Paulette-Gagnon Prize

The Paulette Gagnon Prize, valued at $5,000, enables an Ontario-based artist to undertake a creative, training, or professional development project. It is awarded to artists or cultural workers.

This prize is presented with the generous support of Théâtre Action and Brynaert Brennan and Associates.

Eligibility criteria

Anchor your practice primarily in the Canadian francophone community. By “Canadian francophone community” we mean the provinces where francophones are in a linguistic minority. In the case of the Prix Paulette-Gagnon, the practice must be primarily rooted in Ontario.

Candidates may work in all areas of theatre: playwriting, directing, acting, set design, lighting design, stage management, production management, etc.

A person who wishes to apply for a collective project in which other creators are involved in the very conception of the work must include, with their application, a letter signed by the other creators participating in the project stating that they agree that their colleague may apply as an individual, even if the project is collective.

Applicants may submit no more than one project per prize. In addition, a person may not win, in the same year, both a regional prize and the Prix national d’excellence RBC – Artiste émergent·e, or the Prize for a Professional Development Project presented by the École Nationale de Théâtre.

All candidates who apply for this prize are automatically eligible for the RBC Excellence Award – Emerging Artist. This $10,000 award, which supports a creative or training project, is presented to an emerging artist or emerging cultural worker whose application stands out among all those received for the regional awards.