第25届国际广播剧写作比赛：征稿进行时

25th International Radio Playwriting Competition - now open

Writers from around the world are invited to submit their scripts as the 25th International Radio Playwriting Competition opens.

The global competition, hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers and co-producers The Open University, offers the unique opportunity for playwrights to use the medium of radio drama to reach an international audience.

The competition has two first prizes – one for writers with English as a First Language and another for writers with English as a Second Language. Both winners will attend an award ceremony in London and see their plays recorded for broadcast on BBC World Service.

A third award – the Georgi Markov prize – celebrates the most promising script from the competition’s shortlist in honour of BBC World Service journalist and writer Georgi Markov (1929-1978). The winner of this prize will also travel to London for the award ceremony and spend two weeks with BBC Radio Drama and BBC World Service.

The previous competition attracted entries from a record 86 countries. To mark the 25th competition, The Ravens by Alana Valentine – the winner of last year’s English as a First Language prize – will broadcast again on Saturday 3 October on BBC World Service.

The International Playwriting Competition welcomes scripts from anyone outside the UK, whether established or new writers. The dramas need to be 53 minutes long and can be on any subject. The closing date for entries is midnight (GMT) on 31 January 2016.

Further details on the competition, including T&C’s and how to enter, are online on

http://www.bbcworldservice.com/radioplay.

BBC国际台（BBC World Service）和英国文化协会(British Council)联合发起的“第25届国际广播剧写作比赛”（International Radio Playwriting Competition），现正在全球征集优秀剧作。比赛的合作方还包括英联邦作家基金会（Commonwealth Writers）和开放大学(The Open University)。

比赛欢迎世界各地的写作爱好者参加，参赛者需要创作一个近一小时的英语广播剧，剧中可多达六个角色，内容不限，作者可以任意发挥想象力。参赛作品必须是英语原创，以前没有发表过的。另外，这个比赛的独特之处是，只有住在英国以外地区的人可以参加。

比赛一共有两个头等奖：一个颁给英语是母语的作者，一个颁给英语是第二语言的作者。获奖者将会被邀请到伦敦参加颁奖礼，亲自观看他们的剧作如何从文字录制成专业广播剧。今年的比赛还增设了“乔治马可夫奖”，颁给入选作品中最有潜力的作品。“乔治马可夫奖”是为了纪念BBC国际台记者和作家乔治马可夫（1929-1978)而设立的。

比赛投稿截止日期为2016年1月31日。

去年的比赛我们共收到来自86个国家的参赛作品。过去两届的获奖人分别来自津巴布韦、澳大利亚、墨西哥、乌干达和牙买加。我们期待中国的写作爱好者也可以在这个享誉世界的比赛中，取得优异的成绩。

更多比赛规则和投稿说明，请查看第25届国际广播剧写作比赛官方网页http://www.bbcworldservice.com/radioplay。

（来源：英国使馆文化教育处，编辑：Helen）