Jody O’Neill was one of the nominees when the awards were handed out for the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival.

The Fishamble New Writing Award is to a new or emerging Irish (or Irish-based) playwright premiered during the Fringe. The prize includes a playwriting course, dramaturgical support and €1,000 towards the writer’s next play. The winner was Elaine Murphy ( Little Gem ). Other nominees: Phillip McMahon and Belinda McKeon ( Love 2.0 ); Jody O’Neill ( They Never Froze Walt Disney ); Lawrie Pendlebury ( Thicker Than Water ).

O’Neill’s play, They Never Froze Walt Disney, had a successful run in the Festival and this nomination proves what I said back in December 2007.