges and a lot of love for all these plays. You have produced excellent pieces of writing.
I’ll be in touch with all five of shortlisted writers very soon, and we’ll announce the broadcast date for Driverless just as soon as possible. In the meantime, to keep you entertained, here are some clips from Less Than Three, Gladiator and Final Goodbye to give you a taste of the evening. I promise the sound quality is much better through the actual mics than these little video clips! Enjoy!
This competition has been one heck of a ride, and it has been a real pleasure to talk with so many writers and read so many creative, blood sweat and tears derived scripts. After more than 300 submissions, more than 100 sets of individual feedback sent, and more dreams about reading radio play scripts than I thought were possible the whole team is tired but happy. I hope that every one of you who took part feels encouraged and positive about their writing, and if we can find the courage we’ll give it another go next year! Keep writing!
