Justin Fleming and Stephen Sewell assessed the entries and selected 8 for performance.

Justin Fleming

Australian playwright, librettist and author. He has written for theatre, music theatre, opera, television and cinema and his works have been produced and published in Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, Belgium, Poland and France. Fleming has been a barrister and vice president of the Australian Writers' Guild and a board member of the Australian National Playwrights’ Centre. 

Stephen Sewell

Stephen was Head of Writing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art between 2012 and 2021, during which time he created one of the most outstanding writing courses in Australia. Sewell has written 36 theatre plays, more than 21 screenplays, including the AFI Award-winning The Boys. His plays have been produced more than 200 times by national and international institutions, and he is recipient of 20 of the most prestigious and coveted awards in the Australian creative landscape.