Australian Writers' Guild

the peak body representing australian performance writers



42nd Annual AWGIE Awards - Winners List


Children’s Television - C Classification
CJ the DJ – Si’s Slide by John Armstrong

Children’s Television - P Classification

Zigby – Zigby and the Mango by Suzie Wicks

 Children’s Theatre

The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy – by Finegan Kruckemeyer
 
Theatre for Young Audiences
Tenderness – Slut by Patricia Cornelius
 
Community and Youth Theatre
Watermark by Alana Valentine
 
Stage
When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell

Interactive Media
FIND815 by Anthony Mullins
 
Radio – Original Broadcast
There’s Something about Eels… by Noëlle Janaczewska
 
Radio - Adaptation
Aurora Calling: The Results of a Joint Observation by Catherine Ryan

Documentary - Public Broadcast

First Australians- Episode 1 by Louis Nowra and Rachel Perkins

Documentary - Corporate Training
Not My Sister by Scott Xavier Higgins
 
Short Film
Champions by Anita Beckman

Comedy - Sketch or Light Entertainment
Good News Week 2:07 - The 2008 Jet - Sparrow Awards
Ian Simmons, Dave Bloustien, Bruce Griffiths, Simon Dodd, Warwick Holt, and Paul Livingston with Mat Blackwell, Patrick Cook and Celia Pacquola

Comedy - Situation or Narrative
Review with Myles Barlow – Episode 3 by Phil Lloyd with Trent O’Donnell
 
Television - Serial

Home and Away - Episode 4649 by Sean Nash
 
Television - Series
Rush – Episode 4 by John O’Brien and Christopher Lee

Telemovie (Original)

Saved by Belinda Chayko

Television Mini Series - Original

The Circuit – Series 2 by Kelly Lefever, Dot West, Mitch Torres and Wayne Blair
 
Feature Film Screenplay - Adaptation
Blessed by Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius, Christos Tsiolkas

Feature Film Screenplay (Original)

Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton

Major AWGIE Award
Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton


Special Awards

Monte Miller Award – Long Form
Box by James Greville

Monte Miller Award – Short Form

Broken by Mitchell Forrester

Richard Lane Award - Recognising Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Australian Writers’ Guild

Jack Brislee

Hector Crawford Award - For a Significant Contribution to the Craft via a Body of Script Editing Work

May-Brit Akerholt

Richard Wherrett Prize
Tenderness – Slut by Patricia Cornelius

FOXTEL Fellowship for Excellence in Television Writing

Christopher Lee

Kit Denton Fellowship
Back to Back Theatre

John Hinde Award for Science Fiction

Shayne Armstrong and S.P Krause