The Script Yorkshire radio drama competition 2020

The competition closed for entries back in September and we've been waiting with bated breath for Gaynor, our BBC radio producer judge, to tell us who she's selected as our finalists.

People, we're pleased to tell you she has selected not three, but FOUR winners. Here's what she said about the entries:

"It's been a pleasure to read the short audio dramas for you. There's a lot of the supernatural and a lot of laughs. I have selected my top four for freshness of writing and idea, and for visual impact. I like it when a script surprises me, and also when I 'see' it."

Woop woop! Well done to our winning writers, whose names we will be announcing before Christmas. Stay tuned...

Your chance to have a short radio play produced and broadcast

This year, we've linked up with Chapel FM to bring you another fun radio drama competition. Three winning scripts will be produced in January 2021 by Peter Spafford and Tony Macaluso at Chapel FM using professional actors.

All three plays will then be broadcast on Chapel FM as part of their Writing On Air festival, alongside the winning entries from our 2019 radio competition.

Introducing our professional judge

We're thrilled to have brilliant BBC radio producer Gaynor Macfarlane on board for this year's competition. After the submission deadline, we'll draw up a shortlist of nine plays to send her, from which she'll select the three she thinks make best use of the radio medium.

Gaynor has been producing radio drama for the BBC for about 20 years, so we couldn't have wished for a better script selector! She's also worked as a theatre director, literary manager, translator and dramaturg, and has recently made her first forays into film directing.