Gimme Ten! Radio Playwriting Competition (Mandarin)

Gimme Ten! Radio Playwriting Competition

Thank you for joining us for the inaugural GIMME TEN 2021 Radio Playwriting Competition! The season has ended and winners were revealed at the Prize Presentation Ceremony on 15 August 2021.

Congratulations to:

Winner: Sonya Wong, “Mother’s Panggong Negara”（妈妈的皇家山脚）

1^st Runner Up：Wong Jia Yit, “The Sewing Machine”（不老的针车）

2^nd Runner Up: Third prize: Lee Boon Ooi, “How?”（奈何）

“Audience Choice Award” : Ong Lee Choo Judy, “Back to 1975” (回到1975年).

Do continue to support Singapore stories and radio plays!

Listen to the finalists’ works at https://bit.ly/GimmeTen_radioplays!

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Do you have a great story to tell but find writing a full-length script too daunting? Do you have a good ear for dialogue?

Why not start off with a 10-minute radio play instead? Take part in the first edition of GIMME TEN 2021 Radio Playwriting Competition! Stand a chance to be one of the 20 participants who will get to attend playwrighting and radio production workshops (conducted in Mandarin) by award-winning local playwright Chong Tze Chien, veteran theatre practitioner Li Xie as well as experienced playwright and lawyer Wang Liansheng- for free! Participants will learn about the fundamentals and from there, write a 10-minute play in Mandarin with a Singapore focus.

10 of the best scripts will be shortlisted for the final round of the competition and receive mentorship from Chong Tze Chien, Li Xie and Wang Liansheng. Their final scripts will be turned into actual radio plays and aired on 96.3 Hao FM.

3 winners will be chosen by a panel of judges. You can also vote for your favourite script to win the “Audience Choice Award”.

GIMME TEN 2021 is a radio play competition organised by the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre and produced by GroundZ-0! 96.3 Hao FM is the official radio station partner.

Submission

Application form:  DOWNLOAD HERE

Application form and entry can be submitted to events@singaporeccc.org.sg

Submission deadline: 22 March 2021, 2359h

Prizes for final round winners

• Final scripts will be produced by GroundZ-0 as radio plays for broadcast on 96.3 HaoFM and available via the SCCC website.
• There will be two categories of awards:
  • Judges’ Choice Awards:
    • 1^st Prize – $800
    • 2^nd Prize – $500
    • 3^rd Prize – $300
  • The “Audience Choice Award” shall be awarded to the radio play with the highest number of votes by the public.
    • Audience Choice Award – $200

Eligibility

This competition is open to:

1. All Singapore citizens
2. Aged 18 and above.

All full-time employees, officers and representatives of the organisers and any Competition sponsors (if any), as well as their immediate family members (spouses, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such personnel shall be ineligible to register and participate in this Competition.

For more information, please download and refer to the application form.