# Nesta launches £15,000 prize for new forms of storytelling

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/10/24/nesta-launches-15000-prize-for-new-forms-of-storytelling/
- Published: 2019-10-24T09:36:57+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Nesta has launched Alternarratives, an open prize for writers and creatives to
explore new ways of using short-form narrative to engage young people with reading
and storytelling.**

[Nesta](https://www.nesta.org.uk) is making the £15,000 prize available to the best
example of innovative accessible short-form storytelling for young people (aged 
11-16/KS3 and 4). Entries should be consumable in less than ten minutes on a readily
available platform such as a mobile phone or a tablet, although entries do not have
to be digital.

[Alternarratives](https://www.nesta.org.uk/project/alternarratives) is officially
launching at Nesta’s FutureFest Lates event at the Barbican Conservatory in London
today, (Thursday 24 October). The event, titled ‘The Future of Storytelling’, will
feature contributions from writer and critic Olivia Laing, sci-fi author Stephen
Oram, artist and performer David Finnigan and games developer Chella Ramanan.

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The prize closes to initial entries on 13 January 2020, with entries longlisted 
for an R&D bursary by a panel of young people. Nesta will then work with longlisted
entrants to develop and finalise their projects before the winner is selected with
an expert panel and announced in June 2020.

Rachael Bull, Alternarratives Programme Manager, said:

> “Stories are a key part of how people understand and build the world around them–
> from fact to fiction, books to films, these experiences become touch stones throughout
> our lives. Even in traditional form, a brilliant short story can be a completely
> unforgettable immersive experience. Technology has radically changed our interaction
> with stories, from the extended narrative form of streaming television and story-
> led video games that draw us further into their worlds than ever before, even 
> to the point where we’re shaping them ourselves.
> “We can’t wait to see entries from writers and creatives who welcome this opportunity
> to develop bold ideas into ground-breaking content, which we hope will engage 
> a whole generation of readers with a new iteration of a time-honoured form.”

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