tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post8967985157639659500..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Patrick White shortlistAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-72879072955381513312009-11-15T15:14:39.632+11:002009-11-15T15:14:39.632+11:00Do we have to be a published playwright to enter? ...Do we have to be a published playwright to enter? I've never had anything published and I submitted a play for this year's competition..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-38583517759111091112009-04-23T18:43:00.000+10:002009-04-23T18:43:00.000+10:00Gracious. I didn't realise it would be such a hot ...Gracious. I didn't realise it would be such a hot wire. Yes, the winner is picked anonymously, and the names are revealed after the decision (there's some complex numbering system). You try to guess from writing styles - or at least, I do. Writing can be, after all, quite distinctive... As I said, I was wrong in all my guesses. When I judged a poetry prize with similar conditions of anonymity Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-76292868958252600102009-04-23T17:32:00.000+10:002009-04-23T17:32:00.000+10:00So do you pick the winner before you see the names...So do you pick the winner before you see the names, or just the shortlist? And how on earth do you guess when it could be anyone? And how do they rehearse a reading without revealing who the winner is? <br />I don't understand, Alison. <br />You've frazzled my meagre wits.Shonky Donkeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-26030179225144642009-04-23T16:52:00.000+10:002009-04-23T16:52:00.000+10:00Apologies, Maude, I didn't realise it was ambiguou...Apologies, Maude, I didn't realise it was ambiguous. I meant that the plays are judged with no names attached, so you don't know who wrote them. Impossible, of course, not to try to guess: but interestingly on this one, I was wrong each time.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-88175037165605968432009-04-23T15:25:00.000+10:002009-04-23T15:25:00.000+10:00I don't understand how the award is judged anonymo...I don't understand how the award is judged anonymously, and yet you include a list of the judges. <br /><br />MaudeMaudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-59877787548399926552009-04-20T10:00:00.000+10:002009-04-20T10:00:00.000+10:00A list of previous winners and information about t...A list of previous winners and information about the plays and playwrights is available here http://australianplays.org/award/patrick-white-playwrights-award<br /><br />Top award, Top playwrights!Adminhttp://australianplays.orgnoreply@blogger.com