| Alberta Playwrights Network | |
| Formation: | 1985 |
| Type: | Professional association |
| Purpose: | Playwriting |
| Location: | Alberta |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Sharon Pollock |
| Affiliations: | Scripts At Work |
| Website: | http://www.albertaplaywrights.com/ |
The Alberta Playwrights Network (APN) is a professional association that was founded in 1985 to develop and support playwrights.[1] It hosts a competition called the New Play Development Program.[2] Gordon Pengilly is a dramaturge for the Alberta Playwrights Network,[3] as is Gisèle Villeneuve.[4] Sharon Pollock was elected president of the Alberta Playwrights Network in 1998.[5] Sandra Dempsey had previously been the president.[6] The Alberta Playwrights Network supported Katherine Koller in writing such plays as The Seed Savers.[7] The association produces a newsletter called Rave Review.[8] The Alberta Playwrights Network has also engaged in playwright exchanges with other associations, including the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre and the Playwrights Theatre Centre.[9] The Alberta Playwrights Network also presented an annual award with Scripts At Work called the Scripts At Work/Alberta Playwrights Network Award.[10]