Competition Awards

2017 (PLAYWRITING)

• First Prize ($3,000)
  James Robert-Moore, of London, U.K., for Posterboy (Based on the Autobiography “Out in the Army”)

• Second Prize ($1,500)
  Raquel Almazan, of New York City, for La Paloma Prisoner
  Ben Noble, of Northcote, Victoria, Australia, for Member

• Honorable Mention ($500)
  Christina Quintana, of New York City, for Azul
  Jack Rushen, of Stratford, Connecticut, for Taming the Lion
  Mark Saltzman, of Studio City, California, for Falling for Make Believe: The Life and Songs of Lorenz Hart

2016 (PLAYWRITING) 

• First prize ($3,000)
  Donja R. Love of Jersey City, N.J., for Sugar in Our Wounds
• Second prize ($1,500)
  Sevan K. Greene of New York, N.Y. for The House of In Between
• Honorable Mention ($500 each)
  Daniel Loftman Hurewitz of Brooklyn, N.Y., for Reclamation
  T. Berto, of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, for ROW
  Will Snider of Del Mar., Calif., for Strange Men
  Lachlan Philpott of Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia, for The Trouble with Harry

2015 (PLAYWRITING) 

• First prize ($3,000)
  Cody Daigle of Willington, Conn., for The Bottom of the Sea

• Second prize (tie) ($1,500 each)
  Edward Einhorn of New York, N.Y. for The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein
  Norman Allen of Washington, D.C., for The Operators

• Honorable Mention ($500 each)
  Christopher Bryant of Melbourne, Australia, for The Mutant Man
  JJ Buechner of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for Chasing Charles
  Charles Leipart of New York, N.Y., for A Kind of Marriage
  Amanda Padoan of Gava, Catalunya, for One Very Long Moment

2014 (PLAYWRITING)

• First Prize ($3,000)
  Jen Silverman of Queens, N.Y., for The Dangerous House of Pretty Mbane

• Second Prize (tie) ($1,500 each)
  Susan Miller of New York, N.Y., for Average American
  Robert Matson of Edmond, Okla., for Mr. and Mister

• Honorable Mention ($500 each)
  Hal Corley of Summit, N.J., for Married North
  Hansol Jung of Shelton, Conn., for Cardboard Piano
  A. Rey Pamatmat of Queens, N.Y., for Pure

2013 (PLAYWRITING)

• First Prize ($3,000)
  Donald Jolly of Los Angeles, Calif., for bonded

• Second Prize ($1,500)
  Christina Hulen of Eagle Rock, Calif., for Sweetwater

• Honorable Mentions ($500 each)
  Eric Anderson of Honomu, Hawaii, for Back Porch
  Philip Gerson of Studio City, Calif., for Jumping Blind
  Dipika Guha of New Haven, Conn., for Herculine and Lola
  Chris Payne of New York, N.Y., for Somebody’s Son
  Topher Payne of Atlanta, Ga., for Perfect Arrangement

2008/2009 (PLAYWRITING)

• $800 awards
  William di Canzio of Drexel Hill, Pa., for Dolby
  James McLinden of Northampton, Mass., for For Unto Us

• $100 awards
  William Deacon and Timothy Constant of Costa Mesa, Calif., for And Flights of Angels Sing Thee
  Mike Folie of Congers, New York, for Alfred Kinsey: A Love Story
  David Leddy of Glasgow, Scotland, for Faction
  Gene Franklin Smith of Pacific Palisades, Calif., for Boise, USA

2007 (SHORT FICTION AND DRAMA)

• $1,000 awards
  Robert Askins of New York, N.Y., for Clean Living
  Diana Star Helmer and Thomas S. Owens of Perry, Iowa, for Morty’s Mother Marched
  Tracy Wynn of Concord, Mass., for “Mrs. Somebody Somebody”

2006 (FULL-LENGTH FICTION)

• $2,000 award
  Merlyn A. Hermes of Portland, Ore., for The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet

• $1,000 awards
  Joy Shayne Laughter of Seattle, Wash., for Yu
  Dick Wagenaar of Newburgh, N.Y., for Koryo

• $500 award
  M. M. DeVoe of New York, N.Y., for Burn in Our Hearts

 2005 (PLAYWRITING)

• $1,000 awards
  David Brendan Hopes of Asheville, N.C., for St. Patrick’s Well
  David Alan Moore of Chicago, Ill., for In Times of War

