Now that this year’s submissions for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting have closed, the award organisers tell us that they have received 1002 entries, which is amazing.
What is also amazing is that this prize is the very first which celebrating and championing female and non-binary playwrights in the UK and Ireland.
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is open to writers who are female or non-binary, aged sixteen or older, and resident in the UK, Republic of Ireland or in a British Overseas Territory, or have a British Forces Post Office address.
The winner receives £12,000 and a full production of their play.
A longlist will be produced in October, a shortlist/ finalists in November, and the winner announced in mid-December.
We look forward to the shortlist, and remember- its never too early to start thinking about your script for next year’s prize!
Submissions for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting are closing soon!
Astonishingly, it is the very first prize celebrating and championing female and non-binary playwrights in the UK and Ireland.
Submit your full-length play before 5pm on Monday 17th April for the opportunity to win £12,000 and a full production of your play.
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is open to writers who are female or non-binary, aged sixteen or older, and resident in the UK, Republic of Ireland or in a British Overseas Territory, or have a British Forces Post Office address.
After the applications close, a longlist will be produced in October, a shortlist/ finalists in November, and the winner announced in mid-December.
Wishing every applicant a satisfying and enriching experience!
You can find out more and access the entry forms here
Submissions for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting are now open!
Astonishingly, it is the very first prize celebrating and championing female and non-binary playwrights in the UK and Ireland.
Submit your full-length play before 5pm on Monday 17th April for the opportunity to win £12,000 and a full production of your play.
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is open to writers who are female or non-binary, aged sixteen or older, and resident in the UK, Republic of Ireland or in a British Overseas Territory, or have a British Forces Post Office address.
After the applications close, a longlist will be produced in October, a shortlist/ finalists in November, and the winner announced in mid-December.
Wishing every applicant a satisfying and enriching experience!
You can find out more and access the entry forms here
Established and just announced by the Original Theatre Company, the Originals Playwriting Award is the UK’s latest national competition for playwriting. It is a search for compellingly well-told stories capable of entertaining a wide audience. They’re looking for theatre scripts that have not yet been produced, by all UK-based writers who identify as being at the outset of their careers and would benefit from this platform.
They will award four plays with a cash prize and a script-in-hand performance filmed and streamed live by North South in front of a live studio audience at London’s iconic theatre and television hub, Riverside Studios. The winning play will receive an enhanced cash prize and the potential of a full stage production by Original Theatre.
Submissions for the Originals Playwriting Award are open until Monday 9 May 2022 10:00am.
Here is a quick look at the headline entry requirements:
Your play should not have been previously produced/performed
Your play is written to be performed by 4 actors or less
Your play should be no longer than 70 minutes in performance
You consider yourself to be at the outset of a professional playwrighting career and believe that this award would be transformative.
For further information and full entry requirements please click here
What the heck is ETPEP you may rightly ask. Well, it stands for The Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Award.
It is run by the Finborough Theatre in association with the Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Trust (ETPEP).
If you have worked in theatre for 2+ years, live in the UK & have never had a play you’ve written professionally produced, you could win £8,000 & a developed reading of your play at the Finborough Theatre.
The ETPEP Award’s purpose is to find and nurture a playwright who has worked in theatre for two years or more (but not in a literary department setting or as a paid script reader), who is looking to further their ambitions and skill in the art and craft of playwriting.
The ETPEP Award 2022 is open to UK residents of any age who have not had a play professionally produced, and who have worked front of house, in administrative roles, on stage, backstage, lighting, design etc. or in a creative capacity in theatre for at least two years, either now or in the past.
The award is intended to target and encourage those who are currently working or have worked in theatre but who are new to playwriting, and therefore, the Award is not open to those who have worked in any capacity in a literary department, a literary agency, theatre critics, or those who ever have undertaken paid script reading work.
There will be ten runner-up prizes of £400 each.
The judges for the 2022 Award will include Artistic Director of the Finborough Theatre and playwright Neil McPherson; Literary Manager of the Finborough Theatre and playwright Sue Healy; producer Ameena Hamid; actor, playwright and activist Athena Stevens; and Clive Webster of the Experienced Theatre Practitioners Early Playwriting Trust, which founded the award.
Before entering you should study the full submission guidelines, which can be seen via the link below. Closing date for applications is Saturday 30th April 2022.
Find out full information and application detailshere
