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2024

June Headlines The Creators, AWG in Canada, AWGACS at CISAC General Assembley and Mentorships
May Headlines Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize, John Hinde Award, AI Survey and Member interviews
April Headlines The Creators, Emerging Writers' Awards, and AWG at AI hearing

March Headlines AWGIE Award winners, Richard Lane Award, and Industrial update

2023

December Headlines Creators launch, AWGIE Awards, Lunch Break and AACTA Festival
November Headlines Competition updates, Content London, vales and AWG On Demand 
October Headlines Monte Miller Awards announced, AI statement, and IAWG General Meeting 
July Headlines WGA strike, AWG Constitution, David Williamson Prize and Voice of the Industry 
April Headlines The Creators, Industrial updates, new webinars and Monte Miller Awards

February Headlines National Cultural Policy, 2023 Rates and Contracts, and Untapped announced

2022

December Headlines The Creators announced, 55th AWGIE Award Winners, and AWG in Canberra with Make It Australian
October Headlines Nominees for the 55th AWGIE Awards, Narrative Design Workshop and Talent Gateway participants 

September Headlines John Hinde 2022, Industrial update, Untapped and Final Draft discounts
August Headlines National Cultural Policy, Digital Games Survey, Screen POD and Workwell Toolkit
July Headlines Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize announced, First Break WA, and AWGACS update
June Headlines John Hinde Award winner announced, 2022 Australian election results, AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes and AWG Scripts Assessments
May Headlines SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator, Streaming Services discussion paper, and AWG competitions
April Headlines AWG at Screen Forever, Vale Alan Hopgood and First Break Victoria
March Headlines Government TV Proposal, AWG COVID-safe writers' rooms, and UNTAPPED 2022

2021

December Headlines Join us at the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards, AGM overview and NEC updates
November Headlines 2021 AWGIE nominees announced, Entries open for 2021 Monte Miller Awards
September Headlines Support for Playwrights, Make it Australian update and Minimum rates for Freelance Narrative Design
August Headlines John Hinde opens for Entries, Wins for Make It Australian campaign
June Headlines 54th AWGIE Awards, Industrial Update on recent government submissions and Talent Gateway launch
May Headlines Monte Miller Winners, Future of Australian Screen Stories webinar and Producer Offset update
April Headlines AWG at Parliament House, Member webinars and AACTA Pitch
March Headlines Emerging screenwriters incubator, IMDbPro discount and Industrial updates
February Headlines Game Developers callout, updated rates and contracts and AACTA Regional Landscapes

2020

December Headlines AWGIE Awards, AWG On Demand and John Hinde results
November Headlines Monte Miller's open for entry, AWG on Demand, and Industrial updates
October Headlines AWGIE Award nominees, Industry updates and On Air winner
September Headlines AWGIE Save the Date, AWG On Demand Catch Up, and AWG's Industrial Service
August Headlines John Hinde Award, AWG Submission to Options Paper, and Make It Australian updates
July Headlines Adventures In Stereo, Jan Sardi Queen's Birthday Honours and AWG Writing Sprints
June Headlines AWG On Demand, Make It Australian, and COVID Safe Guidelines

Media Coverage

2022

• 30 September 2022 Vale Peter Yeldham, screenwriter, playwright and novelist IF Magazine
• 30 September 2022 AWG increases work with narrative designers and games writers IF Magazine
• 30 September 2022 Nominees for the 55th Annual AWGIE Awards FilmInk
• 29 September 2022 Nominees for 55th AWGIEs unveiled as awards return in-person IF Magazine
• 29 September 2022 AWGIE Awards 2022: nominees TV Tonight
• 29 September 2022 Australian Writer’s Guild outlines support for game workers GamesHub
• 29 September 2022 Is Australia the next content powerhouse? Claire Pullen on RN Breakfast
• 28 September 2022 Why everyone’s fighting about streaming (again) MediaWeek
• 28 September 2022 Industry groups accuse Streamers of “conflating” spend on content TV Tonight
• 27 September 2022 Australian content campaign group slams global streamers report on local investment C21 Media
• 8 September 2022 First Break recipients announced in WA TV Tonight
• 7 September 2022 AWG unveils WA First Break participants IF Magazine
• 1 September 2022 AWG and ADG push for greater regulation, diversity in National Cultural Policy submissions IF Magazine
• 29 August 2022 Playwrights lock horns with theatre companies as arts sector organises for better pay Sydney Morning Herald
• 15 August 2022 Thomas Atkin wins John Hinde Award for ‘Kin’ IF Magazine
• 15 August 2022 Dystopic thriller Kin wins top Australian sci-fi screenwriting award FilmInk
• 12 August 2022 Vale Philip Dalkin TV Tonight
• 12 July 2022 Winners of the Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting announced Limelight Magazine
• 12 July 2022 Award-winning play may never hit the stage AAP
• 4 July 2022 AWG Launches First Break in WA IF Magazine
• 24 June 2022 Australia is more than a set for US stories: why government needs to back local film Crikey
• 23 June 2022 Australia is more than a set location for US stories: why government needs to back an Australian screen sector Limelight Magazine
• 16 June 2022 Peter Mattessi discusses content quotas on Afternoons with Dustin Skipworth ABC Radio Perth
• 16 June 2022 Peter Mattessi discusses content quotas on Mornings with Virginia Trioli ABC Radio Melbourne
• 16 June 2022 Sam Meikle and Jan Sardi discuss content quotas on Mornings with Cassie McCullagh ABC Radio Sydney
• 10 June 2022 Make It Australian relaunches campaign TV Tonight
• 17 May 2022 Space Nova wins 2021 John Hinde Award for Excellence TV Tonight
• 17 May 2022 Thomas Duncan-Watt wins 2021 John Hinde Award for Space Nova IF Magazine
• 17 May 2022 Animated Series Space Nova wins prestigious $10,000 prize for Australian sci-fi screenwriting FilmInk
• 16 May 2022 Australian screenwriter wins $10,000 prize for Space Nova ScreenHub
• 16 May 2022 Claire Pullen discusses content quotas on Mornings with Cassie McCullagh ABC Radio Sydney
• 6 May 2022 Australian screen industry group reiterates SVOD reporting scheme concerns IF Magazine
• 4 May 2022 AWG Announces NSW First Break participants IF Magazine
• 15 March 2022 Australia's Art's Crisis: AWG Executive Director Claire Pullen on ABC's Late Night Live ABC Radi
• 24 February 2022 Make Netflix and other TV streaming giants back Australian shows, or our success story is over AWG ED Claire Pullen in the Sydney Morning Herald 

