Finalists for Susan Smith Blackburn Prize announced

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize announces its ten finalists for the  international award honoring women+ playwrights.

The winner, to be announced on 11 March at London’s Royal Court theatre, will receive $25,000 along with a signed print by artist Willem de Kooning. Additional prizes include a $10,000 Special Commendation and $5,000 for each finalist.

Selected from over 200 submissions, the finalists include:

• Roxy Cook with A Woman Walks into a Bank,
• April De Angelis with The Divine Mrs S,
• Justice Hehir with The Dowagers,
• Rhianna Ilube with Samuel Takes a Break…, In Male Dungeon No.5 After a Long But Generally Successful Day of Tours,
• Jasmine Naziha Jones with Baghdaddy,
• Alex Lin with Chinese Republicans,
• Lenelle Moïse with K-I-S-S-I-N-G,
• Hannah Moscovitch with Red Like Fruit,
• a.k. payne with Love I Awethu Further, and
• Ava Pickett with 1536.

The panel of judges includes Inua Ellams, Sarah Mantell, April Matthis, Clare Perkins, Eric Ting, and Lyndsey Turner.