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Another aspect of the festival confers prizes for writing scripts which are submitted to win that year's awards and published in an anthology of the winning scripts. New and established writers compete and the top winning scripts are read to an audience. The organisation's mentoring casts a wide net
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The last day of the festival is a live performance of audio drama, carried over local radio, as well as streamed live over the internet. The night's entertainment includes original radio plays performed by attendees, and a short workshop play written and produced by first-time conference
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