Grants to Playwrights
$8,000
Grant
Description:
Toronto Arts Council’s Playwrights Program provides support to playwrights for the writing of theatrical plays.
Comments on Funding:
There are two levels of grants in this program:
LEVEL ONE: $4,000 – for new or emerging playwrights with little or no prior history of production.
LEVEL TWO: $8,000 – for mid-career or senior playwrights who have written at least one work for the stage which has been professionally produced or presented as part of a theatre season or at a theatre festival.
June 16, 2025
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
1. Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents or have an application pending for Permanent Resident status or be a Protected Person (approved refugee claimant) and, if requested, be able to provide documentation to verify this.
2. residents of the City of Toronto for at least one year prior to the application deadline. Temporary absences of up to 12 months may be considered, subject to written explanation and special permission; please contact the Program Manager. A Post Office Box address can’t be used to meet the residency requirement.
Application Steps:
Applicants register and submit the application on TAC Grants Online (https://tac.smartsimple.ca)
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. The Artist Statement is a 1000-word description of your play including major themes and ideas
explored in the work.
2. A Resume / CV or a bio outlining your playwriting activities. Applicants to Level one could submit a bio and/or Resume / CV. Applicants to Level two must submit Resume / CV.
3. Writing Sample is an important part of the application. Your uploaded writing sample must be anonymous and meet the following criteria:
a. File format – PDF only.
b. Minimum of 10 and maximum of 20 pages. All text must be legible at 100%. If text is not legible the assessors will be unable to review this document.
c. The Writing sample must be from the proposed project. If your project is at a very early stage, then the writing sample can be a combination of pages from earlier plays plus a minimum of 10 pages from the proposed project
4. Writers applying to create works in languages other than English or French must complete the application form in English and accompany their writing sample with an English translation.
5. Writing samples intended to be comprehensible to an English-speaking audience, i.e. writing that contains some text in other languages, but is primarily an English language work; or writing in Creoles, argots, vernaculars or dialects of English can be submitted in the original language version.
6. For adaptation projects, include a copy of the letter (in PDF file format) indicating copyright permission, if applicable. (Note, the grant review panel does not see this letter, so there is no concern about your name appearing in the letter.)
7. Do not identify yourself within the project description or the writing sample, and do not use your name in the name of the PDF file you are uploading. If your file contains a sample of previous work, then name the file: Untiltled.pdf
Other Things to Note:
About the author
Maurice