Welcome to the 2025 Princess Grace Awards application! The Princess Grace Awards supports extraordinary emerging talent in theater, dance, and film. The Award is an unrestricted cash grant of $15,000 paid directly to the artist.
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to U.S. based artists currently living and working in the United States. Applicants who are not U.S. citizens must have permanent work authorization from USCIS.
- All applicants must be nominated by a non-profit university, organization, media arts center or previous Princess Grace Award winner.
- Self-nominations are not allowed.
- An artist can only be nominated by 1 organization or individual in a given year. Applications are evaluated on the individual artist’s artistic merits.
For Playwrights: Playwrights should only apply through the Playwriting Fellowship program as the Princess Grace Awards panel does not review full scripts. The Playwriting Fellowship is administered by New Dramatists and is a separate application process that does not require a nomination. Applications are accepted March 1, and the application window will stay open until March 15 or until they receive 350 complete submissions, whichever comes first.
Multidisciplinary artists whose work includes playwriting cannot apply for both the Princess Grace Awards Playwriting Fellowship and the Princess Grace Award in the same year.
THE APPLICATION
Round 1: The Nomination | Deadline: February 15 (11:59 PM PT)
Artists are nominated and together with their nominator submit their nominator letter of recommendation, artist statement, CV, and a short work sample. Artists invited to continue in the application process will be notified by March 31.
Round 2: Full Application | Deadline: May 1 (11:59 PM PT)
Applicants invited to continue in the application process submit additional written material and work samples.
Thank you for your time spent working on the application, and for sharing your artistry with us. Should you have questions, we encourage you to review the FAQ or email olivia@pgfusa.org.