Robert Chesley Award

The Robert Chesley Award was an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour drama works by playwrights in the LGBT community. First presented in 1994, the award was named in memory of playwright Robert Chesley.^[1] The award was discontinued in 2008.

Winners

Award winners^[2]

Year	Category	Recipient	Ref.
1994	Lifetime Achievement	Doric Wilson
	Playwriting	Lisa Kron
1995	Playwriting	Victor Lodato
1996	Lifetime Achievement	Robert Patrick
		Susan Miller
1997	Playwriting	Paula Vogel
1998	Playwriting	Chay Yew
1999	Playwriting	Madeleine Olnek
2000	Playwriting	Jeff Weiss
2001	Lifetime Achievement	María Irene Fornés
2002	Emerging Talent	Christopher Shinn	[3]
		Shelia Callaghan	[3]
2003	Playwriting	Alvin Carmines, Jr.
		H.M. Koutoukas
2004	Playwriting	Rebecca Ranson
		Jane Shepard
2005	Emerging Playwright	Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas
	Lifetime Achievement	Michael Kearns
2006	Playwriting	Kathleen Warnock	[4]
		Megan Terry	[4]
2007	Emerging Playwright	Chris Weikel	[5]
	Lifetime Achievement	Eric Bentley	[5]