Playwright Kate Mulvany’s epic and acclaimed stage adaptation of the Australian classic The Harp in the South has taken out the highest honour of the Australian Writers’ Guild’s annual AWGIE Awards, the 2019 Major Award.

An outstanding field of Australian screen and stage writers have been nominated for the 52nd Annual AWGIE Awards in a year that will see some of our most beloved and iconic stories celebrated alongside exciting and bold new works, a testament to how Australian-told stories continue to resonate with audiences both here and abroad.

The 2019 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing launches today, seeking those who dare to look beyond the world as it is and ask questions, and who foster the creation of great science-fiction stories.

Australia’s best screenwriters are in LA as part of the US launch of Showcase on Monday 24 June 2019 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood; bringing the best of Australian screenwriting to the US film and television industry.

The Make it Australian campaign – made up of Screen Producers Australia (SPA), Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), and the Australian Directors Guild (ADG) - has welcomed Labor’s announcement that, if elected, a Shorten Labor Government will modernise the policy and regulatory settings that support Australian and children’s screen content in the converged media environment.