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Anonymity and your entry

Here’s why you need to make sure any identifying details DO NOT appear anywhere on your submission… On its launch in 2005 the Bruntwood Prize…


We chat with How My Light is Spent writer Alan Harris

It’s taken me a long time to write HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT. I’m talking years here; it’s has been a mixture of persistence and…


Anna Jordan on script readers: Make their hearts sing, not sink.

Script readers are the unsung heroes of playwriting competitions. Bruntwood has three phases of reading before the longlist of 100 plays is chosen. In 2015…


The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting International Workshop- Delhi

Join us for the first of our three exciting international workshops on Saturday 8th April at 1.30pm BST with playwright and theatre director Abhishek Majumdar. As…


Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2025 – Rules and Criteria in BSL

With great thanks to Lizzie Wharton, NRCPD Registered Sign Language Interpreter ID: 1000120.


Katherine Soper – One Year On

Katherine Soper wrote her Bruntwood Prize winning play ‘Wish List’ as her dissertation play at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. We caught up…


A series of free live online writing workshops

We’re pleased to announce our 2017 live online workshop programme, and for the first time we will offer three international workshops in Australia, India and…


Writing Provocations

Over the 2017 submission window (deadline 6pm June 5th!) writers, directors and theatre makers have shared their tips to inspire your entry to the 2017 Bruntwood Prize – including seven…