Photo Flash: Emily Schwend Honored with 10th Annual Yale Drama Series Award

Just yesterday, Emily Schwend was honored with the 10th Annual Yale Drama Series Award Ceremony at a celebration at the Claire Tow Theater.

Now celebrating its tenth year, the Yale Drama Series is the preeminent playwriting award in cooperation with Yale University Press, and is solely sponsored by the David Charles Horn Foundation. The Yale Drama Series Prize is given out annually for a play by an emerging playwright, selected by a judging panel of one--a distinguished playwright of our time. The winner receives the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, as well as publication of the winning play by Yale University Press and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater. The Yale Drama Series is an annual international open submission competition for emerging playwrights who are invited to submit original, unpublished, full-length, English language plays for consideration. All entries are read blindly.

Photo Credit: Harvey Wang

John Guare

Current and previous honorees- Barbara Seyda, Neil Wechsler, Emily Schwend, Jen Silverman and John Connolly

Honoree Barbara Seyda

John Guare, Marsha Norman, Emily Schwend and Francine Horn

Jen Silverman and Marsha Norman

Lucie Tiberghien

Niegel Smith

John Guare

2007 Inaugural honoree John Connolly

2008 honoree Neil Wechsler

Evan Cabnet and Ayad Akhtar

Honoree Emily Schwend

Emily Schwend and Jay Stull

Judge Nicholas Wright, Francine Horn, Emily Schwend and Jay Stull

Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Judge Nicholas Wright, Emily Schwend, Francine Horn, James Kautz, Melissa Hurst and Jay Stull

Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Judge Nicholas Wright, Emily Schwend, James Kautz, Melissa Hurst, Jay Stull

Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Emily Schwend, James Kautz, Melissa Hurst, Jay Stull

Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Melissa Hurst, James Kautz

Judge Nicholas Wright