2021

• 16 July 2021 Creatives announced for Screen Diversity Showcase IF Magazine
• 13 July 2021 AWG CEO Jacqueline Elaine to depart IF Magazine
• 25 June 2021 Programming profile: Australia’s own Hollywood C21 Media
• 9 June 2021 Foxtel and guilds go head-to-head on local content regulation ArtsHub
• 27 May 2021 ADG and AWG back call for streamers to face 20 per cent local content requirement IF Magazine
• 25 May 2021 SPA calls for streamers to spent 20 per cent of revenue on local commissions IF Magazine
• 19 May 2021 Emerging Writers’ Incubator calls for applications ArtsHub 
• 12 May 2021 Screen Australia and Australians in Film launch Talent Gateway and Global Producers Exchange Mirage News
• 8 May 2021 Streaming Rights – The big grab to your wallet ArtsHub
• 5 May 2021 SBS and SAFC calls for diverse writers for year long development initiative Mumbrella 
• 2 May 2021 Film Productions move to AustraliaThe Saturday Paper
• 22 April 2021 Monte Miller Award winners announced: Exceptional craft on display FilmInk
• 22 April 2021 Monte Miller Awards – multiskilling takes over the future ScreenHub
• 21 April 2021 Justin Olstein and Campbell Banks win AWG’s Monte Miller Awards IF Magazine
• 12 April 2021 Producer Offset to remain at 40 per cent for theatrical features, TIF extended IF Magazine
• 12 April 2021 Government extends screen production assistance, confirms Producer Offset lift Media Week
• 31 March 2021 We’ve considered this pretty carefully’: Paul Fletcher speaks to green paper proposals, offset changes IF Magazine
• 29 March 2021 Comedy-drama ‘The Deb’ wins AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes IF Magazine
• 17 March 2021 Screen industry lobbies Parliament to regulate streaming services ScreenHub
• 17 March 2021 Screen industry turns up the heat for content quotas for streaming services MediaWeek
• 16 March 2021 Stars lobby for Netflix to face 20 per cent local content quota Sydney Morning Herald
• 16 March 2021 Screen Creatives visit Canberra to call for action on local content FilmInk
• 16 March 2021 Aussie actors Simon Baker, Bryan Brown, Marta Dusseldorp and Justine Clarke take demands to Canberra The Daily Telegraph
• 16 March 2021 Aussie Stars Demand Netflix & Co Make More Local Content Before We ‘Fall Immediately Behind’ Pedestrian
• 16 March 2021 Make It Australian campaign brings representatives to Canberra IF Magazine
• 16 March 2021 AFTRS' Talent Camp funds productions for three emerging screenwriters across Australia AFTRS
• 17 February 2021 New emerging screenwriters’ incubator initiative brings industry together to invest in diverse writing talent SBS
• 17 February 2021 SBS Launches Emerging Screenwriters’ Incubator IF Magazine
• 17 February 2021 New emerging screenwriters’ incubator initiative launchedScreen Australia
• 17 February 2021 SBS, Screen Australia co-fund three year program to foster diverse screenwriting talentScreenHub

