The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is an opportunity for writers based in the North of England who are new to writing for audio. It offers a £5,000 bursary to the winner as well as the chance of a Radio 4 Drama commission.
The 2025 judges are: Writer Peter Straughan, Executive producer Susan Roberts, Radio 4 drama commissioner Alison Hindell and Rachel Bradley. The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award was established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished Radio Drama Producer.
Previous winners include Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, War Horse), Peter Straughan (Conclave, Wolf Hall), Cat Jones (Doctors, Waterloo Road, The Jetty) and Furquan Akhtar (Wolfe, The Bay) who have all gone on to have huge success in radio, TV and film.
Applications for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award are open now and close at 12 noon on Monday 21 April 2025
Find out more and apply here.
Deadline: 21 April 2025
Source: BBC Writers