IMISON AWARD 2015 -
For plays broadcast from
1 Oct 2014-31 Oct 2015

IMISON WINNER:

30 Eggs, by Eoin O'Connor

Official press release from the Society of Authors, kindly sent by Jo McCrum:

Lots of pictures on the BBC site from the audio drama awards ceremony .

PRESS RELEASE 5 Jan 2016

The Imison Award Shortlist

PRESS RELEASE 16 Dec 2015

The Imison Award Longlist

The Imison Award is given for the best original script by a writer new to radio.

SHAMED by Furquan Akhtar
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Annalisa D’Innella
30 EGGS by Eoin O’Connor
A THING INSIDE A THING INSIDE A THING by Iain A J Ross
THE CHURCHILL BARRIERS by Emma Spurgin Hussey
(NOTES BELOW)

The judges this year are Ruth Brandon, Christopher William Hill, Marcy Kahan, Annette Kobak, Michelle Lipton, John Taylor, Jane Thynne, Elizabeth-Anne Wheal, Stephen Wyatt and Mike Walker.

The shortlist will be announced on 5 Jan 2016.

NOTES ON THE PLAYS

19 Feb 2015: Shamed
By Furquan Akhtar. A woman whose son is arrested for a serious crime finds herself shunned by the community. However she believes her son to be innocent, and resolves to clear his name. Shabana: Shobna Gulati, Aisha: Maya Sondhi, Rizwan: Sacha Dhawan, with Bhavna Limbachia, Bharti Patel and Roger Morlidge. Produced by Gary Brown. (reviewed very favourably by Jane Anderson in RT .... - Ed.)

9 Jul 2015: The Dad Who Fell To Earth
By Toby Hadoke. Tom was slowly coming to terms with the death of his father, but then he discovered that he was an alien from a distant planet. Tom found his perspective altering, including saving Earth from imminent destruction. Tom: the author, Russel: Ronald Pickup, Jan: Cherylee Houston, Wendy: Alexandra Mathie, Pate/Steve: Lee Fenwick, Chelsea: Zoe Iqbal. Producer: Charlotte Riches.

5 Oct 2014:30 Eggs
By Eoin O'Connor. 5 x 15m starting 5 Oct; interesting story set in a border town in Rwanda. A man with nowhere to live decides to return to his home village on the other side of the country, with a young street-orphan for company. Jude Akuwudike, Milanne Gordon, Noma Dumezweni, Nyasha Hatendis, Richard Pepple, Damian Lynch, Josiah Choto, Khalil Vaughan. Produced by Gemma McMullen.

11 June 2015: A Thing Inside A Thing Inside A Thing
Original British Dramatists: By Iain Ross. Joy is 89 and has spent most of her life working on The Mechanism, a giant machine floating in hyperspace, mincing up and recycling debris from history. Joy's only company is Lana, but the two women can't stand each other. Then one day they discover a giant spacecraft hurtling towards them. Joy: Julia McKemzie, Lana: Nina Toussaint-White, Gregor: Matthew Gravelle. Produced by James Robinson.

10 Aug 2015: The Churchill Barriers
WW2 story by Emma Spurgin Hussey, set in Orkney in 1944. Clerk George and pianist Giorgio labour to build the sea defences. George: David Dawson, Giorgio: Cesare Taurasi, Q; David Houslow, Capt. Swain: Mark Edel-Hunt, Major Buckland: Stephen Critchlow, the Italian: Chris Pavlo. Produced by David Hunter.

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Call for Entries – Imison and Tinniswood Awards

Help us celebrate the best audio drama by sending in your writers’ productions. Please forward to all your networks and apply with all supporting materials before 29 September 2015.

Imison Award

Best original script by a writer new to audio drama - £1,500 sponsored by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. Administered by the Society of Authors. The application form and entry details for the 2016 award can be found here, on the Society of Authors website.

Tinniswood Award

Best original script - £1,500 sponsored by the ALCS. Jointly administered by the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild. The application form and entry details for the 2016 award can be found here, on the Society of Authors website.

The awards will be presented on Sunday 31 January 2016 at the BBC’s Audio Drama Awards, Broadcasting House.

PREVIOUS YEARS (IMISON)
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1997 1995 1994

A summary of past winners is shown below.

PAST WINNERS, IMISON AWARD
2014 How To Say Goodbye Properly, by E.V.Crowe
2013 The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman, by Joseph Wilde
2012 Do You Like Banana, Comrades? by Csaba Székely
2011 Amazing Grace, by Michelle Lipton
2010 The Road Wife, by Eoin McNamee
2009 Girl from Mars,by Lucy Caldwell
2008 Adam Beeson, for The Magician's Daughter
2007 Mike Bartlettt, for Not Talking
2006 Nazrin Choudhury, for Mixed Blood
2005 Steve Coombs, for Mr. Sex
2004 Stephen Sharkey, for All You on the Good Earth
2003 N.Leyshon & S. McAnena for Milk; Celia Bryce for The Skategrinder
2002 Rhiannon Tise, for The Waltzer
2001 Murray Gold, for Electricity
2000 Peter Morgan, for A Matter of Interpretation
1999 Ben Cooper, for Skin Deep
1998 Katie Hims, for Earthquake Girl
1997 John Waters, for Holy Secrets (jt); Rosemary Kay, for Wilde Belles
1996 Lee Hall, for I Love You Jimmy Spud
1995 Gerry Stembridge, for Daisy the Cow who Talked (jt) and James Stock, for Kissing the Gargoyle
1994 Gabriel Gbadamosi, for The Long Hot Summer of '76

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