NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2010

The Play Award ($30,000) is offered for a play or a work of music drama given its first production in Australia between 3 November 2007 and 3 October 2008.

Assessment is made primarily on the literary merit of the written text, and not on the merits of a particular production, although the judges will take into account the success of the work within the medium for which it has been written.

Previous winners of the Play Award include Louis Nowra, Michael Gow, Tommy Murphy and Debra Oswald.