News
3 November 2026
The Australian Writers’ Guild is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting, Dasun Abeygoonawardana and Ciella Williams. Winning the Stage category, emerging playwright Dasun Abeygoonawardana’s 1996 is a warm and nostalgic play about two Australian teenagers set against the backdrop of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. Abeygoonawardana, a Sydney-based writer…
21 October 2026
Congratulations to the ten playwrights who have been shortlisted for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s prestigious Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting. The prize was launched in 2021 to celebrate and reward outstanding achievements in new Australian playwriting. $10,000 is awarded to the winner of each category, with a further $40,000 to be shared evenly among shortlisted…
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8 October 2026
Thursday 8 October 2026 – The Australian Writers’ Guild is pleased to celebrate the eight emerging writers selected as national finalists for The Next Brilliant Career, an initiative created by Netflix ANZ in partnership with the AWG and Australia’s eight State and Territory Screen Agencies. Congratulations to: Representing every state and territory across Australia, the…
Advocacy
News
1 September 2026
1 September 2026 – As part of your Guild’s effort to recoup historical unpaid superannuation, we ask that members who have been commissioned to write a television script by any of the following production companies please contact industrial@awg.com.au. The production companies are: The Australian Tax Office (ATO)and Creative Workplaces have recently published guidance confirming script writers’ entitlement to superannuation. A…
