Playwrights Program Update

DVRF is excited to announce a new direction for our Playwrights Program. Rather than devote the majority of our resources to a single 29-hour reading, we will be sponsoring cohorts of professionally-cast developmental readings each year.

You can read more about the updated Program here. We greatly appreciate the many hundreds of submissions we’ve had the pleasure of reading since our launch in 2015, and hope you will continue to follow the excellent writers and works supported through our programming.

Margaret Atwood Awarded 2022 Hitchens Prize

DVRF is pleased to announce acclaimed author Margaret Atwood as the 2022 Hitchens Prize winner.

Ms. Atwood accepted the Prize at a ceremony held on March 31st in New York City. Her full remarks have been published on The Atlantic, our media partner for the Hitchens Prize.

2022 marks the return to an annual schedule for awarding the Prize after COVID-19 related delays.

Ms. Atwood’s full acceptance speech can be viewed on the Foundation’s Youtube Page.