• $500 award
  Jordan Harrison of Bainbridge Island, Wash., for Act a Lady

• $250 awards
  Anton Dudley of Brooklyn, New York, for The Lake’s End
  Brian Quirk of New York, N.Y., for Mapplethorpe: The Opening
  Brian Sloan of New York, N.Y., for WTC View
  James Still of Venice, Calif., for Iron Kisses

 2004 (SHORT FICTION AND DRAMA)

• $1,000 awards
  Quiara Alegria Hudes of New York, N.Y., for “Stargazers”
  Dennis Jordan of New York, N.Y., for “Sweet Jerome”
  C. Kevin Smith of Big Sur, Calif., for “Not the Last of the Mohicans”

• $500 awards
  Joel A. Nichols of Philadelphia, Pa., for “Angels on Water”
  Wendell Ricketts of San Francisco, Calif., for “Speedos and a Sweatshirt”

• $250 awards
  Donna Barr of Bremerton, Wash., for “A Good Example”
  Carolyn Gage of Portland, Maine, for Entr’acte
  Veronica Holtz of Philadelphia, Pa., for “A Respectful Distance”
  Neil Ellis Orts of Houston, Tex., for “Men Dancing”
  Donald Yonker of New York, N.Y., for “Everything I Know I Learned from Musical Comedy”

 2003 (FULL-LENGTH FICTION)

• $1,500 awards
  Chip Livingston of New York, N.Y., for Owls Don’t Have to Mean Death
  Raymond Luczak of New York, N.Y., for Men with Their Hands

• $500 award
  William E. James Jr. of Ypsilanti, Mich., for Gullah Jac’s Machete

• Honorable mention
  Martha Miller of Springfield, Ill., for Tales from the Levee

 2002 (PLAYWRITING)

• $1,000 awards
  Joe Byers of Brookline, Mass., for Shakerman
  David Johnston of New York, N.Y., for Candy & Dorothy
  R. L. Nesvet of Bethesda, Md., for The Shape Shifter

• $500 awards
  donnarkevic of Philippi, W.V., for The Interview
  David F. Smith of Lakewood Ranch, Fla., for Grace

• Honorable mentions
  Patti Aldredge of Houston, Tex., for Shadow and Substance
  Jorje Ignacio Cortiñas of Jackson Heights, N.Y., for Blind Mouth Ditch
  Barbara Kahn and Jay Kerr of New York, N.Y., for War Bonds
  Lesléa Newman of Northampton, Mass., for A Letter to Harvey Milk
  Steve Willis of Greensboro, N.C., for Passing Ceremonies

 2001 (SHORT STORIES)

• Jobert Abueva of New Hope, Pa., for “Postmortem”
• Edward M. Cohen of West Park, N.Y., for “Birth of the Revolution”
• Bev Jafek of Astoria, N.Y., for “The Death of Sappho”
• Michael Ketterer of Villa Hills, Ky., for “I, Patroclus”
• Chip Livingston of St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for “Owls”

 2000 (FULL-LENGTH FICTION)

• Gloria Duran of St. Petersburg, Fla., for Catalina, My Father
• Harlan M. Greene of Charleston, S.C., for The Lost Light
• Carlyle Johnson of Carrollton, Ga., for Love Comes to King James
• Maida Tilchen of Somerville, Mass., for Land Beyond Maps

1999 (PLAYWRITING)

• Mike Ambrose of Washington, D.C., for Dearboy’s War
• Dee Jae Cox of North Hollywood, Calif., for Letters Home
• Tom Oliver Crehore of New York, N.Y., for Private Varnish
• Michael R. Murphy of San Francisco, Calif., for Lions on the Nile
• Leigh Silverman of New York, N.Y., for Brandon Teena

 1998 (SHORT STORIES)

• John P. Parker of San Diego, Calif., for “A Byzantine Noble in Exile Writing Verses”
• John Weston of Lake Oswego, Ore., for “Moment of Being”
• Julia Willis of Quincy, Mass., for “Lillian”

 1997 (FULL-LENGTH FICTION)

• Jameson Currier of New York, N.Y., for Where the Rainbow Ends
• Jay Johnson of San Francisco, Calif., for Bluejacket
• Toby Johnson and Walter Williams of Conifer, Colo., for Two Spirits

 1996 (PLAYWRITING)

• Carolyn Gage of Lewiston, Maine, for The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman
• William MacDuff of Venice, Calif., for Out of the Ordinary