A shortlist of eight outstanding writers has been chosen from hundreds of entries in the 2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards Eight emerging writers and their exciting unproduced projects have been shortlisted for the 2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards. Represented on the shortlist are gripping feature films, dramatic and comedic television pilots and a nail-biting short thriller. These eight…
Continue readingCongratulations to the nine sci-fi writers who have been shortlisted from hundreds of entrants in the 2025 John Hinde Award. The shortlist – which covers entries across the produced and unproduced categories – includes seven feature films and two episodes of children’s television series Rock Island Mysteries. The winning writers will be announced at an industry…
Continue readingThe theft of thousands of creative workers’ intellectual property by AI companies is unacceptable, say creatives of the Australian screen industry, urging the Government to come down hard on the ongoing and widespread use of stolen and uncompensated work by AI developers. Responding to the Productivity Commission’s consultation on policy reform, the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting…
Continue readingWriters who are engaged by production companies to write scripts are entitled to superannuation under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) (the Act). Section 12(3) of the Act states that if a person works under a contract that is “wholly or principally for the labour of the person” then that person is an employee of the other…
Continue readingScreen Australia and the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) have announced applications are open for The Creators program. Now in its third year, The Creators is a career acceleration program for high-calibre, mid-career screenwriters to build toward the creation of their own shows. Expanding upon the success of Years 1 and 2, Year 3 sees The Creators evolve to…
Continue readingScreenworks and the Australian Writers’ Guild have today announced the selected participants of Seeding Storytellers with 17 emerging First Nations screenwriters selected for the program which will guide them to become note-takers in a writers’ room. The selected participants are Annidette Puni (Sydney, NSW), Angelina Hurley (Brisbane, QLD), Aria Kitchener (Tweed Heads, NSW), Barbara Hostalek (Perth, WA), Colleen…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild is excited to announce In the Writers’ Room, a unique professional development workshop designed to give early career screenwriters in WA an insight into how a professional writers’ room operates. From the basics of what a writers’ room is and does through to the less obvious topic of etiquette in a room, it will give…
Continue readingThe John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing was established to encourage, reward and foster creativity in the development and showcasing of Australian science-fiction writing for film, television, web series and interactive media. Funded by a bequest from the late Australian film critic John Hinde, the winning writers will share in a $10,000 prize pool. There are two…
Continue readingThe 2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards are officially open for entries! Dedicated to uncovering the hottest new scripts and writing talent across Australia, these awards are a purpose-built and industry-recognised opportunity for AWG Associate and Student members to have their work showcased directly to industry decision-makers. The Emerging Writers’ Awards are open to screen and stage writers with an unproduced script of any genre across film, television,…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild welcomes the recommendation from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training’s Digital Transformation of Workplaces inquiry that would see developers required to prove that their AI systems have not been trained using creatives’ intellectual property. Recommendation 17 of the inquiry requires “developers to demonstrate that AI systems have been developed using lawfully…
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