{"id":6252,"date":"2026-06-12T17:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=6252"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:43:06","slug":"the-cooper-prize-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/the-cooper-prize-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cooper Prize 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc<strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cooper Prize 2026 is an international playwriting award presented by The 16th Street Foundation and Company 16. The competition invites playwrights to submit bold, original theatre works that explore deep philosophical and human themes such as faith, doubt, truth, suffering, morality, and meaning. 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