Young Podcaster competition launches
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Goldsmiths has launched a new Young Podcaster competition with the winning entry being awarded £500.
Building on the success of the Young Writer and Young Anthropologist competitions, the new prize will give young people more at home with the spoken word the chance to express themselves.
Open to young people between 16 and 18 years-old studying at school or college in the UK, entrants are invited to submit a podcast between three and five minutes long responding to a title set by the competition organiser.
Unlike radio, podcasts provide on demand content that can be listened to at the listener’s convenience. It’s this flexibility that has increased their popularity among a variety of audiences. Ofcom research recently revealed that over a fifth of UK adults listen to podcasts each week, with reach higher among younger people.
The Young Podcaster competition gives young people a chance to express themselves through audio, complementing the existing competitions for young people who are interested in writing. The winner will be awarded with a £500 prize, with a £100 prize for the runner-up.
The Young Podcaster competition is supported by Education and Lifelong Learning in the School of Mind, Body and Society. Undergraduates studying BA Education produce group podcasts around issues that are significant to them as a component of the course. In working up their podcast entries, the young people will get a glimpse of student life.
Podcasts - whether they be educational and informative or entertaining, or both – are a significant part of the media landscape. We’re looking forward to receiving the first-ever entries to the Young Podcaster competition this year, and to finding out how the entrants have creatively responded to the question.
Dr Andrew Wilkins, Head of Programme, BA Education
Young Writer and Young Anthropologist
The Young Writer competition has been running since 2017, offering young people aged 16–18 at school or college in the UK to explore creative writing by inviting them to submit 1,000-word short stories on a certain theme.
Young Writer competition winners in previous years have attended the prize ceremony for the Goldsmiths Prize and had the opportunity to meet winning authors of the Prize which celebrates inventive, mould-breaking novels.
Since 2020, the Young Anthropologist competition has invited 16-18-year-olds who are interested in identity and culture to enter 1,000-word long essays.
The deadline for entries is 17 April 2026. Find out more about the Young Podcaster competition.