The award has been won by Ahlam and Amy Trigg, who beat more than 1,000 other entries, in initiative to dismantle stereotypes about women’s writing
The inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting has been awarded to two writers who were praised by judges for their ambition, craft and political urgency. The prize was given to You Bury Me by the pseudonymous playwright Ahlam, whose script explores romance, friendship and religion in post-Arab-spring Cairo, and Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me by Amy Trigg, about a woman who was born with spina bifida and is navigating life and love.
Ellie Keel, a theatre producer and the prize’s founder, said the two plays were “very different but both enormously skilled and compelling pieces of work that I can’t wait for the public to get to see”.