Princess Grace Awards Playwriting Fellowship at New Dramatists
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Princess Grace Awards Playwriting Fellowship at New Dramatists supports an early-career playwright with a residency, mentorship, and creative resources to develop work on their own terms.
Funder: Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Application deadline: mid-March or upon 350 submissions)
Funding Amounts: $15,000 unrestricted grant and a one-season residency (September–June) for one playwright
Summary: Supports an early-career playwright with funding, mentorship, and creative development resources at New Dramatists.
Key Information: Applicants must live and work in the United States and have no more than one professionally produced full-length play.
Description
The Princess Grace Awards Playwriting Fellowship supports a playwright at the onset of their career through an unrestricted cash award and an artistic residency at New Dramatists. Administered by New Dramatists on behalf of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, the fellowship offers time and resources to explore artistic work on the recipient’s own creative terms. The September–June residency provides access to Manhattan workspaces, opportunities to develop work with collaborators, and mentorship from professional playwrights.
The program seeks original, authentic, unheard voices in theater. Selection focuses on extraordinary promise, storytelling originality, quality, and new perspectives. The fellow joins a community of New Dramatists writers, Princess Grace artists, and theater practitioners, with advocacy for both the playwright and the winning script throughout the fellowship.
