National support for creative dramatic writing

The national program Aide nationale à la création de textes dramatiques has the goal of supporting and tracking contemporary French-speaking dramatic authors. It was created in 1947, and since 2007, ARTCENA coordinates the program as delegated by the Ministry of Culture.

In this section you will find the commissioning calendar, the presentation of the function of the Aide à la creation de textes dramatiques, the prize list of winners since 2007, as well the application procedure.

Calendar of upcoming sessions

Spring session 2020
(Application deadline: 2 december 2019)
Jury session : 4 et 5 may 2020

Autumn session 2020
(Application deadline: 2 june 2020)
Jury session : 2 and 3 november 2020

NOTICE :
- Applications for the Aide à la création are now anonymous

In this section

Program Function

ARTCENA supports around 50 winning texts each year and works to promote and distribute them in Francophone and international networks.

Learn more about the function of Aide à la création (in French)

Applying for the program

Find on this page how to make your application as well as the dates for the next application cycle.

Learn more about applying for the Aide à la création (in French)

Winners

To find all past winners of the Aide à la création de textes dramatiques since 2007.

See here (in French)

See news about the Aide à la création (in French)