The submissions window is still open for the Alfred Fagon Award and Mustapha Matura Award and Mentoring Programme. You can submit your entries here.
Alfred Fagon Award
The winning writer will receive £6,000 and excerpts from their winning play will be showcased at the award ceremony. The competition is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK, for the best original, new stage play in English.
The Alfred Fagon Award is supported by The Peggy Ramsay Foundation
Mustapha Matura Award and Mentoring Programme
The winning writer will receive £3,000 and a 9-month mentoring programme with a leading Black British playwright. The competition supports newly emerging and young Black playwrights of Caribbean and African descent up to the age of 25, and is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK
The Mustapha Matura Award and Mentoring Programme is supported by the Estate of Mustapha Matura, Garrick Charitable Trust, The Henry and Mary Kent Trust and many individual donors.