2020

• 18 December 2020 From Playwright to screenwriter, Suzie Miller reflects on her journey ScreenHub
• 9 December 2020 Gifted Writer behind screenplay for Hanging Rock Sydney Morning Herald
• 9 December 2020 Mediaweek: Remembering Cliff GreenMediaweek
• 9 December 2020AWGIE Awards 2020: WinnersTV Tonight
• 9 December 2020 AWGIES 2020 bow down to a one-woman theatre showArtsHub
• 9 December 2020 AWGIE wins for ‘Hearts and Bones’, ‘Penguin Bloom’, ‘The Hunting’, ‘Total Control’IF Magazine
• 8 December 2020 Vale Cliff Green, esteemed screenwriterIF Magazine
• 3 December 2020 Film grad wins national award for sci-fi feature scriptGriffith News
• 3 December 2020 The Commons wins AWG’s John Hinde Awards IF Magazine
• 27 November 2020 Government proposes local content obligations for SVODs, ABC, SBS IF Magazine
• 25 October 2020 Playwright Angus Cerini on how theatre saved him, and examining Australian masculinity in Wonnangatta, The Bleeding TreeABC
• 13 October 2020 Mental Health webinars announced for screen industryArtsHub
• 7 October 2020 Nominations Announced for 53rd Annual AWGIE Awards ArtsHub
• 1 October 2020 TV content quota changes mean networks and streaming platforms are ‘let off the hook’: screen industry Mumbrella
• 1 October 2020 “Why hasn’t Minister done the work?” TV Tonight
• 1 October 2020 'An unfortunate backward step': The screen industry slams the federal government’s changes to content requirements for broadcasters Business Insider Australia
• 1 October 2020 Capital Life: What's happening in Canberra's arts scene The Canberra Times
• 30 September 2020 Make it Australian campaign relaunches, refuses to accept defeat ArtsHub
• 29 September 2020 2020 AWGIE Children’s Nominees Announced ACTF
• 29 September 2020 Nine AWGIE Award nominations for AFTRS Alumni AFTRS
• 27 September 2020 Wonnangatta (Sydney Theatre Company) Review Limelight
• 25 September 2020 Nominations announced for 53rd annual AWGIE Awards IF Magazine
• 22 September 2020 Picking Scabs Production Venture Formed by See-Saw Films and Samantha Strauss Variety
• 17 September 2020 Who shares $20,000 funding for new podcasts? Mediaweek
• 4 September 2020 Industry awards shift online Mediaweek
• 26 August 2020 AiF and Screen NSW select five filmmakers for Hollywood talent development lab IF Magazine
• 14 August 2020 State arts service organisations: effective, engaged but endangeredThe Conversation
• 2 August 2020 Australia pledges $393m in grants to lure foreign film-makers The Straits Times
• 31 July 2020 Playmaker creators jump off speeding train ArtsHub
• 28 July 2020 Call for Entries for AWG’s John Hinde Award IF Magazine
• 27 July 2020 Love in the time of COCIVD-19: Lockdown rom-com finds its way to screen Sydney Morning Herald
• 23 July 2020 Cunning and consensus in replies to government requests for sector feedback ArtsHub
• 21 July 2020 Exports can double size of sector, claims Screen Producers Australia ArtsHub 21 July 2020 In conversation with…Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jan Sardi Il Globo
• 17 July 2020 Film Industry calls for more local support after Hollywood Incentive Sydney Morning Herald
• 3 July 2020 Australian guilds and industry bodies put up a united front on media reforms IF Magazine
• 25 June 2020 Government unveils $250m arts rescue package, with $50m for screen production IF Magazine
• 11 June 2020 Jan Vittorio Sardi’s film and TV work recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours list SBS Italian
• 10 June 2020 Creative Victorians recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours list Create Victoria
• 9 June 2020 Queen’s Birthday honours 2020 finds two fierce and modest Film and TV veterans ScreenHub
• 9 June 2020 Queen’s Birthday honours for Robyn Nevin, Jan Sardi If Magazine
• 9 June 2020 Who Made the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020? ArtsHub
• 8 June 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020: Robyn Nevin, Jan Sardi, Totti Goldsmith TV Tonight
• 8 June 2020 Famous Australians lead Queen’s Birthday Honours The Queensland Times
• 8 June 2020 Arts Figures honoured in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday List Limelight Magazine
• 7 June 2020 Prominent arts philanthropists honoured in Queen’s Birthday list Sydney Morning Herald
• 7 June 2020 'We’ve all been fighting this fight forever': Shine writer Jan Sardi Sydney Morning Herald
• 14 May 2020 On Air Competition Canberra Times
• 13 May 2020 Australian Writers’ Guild and Audible launch $20,000 podcast writing competition ArtsHub
• 11 May 2020 The screen industry launches The Great Australian Binge campaign MediaWeek
• 8 May 2020 $20,000 podcast writing competition ArtsHub
• 23 April 2020 Leading culture figures back call for government support Brisbane Times / The Age / SMH
• 22 April 2020 Coronavirus TV ‘support’ package leaves screen writers and directors even less certain than before The Conversation
• 19 April 2020 Australian creators fear extension of 'emergency' TV content quotas Sydney Morning Herald
• 17 April 2020 As COVID-19 bites, industry lobbying pivots to the future ArtsHub
• 15 April 2020 Screen Australia / ACMA options document sets up battle over TV changes ArtsHub
• 6 April 2020 Georgina Jenkins’ ‘Blackbird’ wins AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes IF Magazine
• 23 March 2020 Celebrating Your Stories – 53^rd Annual AWGIE Awards Call for Entries Arts Review
• 20 March 2020 Extra: Australian orgs call for support Realscreen
• 20 March 2020 Australian screen industry seeks federal support, launches survey Television Business International
• 20 March 2020 Guilds call on government to urgently protect the screen industry IF Magazine
• 16 March 2020 Door to Hollywood opens wider with tech inspired writers’ program ScreenHub
• 16 March 2020 Coronavirus disrupts the screen industry with worse to come IF Magazine
• 6 March 2020 AWG response to sector review ArtsHub
• 26 February 2020 AWG names Philip Tarl Denson and Lâle Teoman Monte Miller Award winnersIF Magazine
• 14 February 2020 High-quality television concepts dominate shortlist for premier awards for emerging writers Arts Review
• 14 February 2020 AWG announce Monte Miller finalists IF Magazine
• 3 February 2020 AACTA and Screenworks team for pitching comp IF Magazine

