John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award (USA)
The Award was created in 1967 to honor the late John Gassner (1903-1967)...
The John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award Competition fosters new playwrights and scripts through this important competition established by Molly Gassner, wife of theatre historian John Gassner.
The Award was created in 1967 to honor the late John Gassner (1903-1967) for his lifetime dedication to all aspects of professional and academic theatre. Two cash prizes will be awarded: First Prize of $1000, and Second Prize of $500. The judges may withhold prizes if in their opinion no play merits the award. Only full-length scripts are accepted. A staged reading of the prize-winning scripts, or of selected scenes from those scripts followed by a discussion, may be given at the annual NETC Convention in November or on another occasion.
Past winners
2006 ENOLA GAY by David Blackman