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The application for the 2012 Playwrite's Contest is online now - to download a copy please click HERE.

Good luck to all who apply!

Here are the results for the 2011 Hamilton Fringe Playwright's Contest.

First Place – Interface Stephen Near

Second Place – The Gods and Calvin Brewer by Jessica Anderson

Third Place – Minced by Peter Gruner


Both Interface and Minced were produced as part of the 2011 Hamilton

Fringe Festival

2010's first place winner was Dianne and Me by Ron Fromstien of Toronto.

Ron was a runner up in 2007, the first year the contest was held.

It had a great run at the 2010 Fringe and then was held over at Theatre Aquairus in the fall.


The 2009 winner of the Hamilton Fringe Playwriting Competition was Michael Wilmot from London, Ontario, for his script, Love Shack. Congratulations Michael!  It had a successful run in July here in Hamilton and was also at the London Fringe.

Runners up included The Whore Of Babylon by Rufus F and C Hickok of Hamilton, Ontario, and Goodnight Amherst by James Fanizza of Toronto, Ontario.

The 2008 winner was David B. Fraser with his script, Gerald Hilroy’s Guide To The Art Of Seduction. It played to great houses and critical acclaim in August 2008.

The winner the first year the contest was held in 2007 was Rob Salerno with his play Balls, it later went on to tour right across Canada!

For 2012 it could be your play!