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2022

6 May 2022 Australian Writers' Guild criticises Government delay, lack of vision in its submission to the Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme discussion paper

6 May 2022 Australian Screen Industry Group Submission to the Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme discussion paper

4 May 2022 AWG announces First Break NSW Participants

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

26 April 2022 SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator returns, supporting greater diversity in Australian screenwriting

30 March 2022 Vale Alan Hopgood: A tribute by Judith Colquhoun

2 March 2022 First Break: Presented by AWG and Screen NSW

7 February 2022 Government TV proposal falls short

2 February 2022 Hollywood breakthrough program UNTAPPED 22 announced

28 January 2022 COVID-safe writers' rooms and your right to a safe workplace

2021

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

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

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

2 December 2021 Success: TV Producer Offset

26 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

19 October 2021 AWG announces Claire Pullen as Executive Director

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

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

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

4 August 2021 Entries open for Australia's richest sci-fi screenwriting award

13 July 2021 AWG farewells Group CEO Jacqueline Elaine

11 May 2021 Screen Australian and Australians in Film launch Talent Gateway and Global Producers Exchange

21 April 2021 Monte Miller Awards announced: Exceptional craft on display

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

25 March 2021AWG at Parliament House

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

17 February 2021SBS Emerging Screenwriters Incubator

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

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

2020

18 December 2020 Season's Greetings from the Australian Writers' Guild

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

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

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

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

1 December 2020 AWG responds to release of Media Reform Green Paper

23 October 2020 2020 Monte Miller Awards Open for Entries

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

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

25 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

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

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

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

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

3 July 2020 Screen groups present collaborative vision for the future

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

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

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

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

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

5 May 2020 Vale Ken Methold, a tribute by Linda Aronson

24 April 2020 AWG Theatre Streaming Guidelines

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

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

19 March 2020 COVID-19 update for members: Your Guild is here for you

16 March 2020 Temporary shutdown of AWG and AWGACS office space in response to COVID-19

27 February 2020 AWG response to REĂ consulting review

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

18 February 2020 PWA Board releases REĂ consulting review

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

11 February 2020 Turn Your Idea into a Screenplay with AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes in partnership with Screenworks

13 January 2020 2020 minimum rates and contracts now available on AWG website

2019

11 December 2019 Industry guilds decry government snub to arts and fear further funding cuts

7 December 2019 Significant restructure to the Department of Communications and the Arts

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

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

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

14 November 2019 AWGACS Members re-elected to Screenrights Board

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

17 September 2019 Screen creatives on both sides of camera call for action on local content

22 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

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

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

25 June 2019 NCIS Showrunner Shane Brennan’s screen development company Scripted Ink set up Hollywood base and launch screenwriter platform Showcase

