<div dir="ltr"><p>The BBC
Radio Drama Readings Unit welcomes submissions from writers <strong>new to radio*</strong> for their annual series, <strong>Opening Lines </strong>which is broadcast on BBC
Radio 4.</p><p>The
next window for sending in material is <strong>6th January – 14th February 2014. </strong>Unsolicited stories submitted outside
this time-frame will be ineligible. </p><p></p><p>As
well as broadcasting the three strongest stories, transcripts of the
best stories submitted within this period will be published on the Opening Lines programme pages.
The three successful writers will be invited to London for an afternoon in
Broadcasting House and the chance to see their stories recorded. </p><p></p><p><strong>*Writers
who have previously had a story/stories broadcast on network radio or have
substantial writing credits in other areas of radio (e.g. comedy and drama) are
not eligible for this series.</strong></p><p>Further information here:</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tmq5">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tmq5</a><br><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p>
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