This is a reminder that the last day to submit your script for the scriptwriting competition on smallholder farmer innovation is November 1, 2009. For more information about the competition please visit the following website www.scriptcompetition.net.
If you have been participating in the online course, you can submit your script online. Here’s how: Log into the Scriptwriting Competition Course on Moodle, go to the last module (Module 6), and click on “Submit your script for the competition here.” Upload the file with your script, and you’re done!
If you have not been taking the online course, you can submit your script by e-mail to: 
Remember that, as well as receiving valuable feedback on your scriptwriting skills, you may win one of our valuable prizes. Each of the 15 winners will receive an Olympus LS-10 audio recorder. One lucky winner will have the opportunity to travel to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome for a 3-5 day training visit in 2010. Finally, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is sponsoring an award for the best entry by a community radio broadcaster. The winner will have the opportunity to participate in the AMARC 10 conference, to be held in Argentina in 2010.
If you have any questions about your submissions, please send an email to Blythe McKay: 
We look forward to reading your final scripts. Good luck!!!
In 2007/2008, Farm Radio International organized a scriptwriting competition on climate change adaptation. Listen to one of the winning scripts to get some inspiration for your own writing!
When Farm Radio International invited African radio broadcasters to a radio scriptwriting competition on Farmers’ Strategies for Coping with Climate Change, more than 50 scripts were submitted. Gladson Makowa from Malawi was one of the 15 winners. He wrote the script Manure the magic worker that illustrates how composted manure can have advantages over synthetic fertilizer during dry seasons, as it helps retain soil moisture, leading to better yields and decreased erosion.
Listen to the audio version of Gladson’s radio script to get some scriptwriting inspiration! Click on the link below to begin. You can also read the script here.
Audio: Manure the Magic Worker
We hope that you are having fun interviewing innovative farmers.
We have some great news! Each of the 15 winners will receive an Olympus LS-10 audio recorder. These prizes are generously sponsored by Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
One lucky winner of the scriptwriting competition will have the opportunity to travel to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome for a 3-5 day training visit in 2010. This award is generously sponsored by FAO. The FAO will also sponsor the audio production of four of the winning entries.
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is sponsoring an award for the best entry by a community radio broadcaster. The winner will have the opportunity to participate in the AMARC 10 conference, to be held in Argentina in 2010.
We can’t wait to receive your entries for the competition. Remember, the deadline is November 1.
Good luck!
