The Imison Award – awarding the best original script by a writer new to audio drama and the Tinniswood Award – awarding best original script of the year are both currently open for submissions. Forming part of the prestigious BBC Audio Awards, previous winners of the Imison Award include Fraser Ayres for Maynard (2020), Lulu Raczka’s A Lifetime(2019) and Adam Usden’s The Book of Yehudit(2018), and of the Tinniswood Award, Christopher Douglas for Tristram Shandy (2020), James Fritz’s Comment Is Free(2017) and Julian Simpson’s Fugue State (2016). Society of Authors continue on with their aim of supporting and celebrating audio drama writing talent. Ahead of the deadline which falls on Sunday 3rd October, Society of Authors tell us more about both awards.