Griffin Award

Griffin Award

The Griffin Award is an annual $10,000 prize offered for an outstanding new Australian play or performance text.

Now in its 12th year, the Griffin Award celebrates the bright future of Australian drama. More than 100 nominations were received from every state in 2008.

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Thanks to the generosity of Griffin's Principal Sponsor, PKF Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers, in addition to the cash prize, the winner of the 2009 Griffin Award will also receive a brand new laptop computer.

Griffin Award Honour Board

1998 Catherine Zimdahl Clark in Sarajevo
1999 Neil Cole Alive at Williamstown Pier
2000 Ian Wilding Below
2001 Verity Laughton Burning
2002 Noelle Janacsewska Songket and Patrick Van der Werf Presence.
2003 Brendan Cowell Rabbit
2004 Debra Oswald Mr Bailey's Minder
2005 Ian Wilding The Carnivores
2006 Mary Rachel Brown Australian Gothic

2007 Damien Millar Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures

2008 Rick Veide Whore

 

Griffin Award Entry Details

The Griffin Award recognizes an outstanding play or performance text that displays an authentic, inventive and contemporary voice.

 

Plays or performance texts submitted may be original ideas or adaptations from other forms.

 

The Griffin Literary Office will assess the entries and prepare a shortlist that will be submitted to a judging panel of industry leaders to select the winner.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

Playwrights may submit one (1) script for consideration.

To be eligible plays must be:
a) at least 60 minutes in length
b) unproduced and unpublished
c) unencumbered by agreements for future production or publication
d) not previously submitted for the Griffin Award
e) Playwrights must be citizens of Australia or resident in Australia for at least 12 months prior to the Award closing date.

While all reasonable care will be taken with works submitted, no responsibility can be taken for loss of material received.

The decision of the judging panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

The work must be submitted in hard-copy form, delivered to the Griffin office.

No material will be returned.

Griffin shall have world-wide first right of refusal to produce the winning play for a period of 12 months following announcement of the winner.

TO ENTER: Print out and complete the Griffin Award Entry Form above and send it in with your script to:

Lee Lewis

Associate Director/Literary Advisor
Griffin Theatre Company
13 Craigend Street
Kings Cross NSW 2011

Entries close 4:00pm, Friday 3 April, 2009

If you have further queries about the Griffin Award, please contact Lee Lewis in the Griffin office or via email literary@griffintheatre.com.au