The Patrick White Playwrights' Award is a major playwriting initiative of Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald, offering Australia's richest playwriting award ($20,000) to a full-length unproduced play.

Launched in 2000, the Patrick White Playwrights' Award honours the contribution of Australia's Nobel laureate to the theatre. The Award celebrates the importance of the playwright to Australian theatre culture and fosters the development of uniquely Australian theatrical voices.

The Patrick White Playwrights’ Award is a joint initiative of Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Entries for the 2008 Award are now closed.

Past winners of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award

2007:
Angus Cerini
Timothy Daly
2006:
Patricia Cornelius
2005:
Wesley Enoch
2004:
Stephen Carleton
2003:
David Milroy and Ningali Lawford
2002:
Reg Cribb
Ian Wilding
2001:
Brendan Cowell
Toby Schmitz
Jackie Smith
2000:
Ben Ellis
Bette Guy
Ailsa Piper