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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Queensland Premier's Literary Award - Best Drama Awarded by the Queensland premier...

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...

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

The Richard Burton Award for New Plays To celebrate the illustrious career of one of the great stars of the silver screen, Sally Burton and her company Onward Production in association with Black Swan have created a major playwriting initiative, The Richard Burton Award for New Plays.

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

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