CALLING NOW - ABC RN Street Stories/Pool Competition

Below is the official blurb about the comp...

My Street competition

As well as participating in the My Street project, you can also enter our competition.

The producer of the best My Street story, entered into the competition, will have the opportunity to work with a Street Stories producer, in their neighbourhood, to record and edit a story about their street (or another topic agreed to by the Executive Producer of Street Stories).

The final winner will be announced on Street Stories in late November, and their final program broadcast on the show at a date and time to be confirmed.

A selection of My Street competition entries suitable for radio adaptation will also be broadcast and podcast on ABC Radio National’s Street Stories. Stay tuned for broadcast dates.

Entries close 7 November 2008.

How to enter (click on each link below):

• Learn about the project (link to about page)
• Read our competition terms and conditions (link to separate page)
• Upload your story (anchor link to this sub-heading on the About page)
• Fill out the entry form (separate page)

The judging criteria

• Stories must be no longer than seven minutes’ duration (audio/video) or 700 words (text).
• Originality
• Evocation of people/place
• Storytelling
• Technical Execution

The judges

Claudia Taranto
Claudia is the Series Producer of ABC Radio National’s Street Stories. Her radio programs have been played in Australia, the UK and USA. She lives in a quiet inner-city street in Sydney, with a cantankerous cat and a boat called Quirky Waves.

Nicole Steinke
Nicole is an award-winning features producer with Street Stories and a constant traveller. She's lectured at various universities and says one of the best things about working on Street Stories is helping new producers discover their voice and begin to tell their own stories.

Ronan Sharkey
Ronan currently works as a reporter on triple j tv's Hack. It's a weekly look at current affairs about young people. Previously, Ronan spent several years on triple j radio's version of Hack, putting together stories ranging from profiles of truck drivers to riots in Redfern and working girls in Western Australia.

Further information

If you have any queries about the My Street competition, please email: streetstories_rn@your.abc.net.au

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