The Richard Imison Award is an award which recognises the best radio drama, generally by a writer new to the industry, and is now awarded as part of the BBC Audio Drama Awards. It was established in 1994 and commemorates the life and work of

Richard Imison Richard Imison (31 October 1936 – 9 February 1993) was Script Editor for BBC Radio Drama from 1963 to 1991. In the thirty years that Imison worked for BBC Radio Drama it was the largest patron of original creative dramatic writing in Britai ...

. Richard Imison was Script Editor for BBC Radio Drama from 1963 to 1991. In the thirty years that Imison worked for BBC Radio Drama it was the largest patron of original creative dramatic writing in Britain. In his role as Script Editor no other single individual therefore had as much influence in either the discovery of new talent or the encouragement of established writers such as Edward Albee, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Alexander Gelman,

Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that span ...

and

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic ex ...

in the production of Drama for this genre. After his death in 1993 the

Society of Authors The Society of Authors (SoA) is a United Kingdom trade union for professional writers, illustrators and literary translators, founded in 1884 to protect the rights and further the interests of authors. , it represents over 12,000 members and as ...

established the Imison Award in recognition of Imison's enduring influence on the development of high quality dramatic writing. Submissions for the award must consist of a completed nomination form as well as three copies of the writer's original script and recording of the broadcast. Further copies may be requested if the work is short-listed. Further details can be found on the Society of Authors website.

List of prize winners

The prize winners * 2023: ''The Making of a Monster'' by Connor Allen * 2022: ''The Lemonade Lads'' by Faebian Averies * 2021: ''Maynard'' by Fraser Ayres * 2020: ''Bathwater'' by Vicky Foster * 2019: ''Of A Lifetime,'' Lulu Raczka *2018: ''The Book of Yehudit'', Adam Usden *2017: ''Comment Is Free,'' James Fritz *2016: ''30 Eggs'', Eoin O'Connor *2015: ''How to Say Goodbye Properly,'' E.V. Crowe *2014: ''The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman'', Joseph Wilde with composer Tim Van Eyken * 2013: ''Do You Like Banana, Comrade?'', Csaba Székely * 2012: ''Amazing Grace'',

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* 2010: ''The Road Wife'', Eoin McNamee * 2009: ''Girl from Mars'', Lucy Caldwell * 2008: ''The Magician's Daughter'', Adam Beeson * 2007: ''Not Talking'', Mike Bartlett * 2006: ''Mixed Blood'', Nazrin Choudhury * 2005: ''Mr. Sex'', Steve Coombs * 2004: ''All You on the Good Earth'', Stephen Sharkey * 2003: ''Milk; Celia Bryce for The Skategrinder'', N.Leyshon and S. McAnena * 2002: ''The Waltzer'', Rhiannon Tise * 2001: ''Electricity'',

Murray Gold Murray Jonathan Gold (born 28 February 1969) is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for '' Doctor Who'' from 2005, un ...

* 2000: ''A Matter of Interpretation'',

Peter Morgan Peter Julian Robin Morgan, (10 April 1963) is a British screenwriter and playwright. He is the playwright behind '' The Audience'' and '' Frost/Nixon'' and the screenwriter of '' The Queen'' (2006), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), '' The Damned Unit ...

* 1999: ''Skin Deep'', Ben Cooper * 1998: ''Earthquake Girl'', Katie Hims * 1997: ''Holy Secrets'' & ''Wilde Belles'',

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joint winner Rosemary Kay ''Holy Secrets'' & ''Wilde Belles'' * 1996: '' I Luv You Jimmy Spud'', Lee Hall * 1995: ''Daisy the Cow who Talked'' & ''Kissing the Gargoyle'', Gerry Stembridge joint winner James Stock * 1994: ''The Long Hot Summer of '76'', Gabriel Gbadamosi

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External links

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Dramatist and playwright awards Radio drama awards Society of Authors awards Awards established in 1994 1994 establishments in the United Kingdom British radio awards