The Women's Prize for Playwriting is the leading award for female and non-binary playwrights in the UK and Ireland.
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting was founded by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough to redress the balance of voices reaching main stages in the UK and Ireland.
The inaugural prize received 1,163 submissions and was jointly won by two plays, Reasons You Should(n't) Love Me by Amy Trigg and You Bury Me by Ahlam.
You Bury Me is a political play set in Cairo about a generation emerging from national trauma, determined to live and love freely.
[1] The play explores the life of computer pioneer Ada Lovelace and her struggles being recognised in a male-dominated world.