The legislation implementing the Digital Games Tax Offset was recently tabled in the lower house of Australian Parliament. It is a 30% rebate on the development costs of video games in Australia and specifically states that writers are covered by the definition of eligible costs, including contract workers.
Screen Australia and the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) are pleased to announce The Creators, a new career acceleration program for high-calibre mid-career screenwriters to build toward the creation of their own shows. Through the initiative, up to six writers with existing episodic slates will be selected to travel to Los Angeles to participate in training, industry meetings, networking events and attend Content LA in 2023.
A ground-breaking documentary filmed over six years that follows the relationship between a couple as one of them transitions genders has taken home the top prize at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s 55th Annual AWGIE Awards, with WA filmmakers Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe’s emotional and insightful documentary Girl Like You winning the 2022 Major Award.
The Australian Writers’ Guild is excited to welcome our nominees, members and guests to celebrate the 55th Annual AWGIE Awards and the 60th Anniversary of the Guild this Thursday 17 November 2022.
Screenwriters James Cripps and Rhianna Malezer have been announced as the winners of the Australian Writers’ Guild’s Monte Miller Awards, the premier awards for unproduced scripts in Australia.
