Deadline for Clover Aardklop application forms nears

Artists can apply for a set fee (commissioned productions) and box office productions (a percentage split).

The AngloGold Ashanti/Aardklop Smeltkroes Prize is awarded to the best new Afrikaans play, with the playwright and the director both winning R30 000. The playwright will receive a further R28 000 to write a new play for Clover Aardklop's festival in 2014.The Beeld Aartvark Prize for innovative work for a debut production amounts to R20 000.

Application forms (in English and Afrikaans) are available at www.cloveraardklop.co.za.