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ICI [Orica] Young Playwrights' Award
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History

Awarded to students from New South Wales or Australian Capital Territory. Winners received cash while runner-ups received professional assessment of their plays by the Australian Playwrithts' Conference.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1997

winner For God, Queen and Country Tommy Murphy , 1996 single work drama In 1997 this award was known as the Sydney Theatre Company ICI Youth Playwright Award.

Year: 1994

winner Mancare Erica Lewis , 1999 single work drama
— Appears in: 4 Plays by Young Australian Playwrights 1999; (p. 39-67)

Year: 1993

winner y separately published work icon Stars Erica Lewis , 1993 Z1212577 1993 single work drama An absurdist piece that examines the developing relationship between a blind man and a woman he has met at the bus stop. With Sydney Theatre Company.
winner Hypothalamania Delia Fetter , 1998 single work drama
— Appears in: Sydney Theatre Company : Plays 1 1998; (p. 9-16)

Works About this Award

The Power of Plays Nicole Lloyd , 1998 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 April 1998; (p. 29)
Stage Plays Must Be Made to Fit the Hole, Says Writer Debra Aldred , 1998 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 March 1998; (p. 6)
Enter Stage Left, the Teenage Playwright Katrina Strickland , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 November 1997; (p. 3)
Bright Futures? The Writing's on the Wall Richard Jinman , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 November 1997; (p. 2)
Muse Smiles on Murphy's Work Helen Musa , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 September 1997; (p. 5)
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