Once the nation's largest open-submission short play prize, the James Stevenson Prize for Short Comedic Plays awarded a cash prize and audio production to the play that best celebrated the spirit of the late James Stevenson, a celebrated author, illustrator, and beloved New Yorker cartoonist. From 2018 to 2020, submissions were scored blindly by a panel of judges. Notable past judges include David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, Rebecca Taichman, Willy Holtzman, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Paul Rudnick.
