Parliamentary Inquiry into the growth and sustainability of the film and television industryOn 9 February 2017, the House Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts announced an inquiry into Factors Contributing to the growth and sustainability of the Australian film and television industry.O...
More The Australian Writers’ Guild would like to congratulate AWG members Leah Purcell and Shelley Birse who last night were awarded top prizes at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.Leah Purcell was awarded the $30,000 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting as well as the $10,000 prize for Book of the Year – ...
More 5 April 2017Adelaide Film Festival and the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) today launched the prestigious Australian screenwriting development initiative, the INSITE Award. Established to unearth feature film screenwriting talent, the INSITE Award is presented to the writer of a screenplay which has...
More Thursday 16 March 2017The Australian Writers’ Guild is excited to announce our new tagline: Protecting and Promoting Writers’ Rights – on Screen, on Stage, on Air.The new tagline is the result of a competition launched late last year, in which members were asked to think about a phrase that cuts to ...
More On a beautiful day for cricket at St Kilda's picturesque Peanut Farm oval, the team from the Australian Writers' Guild collaborated well to craft a win over the actors from the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, to claim back the Credit.The writers set the high-scoring tone early, with opening p...
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