Festival Agenda
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We announce the winners of this year’s Festival Writing Awards, sponsored by The List and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain.
WINNER
BEST THEATRE BLACK WATCH (GREGORY BURKE)
£500 Also shortlisted: Particularly in the Heartland (Rachel Chavkin and TEAM), Improbable Frequency (Arthur Riordan).
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BEST THEATRE NEWCOMER FINER NOBLE GASES (ADAM RAPP)
£250, PLUS MEN TOR/NC FROM BBC
Also shortlisted: The Unsinkable Clerk (Tom Warwick, Felix Hayes and Andrew Paton).
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FestivalAwards
WINNER
BEST COMEDY REGINALD o HUNTER
£500 Also shortlisted: Mark Watson, The Receptionists (Verity Rose Woolnough, Katie Lyons and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm).
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In addition to prizes of £500 for the overall winners, and £250 in the ‘Best Newcomer’ categories, each winner receives a year’s free membership to the Writers Guild of Great Britain. Newcomers are also offered mentoring from the BBC.
BBC MENTORING FOR NEWCOMERS
Paul Ashton and Katherine Beacon will act as mentors for this year’s Best Newcomers. The mentoring will be completely tailored to the individual writers. There will be as much face-to- face contact as the writer wants - and geography allows. Ashton and Beacon will attempt to point
WINNER
BEST COMEDY NEWCOMER SIMON BRODKIN
£250, PLUS MEN TOR/NC F ROM BBC Also shortlisted: The Future (Joe
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their writer in the right direction at the BBC, and they would like to view this as a long-term development relationship.
THIS YEAR’S JUDGES
Sally Avens BBC drama producer (Radio 3. Radio «1;
Nick Barley Eetrtor of The; L/zgt Steve Cramer Theatre: edrtor of The L/st
Brian Donaldson Corr‘redy editor 0? The Lib?
Peter Sinclair Comedy Miter 'Sp/ttrng Image. Rory Brent/ten Arthur Smith Cornedran and wrrter LA/{if} Smrth and JOIreg,
Thanks also to Francesca Srngler. Katee Scott. Dave Cohen and Chrrstrne Pans for therr work lfl Organrsrng the awards