International Playwriting Award (Carne Prize) at Theatre503.

Theatre503's international award for debut and early-career playwrights.

The winner receives the £6,000 Carne Prize (£3,000 prize money plus a £3,000 advance towards a production at Theatre503) and publication by Samuel French.

Eligibility: writers over 16 who haven't had a full-length play professionally produced for a significant run; plays must be original, unperformed, in English, with a cast of up to 6.

No adaptations, musicals or generative AI.

One script per writer, submitted anonymously online.