Kishida Kunio Drama Award
きしだくにおぎきょくしょう
A playwriting award that commemorates the achievements of playwright Kishida Kunio and aims to nurture young playwrights.
Playwriting awardNurturing young playwrights
- Established
- 1955
- Organizer
- Hakusuisha
- Category
- Plays, Scripts, and Screenplays
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Open
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Announcement Period
- around February–April
- Status
- Active
Description
The Kishida Kunio Drama Award is a playwriting award sponsored by Hakusuisha to commemorate the achievements of playwright Kishida Kunio as well as to nurture young playwrights. It is regarded as a gateway for new playwrights and holds the nickname 'the Akutagawa Prize of the theater world,' although many veteran writers have also received it.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Commemorative clock as the main prize, cash prize as the subsidiary prize
- Commemorative clock
- Cash prize