Final selection:
“The Noah Going through our Memory is a Woman” („Noe care ne strabate memoria e o femeie”) – Ion Mircea
“Bid Deal, or Waiting for Godette” („Marea scofala” sau „Asteptand-o pe Godette”) – Alexandru Uiuiu
“On the Left of the Father” („La stanga tatalui”) – Petre Barbu
“Hide and Seek” („De-a v-ati ascunselea”) – Florina Ilis
“The Minister’s Coffee” („Cafeaua Domnului Ministru”) – Horia Garbea
“The Phantom in First Class” („Fantoma de la clasa intii”) – Valentin Nicolau
“A Group of Blind People in a Cinema” („Grup de orbi intr-o sala de cinema”) – Iosif Naghiu
Best Romanian Play of the Year 1998:
THE NOAH GOING THROUGH OUR MEMORY IS A WOMAN (NOE CARE NE STRABATE MEMORIA E O FEMEIE) by Ion Mircea
The Jury:
Ion Bogdan Lefter, Dan C. Mihailescu, Marian Popescu