Carol Bolt Award

The Carol Bolt Award is sponsored by the Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC), Playwrights Canada Press, and the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and is administered by PGC. Submissions to the award are currently being accepted until June 30, 2011. Guidelines and the application form are available here: http://tinyurl.com/carolboltaward

The winner of the award will receive $3,000 and the option to be published by Playwrights Canada Press. For more information, please contact Robin Sokoloski at robin@playwrightsguild.ca

Carol Bolt

(1941–2000) was born Carol Johnson, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Educated at the University of British Columbia, she was a successful and prolific playwright, who was also one of the founders of the Playwrights Guild of Canada (formerly Playwrights Union of Canada). She was president of the organization at least twice, and chaired many of its committees over the years. Bolt’s work includes Buffalo Jump (1972), Gabe (1973), Pauline (1973), Red Emma, Queen of the Anarchists (1974), and One Night Stand (1977).

In addition to her work for adults, Bolt also wrote several plays for children, including My Best Friend is Twelve Feet High (1972), Cyclone Jack (1972), Maurice (1975) and Finding Bumble (1975). In 2010, Playwrights Canada Press published Reading Carol Bolt, a collection of her plays, edited and introduced by Cynthia Zimmerman.

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