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  Full details  The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series highlights a first full-length collection by emerging authors from each state in the southern U.S. Submissions open each year on  December 1 and close on  February 28 . The current state is South Carolina . The next state will be Kentucky. Guidelines and Submissions Books in this series: West Virginia: Kelly McQuain,  Scrape the Velvet from Your Antlers Arkansas: James Dunlap,  Heaven's Burning Porch Florida: Caridad Moro-Gronlier,  Tortillera Georgia: Erin Ganaway,  The Waiting Girl Texas: Lindsay Illich,  Rile & Heave Louisiana: Chris Hannan,  Alluvial Cities Mississippi: Noel Polk,  Walking Safari: Or, The Hippo Highway North Carolina: Sally Stewart Mohney,  Low Country, High Water Tennessee: William Kelley Woolfitt,  Beauty Strip Submission Guidelines: To submit please visit our online submission manager . General Guidelines Open to any poe

  Full details  The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is an opportunity for writers based in the North of England who are new to writing for audio. It offers a £5,000 bursary to the winner as well as the chance of a Radio 4 Drama commission. The Award was established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio Drama Producer and is run by Audio Drama North in conjunction with the BBC Writersroom. Previous winners include Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, War Horse), Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Debt), Cat Jones (Doctors, Waterloo Road) and Furquan Akhtar (Wolfe, The Bay) who have all gone on to have huge success across radio, TV and film. Applications for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award will open at 12 noon on Monday 27th February 2023 and close at 12 noon on Tuesday 11 th April 2023 . To apply you must: Reside in the North of England on a permanent / full time basis. The North of England is defined by the Boundary C