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THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL AWARDS

Finalists were chosen from a field of 90 submissions.
The awards ceremony will take place in late February.

FINALISTS 2007

LEAVES                                                                        Lucy Caldwell (Northern Ireland)

DEAD CITY                                                                                   Sheila Callaghan (US)

THE PIANO TEACHER                                                                           Julia Cho (US)

RUST                                                                                        Katie Douglas (Scotland)

O GO MY MAN                                                                           Stella Feehily (Ireland)

ONE THING I LIKE TO SAY IS                                                             Amy Fox (US)

DARK YELLOW                                                                                  Julia Jordan (US)

'BOT                                                                                           C. Michèle Kaplan (US)

COMFORT ME WITH APPLES                                                        Nell Leyshon (UK)

THE WAR NEXT DOOR                                                               Tamsin Oglesby (UK)

PUMPGIRL                                                                                   Abbie Spallen (Ireland)

THE GIVEN                                                                                      Francine Volpe (US)

JUDGES

Jill Clayburgh                                                                                               John Guare

Oscar Eustis                                                                                      Alastair Macauley

Deborah Findlay                                                                                    Anna Mackmin