The Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates screenwriters Sam Meikle and Jeremy Brull who have been announced as the winners of the 2026 John Hinde Award. Writer and creator Sam Meikle was awarded in the Unproduced category for his television pilot Hypersomnia. Described as ‘a story of first contact, alien infiltration, conquest and colonisation that hits us where we’re most vulnerable: in our sleep’, the script was praised…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates playwright Anna Lyon and screenwriter Patrick George, who have been announced as the winners of the 2026 Emerging Writers’ Awards. The Awards were announced tonight to a packed room of senior writers, producers, industry folk and Guild members, who spent the evening mixing with the talented cohort of winning and shortlisted writers. Playwright Anna Lyon took home the Long Form award for her play Gravida Five, a tragicomedy…
Continue readingThis Wednesday, the AWG will join television and film writers and other workers around the world for Screenwriters Everywhere, a global day of solidarity and action in support of the 11,500 members of Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East, who have been on strike since 2 May. Join your fellow Australian Writers’ Guild members in…
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