Robert Chesley Award

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The Robert Chesley Award was an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour drama works by playwrights in the LGBT community. First presented in 1994, the award was named in memory of playwright Robert Chesley. [1] The award was discontinued in 2008.

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Winners

Award winners [2]
YearCategoryRecipientRef.
1994Lifetime Achievement Doric Wilson
Playwriting Lisa Kron
1995Playwriting Victor Lodato
1996Lifetime Achievement Robert Patrick
Susan Miller
1997Playwriting Paula Vogel
1998Playwriting Chay Yew
1999Playwriting Madeleine Olnek
2000Playwriting Jeff Weiss
2001Lifetime Achievement María Irene Fornés
2002Emerging Talent Christopher Shinn [3]
Shelia Callaghan [3]
2003Playwriting Rev. Alvin Carmines, Jr.
H.M. Koutoukas
2004Playwriting Rebecca Ranson
Jane Shepard
2005Emerging Playwright Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas
Lifetime Achievement Michael Kearns
2006Playwriting Kathleen Warnock [4]
Megan Terry [4]
2007Emerging Playwright Chris Weikel [5]
Lifetime Achievement Eric Bentley [5]

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References

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