6 May 2019 Make It Australian welcomes Labor on the way forward

2 May 2019 Talent Camp opens for submissions

15 April 2019 Make it Australian responds to Government extending offsets to streaming services

12 April 2019 Matt Ford wins inaugural Hothouse Drama Program

5 April 2019 Will writers be better off after the Senate Inquiry?

4 April 2019 EU Parliament passes Copyright Directive acknowledging rights of creators to proportionate remuneration

20 March 2019 Judges announced for final Pitch Royale competition at the 2019 Australian International Screen Forum

19 March 2019 Patricia Cornelius wins $234,000 Windham-Campbell prize

15 March 2019 Scripted Ink showcasing Australian writers in the USA

11 March 2019 There is no such thing as a free lunch

7 March 2019 Actors run away with hard-earned Credit

27 February 2019 Winners announced in premier Awards for future of Australian screenwriting

12 February 2019 Diversity dominates shortlist for annual comp charged with unearthing future of screenwriting

11 February 2019 AWG member Tony McNamara wins Original Screenplay BAFTA

30 January 2019 AWG and AWGACS Board welcomes and farewells

24 January 2019 Internationally renowned showrunner Shane Brennan elected Australian Writers’ Guild President

23 January 2019 Aussie screenwriter Tony McNamara picks up Oscar Best Screenplay nomination

2018

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

6 November 2018 AWGACS, AWG and Screenrights agree settlement of dispute

1 November 2018 Sci-fi at its thrilling best: 2018 John Hinde Award winner announced

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

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

30 August 2018 More than words: dialogue-free animate short film Lost & Found takes home AWG's Major Award for writing

30 August 2018 'Making the ordinary extraordinary': Australian screenwriter Sue Smith honoured with top industry Award

21 August 2018 Australia's queen of comedy (and the jungle) Fiona O'Loughlin to host 51st Annual AWGIE Awards

26 July 2018 AWG welcomes Event Cinemas as a major sponsor for 51st Annual AWGIE Awards

11 July 2018 Participants selected for Australia's first Diversity Showcase

6 July 2018 AWG Members Take ‘Make it Australian’ to Parliament House

5 July 2018 Seeking endless possibilities: $10,000 on offer for top sci-fi script

28 June 2018 AWGIE Award nominees showcase diversity of voices currently soaring in industry

26 June 2018 Vale Hugh Stuckey, a tribute by Patrick Edgeworth

26 June 2018 Politicians hold the key to the survival of Australian screen stories

6 June 2018Vale Tony Morphett, a tribute by Stephen Measday

6 June 2018 Applications open for Talent LA 2018

24 April 2018 Vale Mary Wright, a tribute by Carolyn Gould

10 April 2018 AWG report: More Australian works in 2018, but original voices at a standstill

5 April 2018 Laughs aplenty in sophisticated script from next-big-thing screenwriter

27 March 2018 Big names call for action to protect Australia’s screen culture

1 March 2018 Writers’ big bash finish falls short as actors reclaim Credit

28 February 2018 Australia’s Screenwriting Future: 2017 Monte Miller Award winners announced in Melbourne

26 February 2018 Far Out, Brussel Sprouts!

22 February 2018 Scripted Ink. supporting Pathways Prime writers Ellie Beaumont and Judi McCrossin in MediaXchange Showrunner Week

6 February 2018 Shortlist for premier awards for unproduced Australian screenplays

2017

16 November 2017 AWG announces new online portal to showcase world-class projects to producers

1 November 2017 Rising star of Australia’s sci-fi scene takes home 2017 John Hinde Award for Best Unproduced Script

1 November 2017 Cris Jones, screenwriter of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, posthumously awarded top sci-fi screenwriting prize

18 October 2017 Make it Australian campaign takes its fight to Canberra

9 October 2017 Vale Moya Wood, a tribute by Peter Kinloch

9 October 2017 Opportunity at just the right moment: Adelaide Film Festival and AWG announce 2017 winner of prestigious INSITE Award

19 September 2017 Make it Australian campaign launches around the country

26 August 2017 Writers in the spotlight: AWG honours writers of The Drover’s Wife, Lion, Hacksaw Ridge, Rosehaven, Deep Water and more at 50th Annual AWGIE Awards

23 August 2017 100K for Australian theatre: David Williamson Prize set to become one of Australia’s richest literary awards

17 August 2017 Screenwriter Jacklyn Bassanelli wins two-week residency at RMIT’s McCraith House to develop ship-fi series Evergreen

10 August 2017 ‘Voice of Australia’ on our screens: screenwriter Andrew Knight to receive screen industry top honour

25 July 2017 Screen and Entertainment Industry unites to respond to broadcasters’ call to abolish Australian Kids’ TV

4 July 2017 $10,000 on offer for top Sci-Fi script, as new era of popular sci-fi is heralded

20 June 2017 Writers of Hacksaw Ridge, Hounds of Love, The Wrong Girl, Seven Types of Ambiguity and multi award-winning The Drover’s Wife among nominees for the 50th Annual AWGIE Awards

23 May 2017 Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates Leah Purcell and Shelley Birse on NSW Premier’s Literary Award wins

22 May 2017 New AWG WA branch office now open in East Perth’s Fielder St Creative Hub

5 April 2017 Australian Writers’ Guild and Adelaide Film Festival launch INSITE Award

28 February 2017 Australian Writers’ Guild announces winner of South Australian What’s the Story? competition

10 February 2017 Former Machine Gun Fellatio frontman takes out Australian Writers’ Guild’s Prime Time screenwriting competition

