Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition
Literary award presented by Queens University
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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]
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
| Year | Playwright | Play | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Brian Drader | The Norbals | Winner | [2] |
| Richard Sanger | Two Words for Snow | Second Prize | [2] | |
| Hiro Kanagawa | Slants | Third Prize | ||
| 1999 | Greg Nelson | North | Winner | [3] |
| Robert Fothergill | Borderline | Second Prize | ||
| Michael MacLennan | The Shooting Stage | Third Prize | [4] | |
| 2001 | Michael MacLennan | Last Romantics | Winner | [5] |
| Kent Stetson | New Arcadia | Second Prize | [5] | |
| Sharon Cavanagh | Mr. Outplacement | Third Prize | ||
| 2003 | Jason Hall | Eyes Catch Fire | Winner | [6] |
| Laurie Fyffe | The Malaysia Hotel | Second Prize | ||
| 2005 | Florence Gibson MacDonald | Missing | Winner | |
| Emma C. Roberts | Excellence, Ontario | Second Prize | ||
| 2007 | Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman | Scratch | Winner | [7] |
| Kevin Loring | Where the Blood Mixes | Second Prize | [8] | |
| 2009 | David Egan | Tom's-a-Cold | Winner | |
| Donna-Michelle St. Bernard | Gas Girls | Second Prize | [9] | |
| 2011 | David James Brock | Wet | Winner | [10] |
| David Egan | Yuri Gagarin Dreams of God | Second Prize | ||
| 2013 | Jordan Tannahill | Late Company | Winner | [11] |
| Jessica Moss | Next to Him | Second Prize | ||
| 2015 | Norman Yeung | Theory | Winner | |
| Len Falkenstein | Lac/Athabasca | Second Prize | ||
| 2017 | Michael Kras | The Team | Winner | [12] |
| Brian Drader | Happy | Second Prize | [12] | |
| 2019 | Damian Tarnopolsky | The Defence | Winner | [13] |
| Marc-André Blanchard | The Brothers Gentle | Second Prize | [13] | |
| 2021 | Jennifer Walton | Gunplay (After the Gun Goes Off) | Winner | |
| Zahida Rahemtulla | The Frontliners | Second Prize | ||
| 2023 | Brandon Zang | Ah Wing and the Automaton Eagle | Winner | |
| Alexander Steele Zonjic | Community Standards or (Move Fast and Break Things) | Second Prize |