2019

• 11 December 2019 Industry guilds decry government snub to arts and fear further funding cuts IF Magazine
• 10 December 2019 Sector responds to invisible arts department ArtsHub
• 26 November 2019 Eleven Eleven takes home prestigious Australian sci-fi prize ArtsHub
• 21 November 2019 Lucas Taylor’s Eleven Eleven wins sci-fi screenwriting prize IF Magazine
• 4 October 2019 The wide open road ahead of Tim Minchin Sydney Morning Herald
• 2 October 2019 Australia can’t afford to allow digital platforms to continue their monopoly unchecked: Media businesses respond to the ACCC Digital Platform Inquiry Final Report Mumbrella
• 1 October 2019 Scripted Ink injects $35k in script development into annual Monte Miller Awards FilmInk
• 25 September 2019 From the archives, 1982: local film industry – ‘back to the fifties’ Sydney Morning Herald
• 20 September 2019 Takeaways from Talent USA: LA Screen Australia 
• 17 September 2019 Make it Australian campaign heads back to Canberra IF Magazine
• 23 August 2019 Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacqueline Perske, Kate Mulvany and Jan sardi among AWGIE winners IF Magazine
• 23 August 2019 AWGIE Awards 2019: winners TV Tonight
• 23 August 2019 Mediaweek Roundup: Carsales, AFR, News Corp, AWGIE Awards + more Media Week
• 23 August 2019 Abortion play’s timely AWGIE Adelaide Now
• 23 August 2019 AWGIE Awards special honours for Mac Gudgeon, Magda Szubanski Media Week
• 22 August 2019 Kate Mulvany scoops the AWGIES ArtsHub
• 22 August 2019 Full list of winners for the 52nd Annual AWGIE Awards FilmInk 
• 22 August 2019 2019 AWGIE Awards announced Limelight Magazine
• 22 August 2019 Neighbours wins an award for Sonya Rebecchi's emotional exit episode Digital Spy
• 9 August 2019 Talent USA: LA 2019 recipients announced Screen Australia
• 30 July 2019 ‘Lambs of God’ sets new benchmark for Sarah Lambert If Magazine
• 15 July 2019 The 52^nd Annual AWGIE Awards Announce Noms Lowdown Under
• 13 July 2019 AWGIE Awards 2019: Nominees TV Tonight
• 12 July 2019 Nominees for the 52^nd Annual AWGIE Awards announced IF Magazine
• 17 June 2019 Niki Aken celebrates the era of richer screen diversity IF Magazine
• 2 April 2019  Que Minh Luu, a torch bearer for diversity IF Magazine
• 24 March 2019 Local productions urged to give reins to writers The Australian
• 11 March 2019 AWG: There is no such thing as a free lunch IF Magazine
• 27 February 2019 Jules Duncan, Nir Shelter win Monte Miller Awards IF Magazine
• 13 February 2019 Shortlist for 2019 Monte Miller Awards revealed  ArtsHub
• 7 February 2019 TV News Roundup: ‘L.A.’s Finest’ With Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba Sets Premiere Date  Variety
• 5 February 2019 Tim Pye talks Aussie Screenwriters  Screen Australia
• 4 February 2019 New Board appointments for Australian Writers’ Guild  ArtsHub
• 4 February 2019 TV news: NCIS LA showrunner to head Oz writer’s Guild  Fairfax
• 31 January 2019 New President for Australian Writers’ Guild  ScreenHub
• 29 January 2019 Mithila Gupta blazes a trail for diversity  IF Magazine
• 25 January 2019 Internationally renowned showrunner Shane Brennan elexted Australian Writers’ Guild president  FilmInk
• 25 January 2019 Shane Brennan elected AWG President  IF Magazine
• 25 January 2019 Showrunner Shane Brennan elected Australian Writers’ Guild President  MediaWeek

