Enter the Young Playwrights Award

You’re ready to enter your play for the Young Playwrights Award – congratulations! It’s an amazing achievement to have written a play and we’re delighted that you’re entering it for our first ever Young Playwrights Award.

The deadline for entries is 23:59 on 2nd May 2025. Everyone who enters will receive feedback following the reading and judging process. We will announce shortlisted entries in June.

Online Entry

Before you enter your play using the form at the link below, please check that:

– You have your play ready to submit, as either a Word Document or PDF.

– Your play is within the word count (up to 5,000 words).

– You have the email address of a parent/guardian/teacher – this must be provided for safeguarding reasons.

ENTER HERE!

Postal Entry

If you would prefer to enter by post, please send us your script and the information asked for in the Postal Entry form here. Ensure you have included the information here, either by printing and completing a copy of the form or clearly writing this information on a separate page.

Please send this to:

Young Playwrights Award
Royal Court Theatre
Sloane Square
London
SW1W 8AS

If you have any questions or run into any difficulties, please contact youngplaywrights@royalcourttheatre.com