Toneelschrijfprijs

Toneelschrijfprijs
Awarded forDutch-language play
CountryFlanders and the Netherlands
Formerly calledNederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs, Taalunie Toneelprijs
First award1988 (1988)

The Toneelschrijfprijs is an annual literary award awarded to the playwrights of a Dutch-language play that debuted in the preceding season. The award ceremony is held in either Flanders or the Netherlands. The winner of the prize receives 10,000. The prize was first awarded in 1988 as the Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs.

The award was renamed in 1993 to Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs and in 2018 to Toneelschrijfprijs. As of 2018, the prize is a collaboration between the Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union), the Fonds Podiumkunsten, the Nederlands Letterenfonds and the Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren.