You're a theatre company finding it hard to commission? PWA will commission and support seven landmark works at $25,000 each for you to produce. Companies and playwrights can apply.

Playwriting Australia will commission 50 mini works in a direct and urgent response to the COVID-19 crisis, working in association with 25 organisations from across Australia.

The 2020 Retreat will adjust due to the public health situation. Our adherence to cultural protocols will remain. 10 playwrights will be supported by 5 dramaturgs over two separate 15-day virtual retreats.

The $30,000 Max Afford Playwrights Award, offered by Perpetual with PWA, is an initiative of Thelma May Afford, whose will established a fund to offer a periodical prize in memory of her husband.

In 2020, up to six emerging playwrights from regional or remote areas will be supported to work with a dramaturg or director on a new work via digital platforms.

Rapid Fire offers up to ten, one-day workshops or roundtable discussions of a new play, with a team of artists, actors, thinkers and other professionals of the playwright’s choice.

Duologue supports up to eight collaborative relationships and new work developments for mid-career and established playwrights over an eight-month period.

Five playwrights have interviewed five notable Australian playwrights and asked, “how do you do it?”.