Amstel Playwright of the Year Award

Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, var en uavhengig ikke-statlig pris, som ble innstiftet i Sør-Afrika i 1978. Den kunne tildeles sørafrikanske dramatikere. Prisen ble tildelt til mange av Sør-Afrikas anti-apartheid dramatikere.

Prisen opphørte i 1994.

Vinnere

År	Vinner	Hederspris
1978	John Pank for Windmills of the Mind James Ambrose Brown for Time and the Wood	Zakes Mda for We Shall Sing for the Fatherland Michael Drin for Inquest on Gordon
1979	Zakes Mda for The Hill	Paul Slabolepsky for Renovations Esther Flowers for The Libber-Rats Henry Rootenberg for Letters from Uncle Barny Pieter Scholtz for The Amazing Adventures of Tambootie
1980	Henry Rootenberg for I Spy Pieter Scholtz for Mr Big Strikes Again Jill Fletcher for Paddy (Musikalsk verk, musikk av John Aronowitz) Leon Hamman for Matter of Policy
1981	Paul Slabolepszy for Saturday Night at the Palace	Michael Drin for Chad Willie Esterhuizen for Spaceships and Peanut Butter
1982	Victor Gordon for The Brothers	Roy Nieman for Na Verlange a die Woude van Veleer James Whyle for National Madness
1983	Geraldine Aron for Brenda	Sheugnet Buys for Gutter Flowers Need Love Brendan Butler for Rehearsal in Progress Corlia Fourie for Moeders en Dogters
1984	Michelle Du Toit for Ladies/Dames
1985	Nicholas Hayson, Vanessa Cook og Danny Keogh forThe Native Who Caused All the Trouble
1986	Clive Howard Morris for Maid in South Africa
1987	Norman Coombes for A Snake in the Garden
1988	Charles J Fourie for Big Boys
1989	Allan Jermieson for Disputed Barricades
1990	Basil Lawrence for Modern Eating Habits
1991	Ian Fraser for Heart like a Stomach
1992	Charles J Fourie for Vrygrond
1993	Norman Coombes for Episodes in Light and Dark
1994	John Tucker for Waiting for the Rain

Kilder

• National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, Sør-Afrika