The Woven Voices Prize for Playwriting platforms the voices of migrant playwrights in the UK, staging their work in the heart of the West End. Returning for a second year following the success of the inaugural award, the Woven Voices Prize celebrates migrant writers, an underrepresented demographic on British stages. It is a proclamation of a global, multicultural Britain.

The winning writer will receive £2,500 and their play will be professionally produced at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2024.

The competition is open to first generation migrants living in the UK.

This is a sometimes fluid category. Some definitions may include those who:

- do not hold a British passport but reside primarily in the UK

- have moved to the UK after spending formative years abroad

- have moved to the UK as a child, are culturally British but are sometimes seen as a migrant or sees themselves as a migrant

- weren’t born in the UK and have English as a second language

- are an asylum seeker, a refugee or undocumented in the UK.

Ultimately, you are the best judge of whether you identify as a migrant.

There is no age limit, and no minimum or maximum level of experience to enter.