Charles Parker Prize for student radio features

The Charles Parker Prize 2012
We are very pleased to announce that the Charles Parker Prize, established in 2004, will be awarded again in 2012. There will be three prizes Gold, Silver and Bronze awarded to individual students for the best radio feature completed and assessed during the qualifying period.

The winners will be announced at the annual Charles Parker Day on Friday 30th March 2012 to be held this year in London at the Regent Street campus of the University of Westminster.

The competition is FREE to enter and offers the following prizes:-

GOLD: 2 week placement in BBC Features and Documentaries in Broadcasting House, London + a SADiE 6 Sound Suite editing system provided by Prism Sound

SILVER: 2 week placement in an independent production company + a SADiE 6 Radio Producer editing system provided by Prism Sound

BRONZE: 2 week placement in an independent production company + a bottle of Champagne provided by Prism Sound

The Judges for the Charles Parker Prize 2012 will be:

• Simon Elmes (Chair): Creative Director, Features and Documentaries, BBC
• David Prest: Radio Producer and Managing Director of Whistledown Productions
• Susan Jeffreys: Radio Critic of the Daily Mail

This award is open to students studying radio at Further or Higher Education establishments within the United Kingdom for a radio feature (maximum duration 15 minutes) produced between 1st March 2011 and 29th February 2012.

The feature should in some way reflect an essence of Parker's own work - for example, story led documentaries (or short features) that bring life to the stories and concerns of ordinary people through creative radio production techniques.

Entries must adhere to the terms and conditions of entry and be submitted on Audio CD accompanied by a signed Entry Form - download the form here

This form must also be signed by your tutor and sent to:-
Charles Parker Prize 2012
David Puttnam Media Centre
St Peter's Campus
University of Sunderland
SUNDERLAND
SR6 0DD

For further information about the Prize please email Andy Cartwright

Previous winners and accounts of their features