The Carol Bolt Award is an annual Canadian literary award. Presented by the Playwrights Guild of Canada, the award is bestowed for a theatrical play premiere by a PGC member, judged to be the year's best. The award is named in memory of Canadian playwright, Carol Bolt.
Winners 2002 - Kent Stetson, The Harps of God"Fine judge of talent". The Guardian, March 4, 2005. 2003 - Daniel Goldfarb, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie"'Jewtopia' and 'Modern Orthodox': Treading the Line". Backstage, January 12, 2005. 2004 - Florence Gibson, Home Is My Road"Relocated playwright enjoying Thornhill". YorkRegion.com, May 7, 2013. 2005 - Mieko Ouchi, The Red Priest (Eight Ways To Say Goodbye) 2006 - John Mighton, Half Life 2007 - Stephen Massicotte, The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion 2008 - Colleen Murphy, The December Man 2009 - Vern Thiessen, Vimy 2010 - Michael Nathanson, Talk"A less-than-relaxing weekend at the 'cottage'". Winnipeg Free Press, March 31, 2011. 2011 - Anusree Roy, Brothel #9"'That just feels like such a gift'". The Globe and Mail, November 8, 2011. 2012 - Don Hannah, The Cave Painter 2013 - David Yee, carried away on the crest of a wave 2014 - Colleen Murphy, Pig Girl 2015 - Jordan Tannahill, Concord Floral 2016 - Lisa Codrington, Up the Garden Path"News (National): Tom Hendry Award Recipients Announced – Playwrights Guild of Canada". Theatre Alberta, November 1, 2016. 2017 - Kate Hennig, The Virgin Trial 2018 - Matthew MacKenzie, Bears 2019 - Amy Rutherford, Mortified 2020 - Keith Barker, This Is How We Got HereJ. Kelly Nestruck, "The top 10 theatrical works of 2020, a year when stages went dark and performing arts pivoted". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2020. 2021 - No award was presented this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 - No award was presented this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2023 - Natalie Meisner, Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story 2024 - Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Diggers
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External links Carol Bolt Award Past Recipients at the Playwrights Guild of Canada