2013 TC/RHDF Competition Winners

Behold! The 2013 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition winners - a most stellar batch of radio documentaries from around the world.

BEST DOCUMENTARY: GOLD AWARD

Harper High School (USA)

by Ben Calhoun, Linda Lutton and Alex Kotlowitz, with producer and editor Julie Snyder, co-producer Robyn Semien and editor Ira Glass for This American Life

BEST DOCUMENTARY: SILVER AWARD

Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (USA)

by Tim Howard with editor Jad Abumrad, for WNYC's Radiolab podcast

BEST DOCUMENTARY: BRONZE AWARD

Remembering Andrew (USA)

by Kenny Malone, Alicia Zuckerman, Dan Grech, Sammy Mack and Trina Sargalski for WLRN-Miami Herald News

BEST DOCUMENTARY: HONORABLE MENTION

No Greater Love (UK)

by Cathy FitzGerald and Matt Thompson for Rockethouse Productions and BBC World Service

BEST DOCUMENTARY: HONORABLE MENTION

Jack and Ellen (USA)

by Mooj Zadie, Brendan Baker and Nick van der Kolk for Love + Radio

DIRECTORS' CHOICE AWARD

Keep Them Guessing (AUS)

by Jesse Cox with sound engineer Russell Stapleton and supervising producer Claudia Taranto, for ABC Radio National's 360documentaries

BEST NEW ARTIST AWARD

Parts of Speech (USA)

by Emily Kwong for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

RADIO IMPACT AWARD

The Modern Day Scarlet Letter A (USA)

by Temitayo Fagbenle and Courtney Stein, with editor Marianne McCune for WNYC's Radio Rookies

BEST NEWS FEATURE

Woman Emerges from the Dark (USA)

by Marianne McCune with editor Karen Frillmann for WNYC Radio

This year's winners receive cash awards of $1000 - $4000 and a license for Hindenburg Journalist Pro editing software. They'll also take home beautifully crafted, sound-emitting awards that resemble vintage radios, designed and built by Michael Chupich of Trek Studios with design consultation by Richard H. Driehaus.

Winners will also be heard by a national audience this fall in Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, distributed by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).