The Governor General's Award for English-language drama honours excellence in Canadian English-language playwriting.
[1] Titles which compile several works by the playwright into a single volume may also be nominated for or win the award.
Drew Hayden Taylor and Anosh Irani have also both been nominated for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.
James Reaney won the award three times before Poetry and Drama were split in 1981 into separate categories.
Mishka Lavigne is the first person to be nominated for both the English and French language awards for Drama.