BBC writersroom newsletter.

From the BBC Writersroom newsletter....

Welcome to the BBC writersroom newsletter.

Alfred Bradley Bursary Awards
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Mark Shand has won a commission for his new radio drama Abigail Adams. Several others received bursaries of up to a thousand pounds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/alfred_winners.shtml

BANG! results
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Yorkshire writer Aisha Khan has won BANG! British Asian New Generation, our new writing competition with Oldham Coliseum and Tamasha Theatre Company. Aisha and runners-up Ishy Din and Punam Ramchurn win a BBC bursary and development support from the theatres.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/bang_winners.shtml

The Crack
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A radio drama shorts competition for Radio Cumbria has produced five distinct new writers whose plays were recorded on location in Cumbria and broadcast this week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/thecrack.shtml

Comedy online
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Our writer in residence with BBC Comedy North, Kate Wincup, has been posting from her billet in Manchester, with all you ever needed to know about mini-pigs, her Dustin Hoffman impression and more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writing/blog_kate_february.shtml

Opportunities
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Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/parsonsandnaylor07.shtml

International Radio Playwriting Competition
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/radioplaywritingcomp.shtml

The Radio Play's The Thing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/radio_play.shtml

More opportunities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/calendar.shtml