Find out about previous winners below
2023
Winner:
The EU Killed My Dad by Aaron Kilercioglu
Runner-up:
next door by Elise van Lil
Shortlist:
Creation Myth by Elin Caracoglia
A Bouffon Play About Hong Kong by Isabella Leung
Persona by Héctor Manchego
Hong Kong Tragedy by Jingan Young
Longlist:
Mad Women by Constanza Hola Chamy
Nhaka (Inheritance) by Mandi Chivasa
Black Sands by Freda
Windswept by Katherine Kerman
Scarlet Underground by Caroline Lezny
Mount View Road by Yaz Nin
Judging Panel:
Hannah Khalil (playwright)
Sharmilla Beezmohun (publisher)
Karina Wiedman (writer and actor)
Annabel Nugent (journalist on the culture desk of The Independent)
Nadia Cavelle (writer, filmmaker and actor)
Gabriele Uboldi (playwright and producer at Jermyn Street Theatre)
2022
Winner:
The Anarchist by Karina Wiedman
Runner-up:
Unburied by Jimin Suh
Shortlist:
The Dead Box by DHW Mildon
Coconut Republic by Butshilo Nleya
The Waiting Room by Akshay Sharan
Tikkun Olam by Teunkie van der Sluijs
Judging Panel:
Maria Aberg (director and Artistic Director, PROJEKT EUROPA)
Ebenezer Bamgboye (Carne Deputy Director, Jermyn Street Theatre)
Jatinder Verma (director and writer, formerly of Tara Arts)
Ameera Conrad (Associate Director, Actors’ Touring Company)
Timberlake Wertenbaker (Playwright)
Arifa Akbar (lead theatre critic, The Guardian)
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