2018

• 7 November 2018  Writers’ groups settle royalties legal fight with Screenrights  Mumbrella
• 7 November 2018 AWGACS, AWG and Screenrights settle dispute, but won’t talk about it  MediaWeek
• 6 November 2018 AWGACS, AWG and Screenrights settle legal dispute  IF Magazine
• 6 November 2018 Vale Eleanor Witcombe IF Magazine
• 5 November 2018 Alumna wins John Hinde Award  AFTRS
• 2 November 2018 Scripted Ink, Screentime and Nine reveal winners of drama program  Mumbrella
• 1 November 2018 AWG John Hinde Award for Scifi Screenwriters  3CR Community Radio
• 20 September 2018 Double win for Lost & Found Jewish News
• 12 September 2018 Scripted Ink deal bangs on closed doors ScreenHub
• 10 September 2018 Scripted Ink, Screentime and Nine join forces for emerging drama writers BandT
• 5 September 2018 Applause: Latest funding and awards announced ArtsHub
• 3 September 2018 Arts Review ‘On the Couch’ Arts Review
• 2 September 2018 Muriel’s Wedding wins AWGIE Award Theatre People
• 31 August 2018 702 ABC Sydney Afternoons with James Valentine: interview with Bradley Slabe 702 ABC Sydney
• 31 August 2018 2018 AWGIE Awards find real Australia ScreenHub
• 31 August 2018 AWGIE Awards for Sweet Country, Cargo and Lost & Found IF Magazine
• 31 August 2018 Sue Smith, Tony Ayres honoured at AWGIE Awards IF Magazine
• 31 August 2018 AWGIE Awards 2018: winners TV Tonight
• 31 August 2018 Muriel’s Wedding the Musical honoured at the 2018 AWGIE Awards Limelight Magazine 
• 31 August 2018 PJ Hogan Honoured with two awards at the 51^st Annual AWGIE Awards Broadway World
• 31 August 2018 Tony Ayres awarded Hector Crawford Award AFTRS
• 31 August 2018 Little J and Big Cuz, Mustangs FC writers win 2018 AWGIE Awards ACTF
• 31 August 2018 AWGIE Award winners Media Week
• 31 August 2018 AWGIE Award winners: Special tributes for Sue Smith and Tony Ayres Media Week
• 31 August 2018 Lost & Found takes home AWG’s major award for writing Arts Review
• 6 August 2018 Screen Australia and AWG select 16 Creatives for Talent USA IF Magazine
• 28 June 2018 Sweet Country, Brothers’ Nest to vie for feature film AWGIE Award IF Magazine
• 28 June 2018 The Australian Writers’ Guild announces the 51^st AWGIE Award nominees! FilmInk
• 28 June 2018 AWGIE Awards 2018: nominees TV Tonight
• 28 June 2018 A strong year for theatre – AWGIE Nominations AMPAG
• 28 June 2018 AWGIE Award nominees showcase diversity of voices currently soaring in industry Arts Review
• 28 June 2018 Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola pick up AWGIE Award nominations Token
• 10 July 2018 Drop Dead Weird nominated for the 51^st AWGIE Awards Ambience Entertainment
• 11 April 2018 If broadcasters get what they want in the budget, Australian television is doomed Sydney Morning Herald 
• 30 March 2018 The Mix – Australian theatre ABC

 

 

2017

• Gillian Armstrong lends her voice to campaign to save Australian screen content Sydney Morning Herald – 17 September 2017
• Industry rallies to support the Make it Australian campaign IF Magazine – 7 September 2017
• Atomic detonates at the AWGIE Awards Broadway World – 4 September 2017
• Is the tide turning for Australian sci-fi on the small screen The Conversation – 29 August 2017
• 2017 AWGIES – Leah Purcell honoured by writing community Screenhub – 29 August 2017
• Australian Writers’ Guild 50th AWGIE 2017 winners Mediaweek  – 28 August 2017
• AWGIE Awards 2017: Winners TV Tonight – 26 August 2017
• ABC Radio Sydney Weekend Mornings interview with Andrew Knight ABC Radio Sydney – 26 August 2017
• AWGIEs Wrote This: Winners Announced FilmInk – 26 August 2017
• Hacksaw Ridge and Lion win but Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife dominates AWGIES Sydney Morning Herald  – 26 August 2017
• Hacksaw Ridge wins AWGIE writing award The Australian – 26 August 2017
• ‘Lion’, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, top the AWGIE Awards IF Magazine – 25 August 2017
• Andrew Knight: A Rake Among Screenwriters FilmInk – 11 August 2017
• AWG honours Andrew Knight with Lifetime Achievement Award IF Magazine – 11 August 2017
• Andrew Knight to receive AWG Lifetime Achievement Award TV Tonight – 11 August 2017
• Screenwriter Andrew Knight to receive industry top honour FilmInk – 10 August 2017
• Australian producers reach a ‘tipping point’ IF Magazine – 26 July 2017
• Children’s TV – the industry response ArtsHub – 21 July 2017
• Commercial broadcasters under fire over children’s TV quotas IF Magazine – 21 July 2017
• AWG awards nominations pitches veteran against the new ScreenHub – 23 June 2017
• Nominees announced for 50th AWGIE Awards ArtsHub – 21 June 2017
• Josh Thomas, Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola and Anne Edmonds pick up AWGIE Award nominations Comedy.com.au – 20 June 2017
• Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge in running for award Sky News – 20 June 2017
• AWGIE Awards 2017: nominees TV Tonight – 20 June 2017
• ‘Hounds of Love’ and ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ to vie for key AWGIE Award IF Magazine – 20 June 2017
• The AWGIE Award Nominations Are In FilmInk – 20 June 2017
• From 526 to one, Writers Guild sifts hopes to find a Shining Light ArtsHub – 10 February 2017

