The Windrush Prize will award £10,000 to the writer of the winning play, which will receive a run at the Arcola theatre next year The Windrush Prize will award £10,000 to the writer of the winning play, which will receive a run at the Arcola theatre next year The first prize dedicated to discovering and developing British Caribbean playwrights has been launched using compensation awarded to a Windrush victim who died before receiving it. The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights,