The Robert Chesley Award was an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour drama works by playwrights in the LGBT community. First presented in 1994, the award was named in memory of playwright Robert Chesley.^[1] The award was discontinued in 2008.

Winners

• 1994 — Lisa Kron, Doric Wilson
• 1995 — Victor Lodato
• 1996 — Robert Patrick, Susan Miller
• 1997 — Paula Vogel
• 1998 — Chay Yew
• 1999 — Madeleine Olnek
• 2000 — Jeff Weiss
• 2001 — María Irene Fornés
• 2002 — Christopher Shinn, Sheila Callaghan^[2]
• 2003 — H.M. Koutoukas, Alvin Carmines Jr.
• 2004 — Rebecca Ranson, Jane Shepard
• 2005 — Michael Kearns, Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas
• 2006 — Kathleen Warnock, Megan Terry
• 2007 — Eric Bentley, Chris Weikel