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 31st March 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. The competition opened on Monday 25 November 2024 and the final deadline has been extended to Monday 31 March 2025.
Here is the list of Judges for 2025:-
Simon Elmes (Chair) - Former Creative Director of BBC Radio Documentaries Unit
Jane Anderson - Freelance Radio Critic (Radio Times)
Hannah Dean - Freelance Producer BBC World Service - winner of Gold Charles Parker Prize in 2018
Sara Jane Hall - BBC Producer
Axel Kacoutie - Freelance Audio Producer and Sound Artist
Khaliq Meer - Commissioning Executive - BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Tammi Walker - Commissioning Executive - BBC Radio
Kellie While - Director, Pomona Audio Ltd (Radio 2 Folk Show and 21st Century Folk)
A shortlist of features will be announced at the end of April. Nominees will be invited to the award ceremony, which will take place as the core of the Annual Charles Parker Day at Goldsmiths College, University of London on Friday 16 May 2025.
Full details and entry form Frequently Asked Questions Terms and Conditions
See below for details of previous winners of the Charles Parker Prize
