2023 Teen Short Radio Drama Winners

Congratulation to all of the amazingly creative, teen radio drama producers who wowed the experienced literary, theatrical and radio producer judges with their five-minute original audio productions. Access Sacramento applauds ALL of the contestants for their productions.

Here are the short dramas that rose to the top of the field and will air on Access Sacramento’s non-profit public access low-frequency radio station, KUBU 96.5 LF-FM (where you can be you!), and here in the LISTEN section of this website at 3 pm on Sunday, May 28th, 2023. Can’t wait to hear these new creatives’ work!  Once they have aired, the top three radio plays will be posted to this page for your listening pleasure.

2023 Winners

First Place: “Galactic Crisis”  by Aston Lee, Gia Le, Toby Vang & Jose Coronado

Second Place: “The New Student”  by Raynell Lone, Shuda Huang, Andy Shen, Juwen Liang

Third Place: “Behind the Mask”  by Justin Sam, Jazmyn Williams, Keira Vue, Eren Washington

These Creative Merit Award winning radio dramas will also air in the May 28th KUBU show:

“You Should Have Listened” by Daniel Vang, Elijah Lee, Kayla Pham, with guest voice artist Jose Saldana

“Subject 13” by Saul Castillo, Joshua Robinson, Anthony Holman, with guest voice artist Kyle Yang

“Into the Woods” by Georgia Spore, Eshana Singh, Aveline Inness

“The Callous Callus” by Joseph “JoJo” Johnson

“Rocky Reunion” by Becky Vue, Suda Huang

“Food Fight” by Jaeco Tiongson, Efren Martin, Roberto Martin, Aaron Morales-Hernandez

“A Rough Night at Long John’s” by Jacob Lau, Noah Yang, Kyle Nguyen, Christina Rodriquez Carrillo