The Distell National Playwright Competition aims to recognise and reward new South African playwriting talent while also promoting diversity and inclusivity. 

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The competition, for debut playwrights who have not yet had their work staged, is a joint venture between the National Arts Festival and Distell. The competition gives emerging playwrights a rare opportunity to take their work all the way through the process of creating a play.

The competition seeks to discover and award emerging playwrights and so only writers who have not had their scripts or other work professionally produced and staged are eligible to enter. Previously unpublished and unproduced South African plays that celebrate and enhance inclusivity and social cohesion will be eligible for consideration.

_{Adam and Rosalie Small} 

The project is presented in honour of Adam and Rosalie Small for their contribution to South African literature, philosophy, and education as well as their unwavering advocacy against social injustice.

Click here to enter - entries close at midnight on 28 February 2022. Enquiries to be directed to distellaward@nationalartsfestival.co.za.