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Registration for Short Dox Radio is open


Short Dox Radio is the competition to find the best short audio documentary in Sweden! It is aimed at both those who are established in the radio or podcast industry and those who want to explore storytelling in audio.

The winning entry will receive SEK 5 000 and benefit from the studio and producer time at Munck Studios to realise their next audio documentary. The nominated entries will be screened at Tempo Documentary Festival March 4-10, 2024 and the winner will be directly qualified for the Nordic ShortDox competition.

The prize is established by Bengt Bok, professor at SKH, together with Tempo Documentary Festival. The partner is Munck Studios.

How to submit your contribution:

The documentary must be a maximum of 3 minutes long.
The contribution is emailed to radio@tempofestival.se. Write SHORT DOX RADIO in the subject line.
The file should be in wav format and named after the entry.
You can submit several different entries to the competition.

The deadline is January 15, 2024.


Click here to be inspired by last year’s finalists!

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