Joy Cohen
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Awards and Honors

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2022  Writers Guild of America East, short play selected for spring fundraising Gala: Tempus Futurum

2021  Jewish Plays Project 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest, Honorable Mention: Of the Better Kind

2020  Writers Guild of America East, monologue selected for spring fundraising Gala: The Purge

2019  Vermont Department of Mental Health, Think Tank participant
 
2019  Writers Guild Initiative, Online Mentoring, Playwriting/Screenwriting/TV 

2018  Fowler Dune Shack Writer's Residency, Provincetown Community Compact, Cape Cod, Recipient 

2017  Burlington City Arts Community Fund, Grant Recipient  

2016  Theatre Kavanah, Play Commission

2014  Middlebury Town Hall Theater Pop-up Plays, Playwright: Respite

2009  Burlington City "Champion of Diversity and Equity"--first ever teacher recipient

2007  Burlington Schools Foundation, $10,000 grant awarded to create mosaic installation for Burlington Public Schools

2006  Semi-Finalist, Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, Anna’s Journal
  
2004  Grand Prize, trip to Alaska to attend digital science and storytelling camp, Green Mountain Movie Competition, Vermont School Boards Association

2002  Second-Rounder Badge, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Dramatically Incorrect

1998  Burlington School District, grant recipient of three-week trip to China through University of Vermont Department of Asian Studies

1996  Best of the Year, Awards Portfolio of Media and Methods magazine, video: How to Make Great Videos with Just a Camcorder

1995  Excellent Ratings, Booklist and Video Rating Guide for Libraries, video: KnuckleHead’s Electric Safety Series

1993  First-Place, Birmingham International Education Film Festival, video: Simple Things you can do to Save Energy: The Power is in your Hands

1983  Mayor’s Peace Prize, Burlington, Vermont 

1980  Research Fellowship, University of Vermont Department of Natural Resources

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