Charles Parker Prize
The Charles Parker Prize is awarded each year for the best student audio feature. The prize is open to any student at UK Further or Higher Education establishments and also those who have attended an accredited media training course
The Charles Parker Prize 2025
for the Best Student Audio Feature
The Charles Parker Awards – named in honour of one of radio’s greatest documentary pioneers – have established an unparalleled reputation for excellence in radio and audio feature production by young people, and many of our winners have gone on to carve out successful professional careers in radio and audio production. The 2024 winning features were commissioned by the BBC through the independent radio production company Soundscape Productions, co-ordinators of the Charles Parker Prize since 2010.
The Trust is delighted to announce that in 2025 BBC Radio 4 will again be broadcasting the Charles Parker Prize winning features in their New Storytellers strand during the summer.
The competition will be open for audio features (produced between 13th February 2024 and 10th February 2025) made by any student (or recently graduated student) in Further or Higher Education in the UK, and also by those who have attended an accredited media training course. Entries are invited from Monday 25 November 2024 and the final deadline is Monday 10 February 2025.
A shortlist of features will be announced in early March, with the nominees being invited to the award ceremony which will take place as the core of the Annual Charles Parker Day which will take place in London in Spring 2025 on a date to be confirmed.
Full details and entry form Frequently Asked Questions Terms and Conditions
See below for details of previous winners of the Charles Parker Prize