2016

• Best and worst companies for gender parity ArtsHub – 13 December 2016
• Male writers dominate Australian theatre, with Melbourne Theatre Company the exception The Age – 13 December 2016
• Male writers dominate Australian theatre News.com – 12 December 2016
• Male playwrights dominate Australian theatre Sky News – 12 December 2016
• Playwright gender parity missing at some companies Sydney Morning Herald – 12 December 2016
• Australian Writers’ Guild and Scripted Ink. receive Screen Australia Enterprise Funding for new screenwriting development initiative The Iris – 1 December 2016
• Cleverman scribe wins 2016 John Hinde Award for Science Fiction IF Magazine – 10 November 2016
• Cleverman picks up the John Hinde Award for Science Fiction FilmInk – 10 November 2016
• The Code award winner Coffs Coast Advocate – 22 October 2016
• AWGIES honour writers who pounced on new opportunities Screenhub
• 2016 Australian Writers’ Guild Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Screenwriter Craig Pearce ABC Radio National – 13 October 2016
• Baz Luhrmann co-creator Craig Pearce ‘invisible’ no longer The Australian – 13 October 2016
• Agency to assist scriptwriters The Australian – 31 August 2016
• Shane Brennan donates $1m for screenwriting initiative TV Tonight – 31 August 2016
• Scripted Ink: A shot in the arm for Australian screen industry ABC Radio PM – 30 August 2016
• Writer/Producer Shane Brennan stumps up $1million to fix Australian television Sydney Morning Herald – 30 August 2016
• ‘My money where my mouth is’ Scriptwriter Shane Brennan puts $1m into Australian writers ABC – 30 August 2016
• Shane Brennan launches Scripted Ink. in Australia Filmink – 26 August 2016
• NCIS: Los Angeles creator Shane Brennan commits $1m per year to Aussie talent The Daily Telegraph – 6 August 2016
• Theatre needs quotes to address ‘deliberate and shocking discrimination’ against women Sydney Morning Herald – 31 March 2016
• Australian Writers’ Guild taking legal action to recover royalty payments from Screenrights ABC – 7 March 2016
• Scriptwriters battle Screenrights for ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in royalties Sydney Morning Herald – 7 March 2016
• Australian Writers’ Guild launches multi-million dollar Federal Court action IF Magazine – 6 March 2016

 

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2024

08 September 2024  AWG welcomes Screen Australia guidelines on Artificial Intelligence

04 September 2024  Australian Writers' Guild welcomes Government proposal on Artificial Intelligence guardrails

27 August 2024  The AWGIE Awards are open for entries!

25 July 2024  AWG statement on Nine Publishing strike

24 July 2024  2024 Emerging Writers' Awards winners announced

18 July 2024  David Williamson Prize-winning play Horizon returns to the stage this month

11 July 2024  AWG and AWGACS in Canberra for Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI)

08 July 2024  Nine writers shortlisted for the 2024 Emerging Writers' Awards

03 July 2024  Five Minutes With Lucy Campbell

02 July 2024  Vale Bill Hughes (1944-2024)

26 June 2024  Five Minutes With Charlotte Rose Hamlyn

25 June 2024  David Williamson Prize-supported play Starweaver opens in Adelaide

23 April 2024  Five Minutes With...Playwright and author Finegan Kruckemeyer

14 April 2024  Announcing the Winners of the 2024 John Hinde Award!

09 April 2024  The Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting opens for entries

07 April 2024  John Hinde Shortlist Revealed!

26 March 2024  Five Minutes With....emerging screenwriter Zaity Salman

26 March 2024  Five Minutes With....multi-award-winning screenwriter Blake Ayshford

14 March 2024  The Creators 2024 Participants Announced

13 March 2024  Vale Michael Jenkins

13 March 2024  Entries open for AWG Emerging Writers' Awards

12 March 2024  Five minutes with... screenwriter and author Maria Lewis

15 February 2024  Meet your winners of the 56th Annual AWGIE Awards

13 February 2024  Your guide to the 56th Annual AWGIE Awards

11 February 2024  David Williamson Prize-supported play Big Yikes! opens next month

05 February 2024  Six screen creatives selected for the 2024 SBS Emerging Writers’ Incubator initiative

16 January 2024  Writers of The Great, The New Boy, Colin From Accounts, Whitefella Yella Tree, Blueback, and Crazy Fun Park among nominees for the 56th Annual AWGIE Awards

