Fancy yourself the next Shakespeare? Well good, because applications for the 2016 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and Fellowship are now open to budding young Australian playwrights.
Prizes for the Award and the Fellowship are designed to benefit both emerging and established young pen pushers, with total prize money totalling a whopping $32,500.
The Patrick Wright Playwrights’ Award offers a prize for a full-length unproduced play of any genre, while the Fellowship is a career advancement opportunity for an established Australian playwright.
Futher info on the Award and Fellowship can be found here.
Previous winners of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award include Neil Levi, Debra Thomas and Chris Summers.
Friday November 4is the closing date for entries for both the Award and the Fellowship.