Thank you to all who submitted their work to be considered for the 2018 Relentless Award. After countless hours of reading, we're thrilled to announce this year's winners.
The 2018 Relentless Award
2018 Relentless Award Winner
The Bandaged Place
2018 Finalists
The 626 Project by Lisa Sanaye Dring
The Girl is Chained by Genne Murphy
Winner of The 2018 Relentless Award: Harrison David Rivers. Photo credit: Zack Dezon
2018 Semifinalists
The Absentee by Julia Doolittle
cullud wattah by Erika Dickerson-Despenza
The End of a Sound by Ann Gillespie
littleghost by Liza Birkenmeier
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord by Alexis Scheer
suspension by Kristiana Colón
With Great Difficulty Alice Sits by Hannah Kenah
Honorable Mentions
american (tele)visions by Victor I. Cazares
Biting Hands by Laura Winters
But When I Started to Play! by Max Baker
Immortality Crisis by Alexander Pine
Montag by Kate Tarker
PSYCHOPSYCHOTIC, or, everyone at yale is a goddamn sociopath!!! by Alexa Derman
Cave Canem by A. Emmanuel Leadon
TJ Love Sally 4 Ever by James Ijames
We Are Radios by Chana Porter
WOLFCRUSH (a queer werewolf play in three acts) by Haygen-Brice Walker
Eight semifinalist plays are chosen by the Relentless Subcommittee and presented to the Relentless judges who then select the Relentless Winner and Relentless Finalists. Honorable Mentions are also selected by the Subcommittee.
Past Winners of The Relentless Award