14 January 2024  $10,000 John Hinde Award for sci-fi screenwriting opens for entries!

07 January 2024  2024 minimum rates and contracts now available on the AWG website

2023

20 December 2023  Season's Greetings from the Australian Writers' Guild

12 December 2023  Screenwriter Peter Mattessi elected President of the Australian Writers' Guild

11 December 2023  Applications open for The Creators program

20 November 2023  Vale Alison Nisselle OAM, a tribute by Glen Dolman

16 October 2023  Five minutes with...playwright Maxine Mellor

11 October 2023  2023 Monte Miller Award winners announced: $10k in script development funding for Australia's top unproduced screenplays

03 October 2023  Five Minutes With...Last Year's Monte Miller Award Winner James Cripps

02 October 2023  Five Minutes With...last year's Monte Miller Award Winner Rhianna Malezer

28 September 2023  Australian Writers’ Guild rejects unregulated AI in the creative sector

28 September 2023  Australian books and plays used to train AI systems

24 September 2023  AWG welcomes tentative agreement between WGA and AMPTP

20 September 2023  Vale Tom Hegarty

20 September 2023  What's On: Writing for Games and Narrative Design

17 September 2023  High-quality screen projects shortlisted for premier Awards for emerging Australian writers

13 June 2023  Screenwriters Everywhere stand in solidarity with the WGA

10 June 2023  Join Screenwriters internationally in support of the WGA

06 June 2023  Vale Patrick Edgeworth

28 May 2023  Vale Mac Gudgeon 1949 - 2023

16 May 2023  How to reset your Password

13 May 2023  Screen Australia and SBS announce applications open for Emerging Writers' Incubator

09 May 2023  AWG Website Update: Ongoing maintenance

02 May 2023  AWG statement on WGA Strike

20 March 2023  The Creators Participants Announced

2022

01 December 2022  Digital Games Tax Offset

20 November 2022  Screen Australia and Australian Writers' Guild announce The Creators initiative

16 November 2022  Writers of Girl Like You, Horizon, The Newsreader, Fires, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Ithaka among winners at the 55th Annual AWGIE Awards

29 October 2022  Monte Miller Awards Announced: $10k in script development for Australia's best unproduced scripts

27 October 2022  Six emerging screen creatives announced for 2022 Emerging Writers’ Incubator initiative

30 September 2022  Vale Peter Yeldham, a tribute by Roger Simpson with Angela Wales and Geoffrey Atherden

28 September 2022  Writers of The Newsreader, Heartbreak High, Playing Beatie Bow, Fires, The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, Ithaka, and Little J & Big Cuz among nominees for the 55th Annual AWGIE Awards

25 September 2022  NCIS: Sydney S1 to welcome emerging screenwriters as part of new Screen Australia initiative

19 September 2022  David Williamson Prize-supported play Jailbaby announced for Griffin's 2023 season

06 September 2022  AWG announces First Break WA participants

11 August 2022  Dystopic thriller Kin wins top Australian sci-fi screenwriting award

10 August 2022  Vale Philip Dalkin

10 August 2022  NZ Screen Industry Workers Bill

03 August 2022  National Cultural Policy - Have Your Say

11 July 2022  $60,000 Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting Winners Announced

03 July 2022  First Break WA launches today: Presented by the Australian Writers' Guild and Screenwest

03 May 2022  AWG announces First Break NSW Participants

28 April 2022  Update on the Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme discussion paper

25 April 2022  SBS Emerging Writers’ Incubator returns, supporting greater diversity in Australian screenwriting

01 March 2022  First Break: Presented by the Australian Writers' Guild and Screen NSW

23 February 2022  Supporting Screenwriters to write about health issues

15 February 2022  NCIS: Sydney AWG President Statement

06 February 2022  Government TV Proposal Falls Short

01 February 2022  The Hollywood Breakthrough Program UNTAPPED 2022 announced

27 January 2022  COVID-Safe Writers’ Rooms and Your Right to a Safe Workplace

2021

14 December 2021  Vale Chrissy Sharp: A tribute by Ian David

14 December 2021  Vale Doug MacLeod: A tribute by Mark O'Toole

07 December 2021  Writers of Cursed!, The Dry, New Gold Mountain, The Great and Nitram among winners at the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards

01 December 2021  Success: TV Producer Offset

25 October 2021  Writers of The Dry, Nitram, Wakefield, The Great, New Gold Mountain, Cursed! and Here Out West among nominees for the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards

