The Third Coast Festival also runs a shortform audio competition called Radio Ephemera.
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/shortdocs_2008_archive_about_RE.asp

Entries can be documentary or fiction, or a hybrid of the two. And there seems to be a trip to Chicago for the winners...

The Third Coast Festival (www.thirdcoastfestival.org/) is held annually in Chicago to celebrate and showcase all forms of audio work.

They've commissioned five short "phone plays" which are well worth a listen at http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/audio_library.asp

More info on the plays:
WAIT FOR THE BEEP
A collaboration with Steppenwolf Theatre to create a
series of mysterious "phone plays"

Imagine this scenario: A cell phone rings and the owner is no where in sight...
so you pick it up. You see that there are unheard messages and, driven by curiosity,

Thomas Lopez of ZBS, an American outfit specialising in making audio drama, has just finished a set of 50 "2 Minute Film Noirs".

They're very high quality and highly entertaining, conjuring up rainy streets, neon signs and dames who aren't quite what they appear.

Here are a few as an appetiser:
http://www.zbs.org/Film_Noir_for_Blogs/01%20Chez%20Tootsie.mp3

http://www.zbs.org/Film_Noir_for_Blogs/03%20Barking%20Guns%20&%20Dancing...

http://www.zbs.org/Film_Noir_for_Blogs/04%20A%20Big%20Sack%20of%20Wind.m...