Scriptwriting Competition - Farm Radio International

Two weeks ago, Farm Radio International launched the Scriptwriting Competition on Smallholder Farmer Innovation. So far, 65 participants from more than 20 different countries have signed up for the competition. Good luck to you all. Please note we will only accept one script per participant! However, there can be more than one participant per radio station or organization.

Each participant can submit one script for the competition and this script must be an original piece of work written specifically for this competition. It must be in English or French, be between 500-2000 words, and include references to information sources used to prepare the script (e.g., farmers, agricultural institutions, NGOs, documents, etc.).

You have until November 1st, 2009 to submit your script, so there’s no need to stress. In a few weeks (August 24) the online Scriptwriting Competition Course will start. If you follow the course you will learn how to create inspiring radio pieces about smallholder farmer innovation and write them down in script format.

You can read more about the online course on this page.

Today, Farm Radio International is launching the Scriptwriting Competition on Smallholder Farmer Innovation. On this website you will find all information you need about the competition.

The Scriptwriting Competition is open to organizations and individuals working with radio in Africa. Broadcasters, radio stations, production organizations, radio projects, farmers’ associations with a radio show, etc.  are all invited to submit their radio scripts to Farm Radio International before November 1, 2009.

An online training course, starting August 24, will help participants write their scripts and improve their radio skills. A number of prizes, from digital audio recorders to participation in conferences will be awarded to the authors of winning scripts. The best scripts will be published in English and French and distributed to hundreds’ of radio organizations across sub-Saharan Africa.

We invite you to sign up for the competition!

Press release (PDF): Launching of the competition