ShortDocs

Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced in response to a prompt from Third Coast for the ShortDocs Competition, hosted between 2003 and 2016. Each year ushered in a new set of rules, new creative partners, and ever-more magical results.

Presenting the 2008 TCF ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera

For the 2008 TCF ShortDocs Challenge, the TCF joined forces with the Prelinger Library, a one-of-a-kind collection of books, periodicals, and more, running the gamut from the concrete and tangible to the abstract and etherized.

2008
01:22:48

Presenting the 2007 TCF ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys

For the 2007 ShortDocs Challenge, the Third Coast was inspired by and collaborated with the Dollar Store Show - a regular reading and performance series in Chicago.

2007
57:27

Presenting the 2006 TCF ShortDocs: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story

For the 2006 ShortDocs Challenge, the Third Coast was inspired by and collaborated with cartoonist and illustrator Matt Madden.

Presenting the 2005 TCF ShortDocs -- Stories About Games

For the 2005 ShortDocs Challenge, we asked producers to submit ideas for stories about "games."

2005
01:28:08

Into the Darkness: Presenting the 2004 TCF ShortDocs

For the 2004 ShortDocs Challenge, we asked producers to submit ideas for stories about "darkness."

2004
01:27:17

Variations on a Thirst: Presenting the 2003 TCF ShortDocs

In 2003 the TCF introduced our "ShortDocs", by inviting producersto submit written proposals for radio stories (five to seven minutes in length) about a single topic - 'thirst'.

2003
01:02:50