Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition

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The Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition is a biennial literary award, presented by Queen's University to plays by Canadian playwrights. [1] The award was created in 1997, funded by a bequest to the university by the late playwright Herman Voaden. [1]

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The competition awards a first prize of $3,000 and a second prize of $2,000. In addition to the cash prizes, both the first and second prize winners receive workshop productions of their play at the Thousand Islands Playhouse. [1] Honourable mentions are also given.

Winners

YearPlaywrightPlayResultRef.
1997 Brian Drader The NorbalsWinner [2]
Richard Sanger Two Words for SnowSecond Prize [2]
Hiro Kanagawa SlantsThird Prize
1999 Greg Nelson NorthWinner [3]
Robert Fothergill BorderlineSecond Prize
Michael MacLennan The Shooting StageThird Prize [4]
2001 Michael MacLennan Last RomanticsWinner [5]
Kent Stetson New ArcadiaSecond Prize [5]
Sharon Cavanagh Mr. OutplacementThird Prize
2003 Jason Hall Eyes Catch FireWinner [6]
Laurie Fyffe The Malaysia HotelSecond Prize
2005 Florence Gibson MacDonald MissingWinner
Emma C. Roberts Excellence, OntarioSecond Prize
2007 Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman ScratchWinner [7]
Kevin Loring Where the Blood MixesSecond Prize [8]
2009 David Egan Tom's-a-ColdWinner
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard Gas GirlsSecond Prize [9]
2011 David James Brock WetWinner [10]
David Egan Yuri Gagarin Dreams of GodSecond Prize
2013 Jordan Tannahill Late CompanyWinner [11]
Jessica Moss Next to HimSecond Prize
2015 Norman Yeung TheoryWinner
Len Falkenstein Lac/AthabascaSecond Prize
2017 Michael Kras The TeamWinner [12]
Brian Drader HappySecond Prize [12]
2019 Damian Tarnopolsky The DefenceWinner [13]
Marc-André Blanchard The Brothers GentleSecond Prize [13]
2021 Jennifer Walton Gunplay (After the Gun Goes Off)Winner
Zahida Rahemtulla The FrontlinersSecond Prize
2023 Brandon Zang Ah Wing and the Automaton EagleWinner
Alexander Steele Zonjic Community Standards or (Move Fast and Break Things)Second Prize

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Workshops focus on two winning plays". Kingston Whig-Standard , August 16, 1997.
  2. 1 2 "Playwriting contest winners announced". Kingston Whig-Standard , May 6, 1997.
  3. ↑ Anne Nothof, "Nelson, Greg". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, July 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ "What happens when the Shaw meets gay theatre?". National Post , December 11, 1999.
  5. 1 2 "Voaden playwriting winners announced". Kingston Whig-Standard , June 9, 2001.
  6. ↑ "Queen's grad wins playwriting prize". Kingston Whig-Standard , September 25, 2003.
  7. ↑ "A matter of lice and death". The Globe and Mail , October 14, 2008.
  8. ↑ "The classes and the damage done". The Globe and Mail , June 2, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Preview: Gas Girls". Now , November 4, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Intense, immersive Wet plunges you into postwar trauma". The Georgia Straight , May 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ "The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Late Company". The Georgia Straight , November 13, 2014.
  12. 1 2 Peter Hendra, "Film festival celebrates the great outdoors". Kingston Whig-Standard , January 19, 2018.
  13. 1 2 Peter Hendra, "Plenty of plays taking place in the city this week". Kingston Whig-Standard , July 26, 2019.
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