FIRST PRIZE £50

New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 335, 23 November 1945, Page 9

FIRST PRIZE £50

Two NBS Radio Play Competitions ITH a prize of £50 offered ‘as an inducement to first-class work, the NBS is going to conduct another radio play competition. Previous competitions have brought talent to light; the late W. Graeme Holder, for instance, was a winner of one, and later became a fulltime radio playwright. To-day his works are known in many countries. Actually there are two competitions, each with £50 as first prize, £25 as second, and. £10 as ‘third, and they will be open to all persons normally resident in New Zealand. Entries close with the NBS, Wellington, on February 28, 1946, for entries posted in New Zealand, and on March 31, 1946, for those posted overseas, A competitor may enter for both competitions, but only one entry may be submitted in each. Entry forms and conditions may be obtained from any New .Zealand broadcasting station. — ; In the first competition writers may deal ‘with any subject. In‘the other competition, what is required is a radio dramatisation based on the life of some

historical person in any country or period. The NBS says that stress should be laid on careful and: realistic characterisation. Persons in the plays must be real. The dialogue should be short and easily spoken. Tragedy, comedy, farce or drama may be the background. Though the nature of broadcast listening, which makes it difficult to distinguish between a crowd of speakers, characters should be well contrasted. Sound effects should be used with discretion.