Eligibility for this annual playwriting contest is limited to students in the eleventh grade in the U.S. (or international equivalent of the eleventh grade). Each year the jury consists of members of the Princeton University Program in Theater faculty.
Applicants may submit only one play – 10 pages maximum/1 page equals 1 minute. Please note that we cannot provide critical feedback on submissions. Due to the volume of entries, only the winners will be notified.
2020-21 CONTEST INFORMATION
Submissions are closed for the 2020-21 contest.
This year’s judge is acclaimed playwright Jiehae Park (2016-17 Princeton Hodder Fellow), made possible with funding from the Charles John Morris Gwinn and Alfred Hodder Memorial Fund.
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Prizes: First Prize – $500, Second Prize – $250, Third Prize – $100
Congratulations to the 2021 Winners:
1st place: Khan by Kiran Rajagopal
2nd place: It’s Only A Cardboard Moon by Anya Jiménez
3rd place: The Old Man and the Thousand Cranes by Hoonsun Lee
Honorable Mentions:
Big Sky by Miles Gantcher
Nephi by Danju Liu
Tasmanian Devils by Zachary Garfinkle
Things I Think About When We Say Grace by Phoebe Levitsky
Click the titles above to read their prize-winning plays.