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Industry Awards

Locate plays in our catalogue by awards they have won. Click on an award to see previous winners and to find out more about the award.

ATYP National Young Playwrights' Award A national award from Australian Theatre for Young People

AWGIE Children's Theatre Award The Australian Writers Guild annual awards for excellence...

AWGIE for Community Theatre The Australian Writers Guild annual awards for excellence...

AWGIE Major Award The Australian Writers Guild annual awards for excellence...

AWGIE Music Theatre Award The Australian Writers Guild annual awards for excellence...

AWGIE Radio (Original) Award The Australian Writers Guild annual awards for excellence...

AWGIE Stage Award The Australian Writers Guild annual awards for excellence...

AWGIE Theatre for Young Audiences Award The Australian Writers Guild annual awards for excellence...

George Fairfax Memorial Award Offered every two years in order to encourage a practising theatre artist...

George Landen Dann Award For Queensland Playwrights aged 19-25...

Green Room Award - Best New Australian Play The Green Room Awards seek-out excellence on the Melbourne professional stage.

Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting An annual $10 000 prize offered for an outstanding new Australian play or performance text...

Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work Part of the Helpmann Awards, this one for Best New Australian Work...

Helpmann Award for Best Play Part of the Helpmann Awards, this one for Best Play...

Human Rights Award for Drama Awarded by the Australian Human Rights Comission...

Jill Blewett Playwright's Award Biennial competition for South Australian playwrights...

John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award (USA) The Award was created in 1967 to honor the late John Gassner (1903-1967)...

Kate Challis RAKA Award for Indigenous Playwrights Australias most valuable and prestigious national awards for Indigenous creative artists...

Kit Denton Fellowship To reward courage and excellence in performance writing...

Louis Esson Prize for Drama Part of The Victorian Premier Literary Awards...

Max Afford Award Established to promote interest in Australian drama...

NSW Premier's Literary Awards - Play Award Celebrating the achievement of Australian writers...

Patrick White Playwrights Award The $20 000 cash award is the largest playwright award with a cash prize in Australia...

Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award Awarded each year to a playwright whose work demonstrates an original & compelling theatrical voice...

Playbox Asialink Prize for Bilingual Play Seeks to invigorate Australian playwrighters exploration and engagement with our place in the Asia-Pacific region...

Queensland Premier's Drama Award This unique Award puts Queensland at the forefront of writing development for theatre...

Queensland Theatre Co Young Playwrights' Program Australia’s leading development program for young playwrights...

RE Ross Trust Script Development Award Fosters the Victorian theatre industry by providing support to Victorian-based writers

Richard Wherrett Award for Excellence in Playwriting Winner must have also been nominated for an AWGIE...

Rodney Seaborn Playwright's Award An annual award of $10 000 for the development of a script or project proposal in theatre...

Samuel Weisberg Award for Playwriting Administered by Saltpillar Theatre...

Short and Sweet Festival Short+Sweet is the biggest festival of ten minute theatre in the world!

St Martin's Young Playwrights Award Competition for young playwrights....

Sydney Theatre Awards - Best new Australian Work A range of awards, this one for best new Australian work...

The Matilda Award for Best Playwright Matilda Awards for excellence in theatre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Victorian Premiers Awards - Best Musical Script A key element in the Victorian Government's commitment to raising the profile of creative writing...

Wal Cherry Best Unproduced Play of the Year Given annually for new Australian playwrighting...

Western Australian Premier's Award WA Premier Book Award - Scripts...