** APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR THE 2021 TINNISWOOD AWARD **

Applications are now open for the 2021 Tinniswood Award, for audio drama scripts broadcast or made available online between 1 October 2019 and 31 October 2020.

The Tinniswood Award is presented annually to the best original audio drama script of the year. The award was established by WGGB and Society of Authors, to celebrate and encourage high standards in audio drama, and perpetuate the memory of the writer Peter Tinniswood. We are deeply grateful to the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society for their generous sponsorship of the £3,000 prize.

The Tinniswood Award is normally presented at the BBC Audio Awards, which is scheduled for 31 January 2021, subject to rules governing the Covid-19 pandemic

The deadline for application is midnight, 4 October 2020.

More information and to make a nomination.

Photo of Meera Syal, host of the 2020 Audio Drama Awards: BBC