18 October 2021  AWG announces Claire Pullen as Executive Director

27 September 2021  Six emerging screen creatives announced for 2021 Emerging Writers’ Incubator initiative

21 September 2021  Screen Australia and Australians in Film announce recipients of inaugural Talent Gateway and Global Producers Exchange initiatives

24 August 2021  Minimum Rates for Freelance Narrative Designer - Games and Interactive

03 August 2021  Entries open for Australia’s richest sci-fi screenwriting award.

12 July 2021  AWG Farewells Group CEO Jacqueline Elaine

10 May 2021  Screen Australia and Australians in Film launch Talent Gateway and Global Producers Exchange

20 April 2021  Monte Miller Award winners announced: Exceptional craft on display

11 April 2021  Win! Producer offset for feature film is retained

24 March 2021  AWG at Parliament House

15 March 2021  Screen creatives visit Canberra to call for action on local content

04 March 2021  Actors make it four in a row with Entertainment Ashes win

16 February 2021  New Emerging Screenwriters’ Incubator initiative brings industry together to invest in diverse writing talent

18 January 2021  Calling on all Game Developers. Help us to raise your game.

17 January 2021  2021 minimum rates and contracts now available on AWG website

2020

07 December 2020  Writers of Prima Facie, Hearts and Bones, Penguin Bloom, The Hunting and Total Control among winners at the 53rd Annual AWGIE Awards

07 December 2020  Vale Cliff Green: A tribute by Mac Gudgeon and Roger Simpson

03 December 2020  You're invited to the 53rd Annual AWGIE Awards

02 December 2020  Climate Fiction series The Commons takes home $10,000 prize for Australian Sci-Fi screenwriting

30 November 2020  AWG responds to release of Media Reform Green Paper

29 September 2020  AWG responds to Government’s screen content announcement

28 September 2020  David Williamson Prize-Supported Wonnangatta Opens At Sydney Theatre Company To Impressive Reviews

24 September 2020  Writers of Hearts and Bones, Acute Misfortune, Stateless, Total Control, The Heights, Prima Facie and Content among nominees for the 53rd Annual AWGIE Awards

14 September 2020  Outstanding mix of Audio projects announced as winners of $20,000 Podcast Writing Competition

28 July 2020  The spirit of Perseverance: Entries open for Australia’s richest sci-fi screenwriting award

15 July 2020  Vale Ken Shadie: A tribute by the Australian Writers' Guild and Paul Hogan

02 July 2020  AWG submission to the Supporting Australian Stories on our Screens Options Paper

02 July 2020  Screen groups present collaborative vision for the future

24 June 2020  AWG addresses Government’s $250m Arts and Entertainment package

09 June 2020  Vale Jock Blair, a tribute by Tom Hegarty

07 June 2020  Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jan Sardi recognised as part of Queen’s Birthday Honours

05 May 2020  Australian Writers’ Guild and Audible announce $20,000 podcast writing competition

05 May 2020  What's Australia's most bingeworthy homegrown film or TV show?

04 May 2020  Vale Ken Methold

23 April 2020  AWG Theatre Streaming Guidelines

14 April 2020  AWG on quotas, SVODs and the Arts crisis

19 March 2020  Australian screen industry bands together to seek Government support

25 February 2020  $35k in script development for winners of Australia’s top awards for unproduced scripts

17 February 2020  PWA Board releases REA consulting review

12 February 2020  High-quality television concepts dominate shortlist for premier awards for emerging writers

2019

21 November 2019  David Williamson Prize-supported Packer & Sons opens at Belvoir

19 November 2019  Award-winning multilinear narrative experience Eleven Eleven takes home Australia’s richest sci-fi screenwriting prize

14 November 2019  Powerhouse screenwriting projects to be showcased at inaugural industry mixer

13 November 2019  AWGACS Members re-elected to Screenrights Board

30 September 2019  Scripted Ink injects $35k in script development funding into annual Monte Miller Awards

21 August 2019  "Writers of The Harp in the South, The Favourite, True History of the Kelly Gang, and The Cry among winners at the 52nd Annual AWGIE Awards"

11 July 2019  "Writers of The Favourite, Hotel Mumbai, The Cry, Rosehaven and The Harp in the South among nominees for 52nd Annual AWGIE Awards"

08 July 2019  Entries open for Australia’s richest sci-fi screenwriting award

11 April 2019  Matt Ford wins inaugural Hothouse Drama Program

29 January 2019  AWG and AWGACS Board welcomes and farewells

2018

18 December 2018  Victorian Screenwriter Meegan May wins coveted RMIT’s McCraith House Writer’s Residency

22 October 2018  Shortlist for sci-fi screenwriting award pushes exciting genre boundaries

17 September 2018  Australia's premier awards for unproduced scripts open for entries

29 August 2018  More than words: dialogue-free animated short film Lost & Found takes home AWG’s Major Award for writing

2016

29 August 2016  New multi-million dollar initiative to help develop world-class Australian film and TV scripts