TCF Award Recipients

You Didn't See Nothin

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Serialized Story Award, selected by Final Round Judges Arlie Adlington, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Lisa Pollak, and Elena Rivera.

Atsimenu jo žvilgsnį. Istorija apie karį ir migrantą (I Remember His Look. The Story of a Soldier and a Migrant)

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Gold Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.

The 11th: His Saturn Return

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Directors' Choice Award, selected by the Third Coast International Audio Festival 2022-23 Listening Team.

Freedom Diving

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Bronze Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.

'It started in the fourth grade building'

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best News Feature Award, selected by Final Round Judges Katherine Nagasawa, Habiba Nosheen, and Richard Yeh.

Life Partners

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best New Artist Award, selected by Final Round Judges Erisa Apantaku, Axel Kacoutié, and Alice Wilder.

The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt

Jay Thunderbolt's business card is a little mysterious. It reads, "Thunderbolt - Party Naked" and gives a phone number.

The Ring & I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania

The grandeur and power of Wagner's monumental work, The Ring Cycle, has permeated our culture to the point that "Wagnerian" is used as an adjective.

I dream of rattlesnakes

A contemplation of the return of rattlesnakes to Massachusetts.

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election, Radio Diaries produced this five-part series featuring newly discovered archival tape of Nelson Mandela, his supporters, and detractors.

Red White & Bruised

2012 ShortDocs Winner! Don Floyd looks back on his life of eighty years, after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.

Remembering Andrew

On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into Miami-Dade County changing the landscape of South Florida forever.

The Living Room

Diane's new neighbors never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship.

Teen Contender

Sixteen-year-old Claressa Shields has a dream, to be at the 2012 Olympic finals and hear the announcer call out, "The first woman Olympian boxer at 165 pounds - Claressa Shields!"

Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms

Days after his 21st birthday, Noel Anaya had one final hearing before aging out of California’s foster care system, and he didn’t want to go through it alone.

The Accidental Gay Parents, Episode 5

After adopting their niece and nephew, Trystan -- a transgender man -- tells his partner Biff that he wants to expand their family and conceive a baby together. Which they do.

Heavyweight: Gregor

20 years ago, Gregor lent some CDs to a musician friend. The CDs helped make him a famous rockstar.

The Traffic Stop

On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by Officer Jeronimo Yanez for a broken brake light. 74 seconds later, Yanez fired seven shots.

Leaving a Mark

Emily Hsiao reads a Craigslist post about a man who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes to meet him.

2014
13:14
Emily Hsiao

Fault Line

Kevin (not his real name) is a likable guy who lives with his wife in New Jersey. And he's on probation after serving time in a federal prison for committing a disturbing crime.

2014
24:14
Jad Abumrad
Pat Walters

Burma’s Rohingya: Easy Prey for Traffickers

Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim population is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.

Children of Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah is a hellish place in Accra, Ghana, where children eke out a living on a scrap heap of discarded computers that the West no longer needs.