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NIKON SMALL WORLD IN MOTION COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: April 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET

LOCATION: USA

The introduction of this new category, titled Small World in Motion, encompasses any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through the microscope and adds a new, distinct discipline to the competition. The movies are judged and honored as a separate category in the competition, complete with prizes for first, second, and third places.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition (the “Competition”) is open only to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and have access to a light microscope. The following individuals are not eligible to enter the Competition:

Employees of Nikon Instruments Inc., Shaw & Todd, Inc., their respective parent companies and affiliated companies, and/or the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee,

The Competition Judges, regardless of the date of appointment, and/or their immediate family and household members, and/or

Individuals engaged (as a business owner or employee) in the manufacture, distribution, and/or sale of microscopes, related accessories, and/or photographic equipment.

During the Competition Entry Period, visit www.nikonsmallworld.com (the “Website”)

Upload up to three (3) photomicrographic digital videos taken by the Entrant (collectively, the “Videos”) to the Entry Form.

Videos must be submitted in .mp4, .mpg, .wmv, .avi, .or .mov format. 

Videos may not exceed sixty (60) seconds.

Videos may not include the use of sound and may not include any graphics of any kind. 

Videos should be submitted with the highest quality with regard to file size, bit depth, and resolution. 

Videos do not need to be taken with a Nikon-branded microscope.

PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION AND/OR THE RECEIPT OF ANY PRIZE MAY BE RESTRICTED OR VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

BENEFIT:

The top 5 prize winners are selected and ranked by the Small World in Motion Judges.

1st PrizeUSD $3,000
2nd PrizeUSD $2,000
3rd PrizeUSD $1,000
4th PrizeUSD $800
5th PrizeUSD $600
Honorable MentionsUSD $200 each
The number of Honorable Mention Prizes will be determined by the Judges in their sole discretion.
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BBC WORLD SERVICE & BRITISH COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL AUDIO DRAMA COMPETITION 2026

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Application Deadline: 11.00 GMT 4 June 2025

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Welcome to the BBC World Service & British Council International Audio Drama Competition 2026. Please read the Competition Rules and abide by them. If a play is either too short or excessively long, it may be disqualified.

ELIGIBILITY:

Entry is only open to anyone who at 4 June 2025 is (a) over the age of 18 and (b) not considered to be a resident of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man (“UK”). Professional and previously published writers are eligible to enter, but this is not a requirement of entry. We may require proof of eligibility.

Entrants must not be BBC, BBC Group company, or British Council employees, close relatives of such employees or any person connected to the competition. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested.

Entrants should write an audio drama script of approximately forty to fifty minutes’ length on any subject of their choice.

The entrants warrant, by submitting scripts, that each drama
is the original work of the entrants and does not infringe the rights of any other party
is not an adaptation of an earlier work (for example, a novel)
will not be under contract for, or have been professionally produced in, any medium (an informal script-reading is acceptable; a script-reading with a professional director and in front of a non-paying audience is acceptable, but a performance involving payment to actors and/or a paying audience is not) before 30 September 2026
has not been created or developed with the use of generative AI tools

A breach of these warranties will result in disqualification from the competition.

The winning writers will be deemed to have entered into an undertaking not to accept offers for their entries from other broadcasters or publishers before 30 September 2026.

All scripts submitted must be approximately 40-50 minutes in length – this usually equates to a minimum of 35 pages of A4 paper (or equivalent) and a maximum of 60 pages (note, a rough guide is a minute per page; please read and time your drama before you send it). The drama should have a maximum of six central characters (there may be up to 3 small “doubling” characters too, who don’t have more than a few lines each). Word count approx. 7000-9000 words.

Your script should be accompanied by a short synopsis which outlines the complete story of the drama. This must be no more than 400 words.

BENEFIT:

“Prize”: The Cash Prize and the Trip
“The Cash Prize”: £2,500 sterling (or the equivalent in a local currency at the BBC’s discretion)
“The Trip”: a trip to the UK (standard airfare and accommodation for one person) to see the winning drama being recorded and attend a prize-giving event

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