9 February 2017 Australian Writers’ Guild supports campaign by writingWA to push for greater funding for the literary arts

2 February 2017 Entries open for Australian Writers’ Guild’s 50th Annual AWGIE Awards

2016

19 December 2016 Winners of AWG / Open Channel New Writers’ Script Competition

12 December 2016 AWG Report: More Australian plays being staged, but female writers continue to miss out

30 November 2016 AWG and Scripted Ink. receive Screen Australia Enterprise funding to develop new generation of Australian screenwriters and showrunners

18 November 2016 Australian Writers’ Guild and Open Channel announce shortlist for New Writers’ Script Competition

17 November 2016 Prime Time competition heats up

11 November 2016 AWG congratulates playwright Joanna Murray-Smith following inaugural Mona Brand writing award win

9 November 2016 Screenwriter of acclaimed Indigenous superhero series Cleverman wins 2016 John Hinde Award for Science Fiction

14 October 2016Writers of The Code, Ali’s Wedding, Jasper Jones, Barracuda and Please Like Me among winners at 49th Annual AWGIE Awards

14 October 2016Angus Cerini wins $60,000 Award for Excellence in Australian Theatre at the 49th Annual AWGIE Awards for The Bleeding Tree

14 October 2016 Internationally famous screenwriter Craig Pearce wins Lifetime Achievement Award at 49th Annual AWGIE Award

14 October 2016 Internationally acclaimed comedian Barry Humphries wins Fred Parsons Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Comedy at 49th Annual AWGIE Award

11 October 2016 Pathways writer C.S. McMullen wins International Emmy Foundation Award

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

25 August 2016 Agency head slams copyright changes as idealogical and unsound

8 August 2016 AWG works with major theatre companies to strike deal for playwrights

1 August 2016 Writers of Cleverman, Barracuda, Wolf Creek, Jasper Jones and Helpmann Winner, The Bleeding Tree nominated for the 49th Annual AWGIE Awards

27 July 2016 Australian writers called to help in protecting copyright in Europe

14 July 2016 New $40,000 award celebrates female stage and screen writers

14 July 2016 Screen NSW launches first Amplifier initiative

5 July 2016 Scriptwriters’ fight over unpaid royalties to go to mediation

24 June 2016 Writers & Directors Worldwide pledge support for Australian Screenwriters

30 May 2016 Writers urged to defend copyright 

27 May 2016 AWG President pledges fight will continue

27 May 2016 AWGACS celebrates ‘best year ever’

 27 May 2016 Boards welcome and farewell

27 May 2016 Pollies under the spotlight in National Arts Debate

20 May 2016 AWG vs. Screenrights legal case update

20 May 2016 New AWG committee starts building bridges

20 May 2016 AWG empowering young screenwriters

Media Coverage

2022

• 15 March 2022 Australia's Art's Crisis: AWG Executive Director Claire Pullen on ABC's Late Night Live ABC Radio
• 24 February 2022 Make Netflix and other TV streaming giants back Australian shows, or our success story is overClaire 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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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

2019

December 2019 Australian Writers' Guild 2019 In Retrospect

13 September 2019 2019 AWGIE Award recipients, Monte Miller Awards, AWGACS update, and more

8 August 2019 AWGIE Award tickets, the future of playwriting, and more

19 July 2019 AWGIE Award nominees, John Hinde Award, and Helpmann Award updates, and more

28 June 2019 Showcase & Scripted Ink launch, Talent USA, Getting it Right, and more

30 May 2019 Talent Camp, AWGACS update, Superannuation Entitlements and more

16 May 2019 Election 2019, Superannuation Entitlements and more

2 May 2019 Talent Camp opens for submissions, AWGACS update and more

18 April 2019 Make It Australian update, Senate Inquiry, Hothouse Competition winner and more

4 April 2019 EU passes copyright directive, Pathways launch recap, industrial resources for members and more

21 March 2019 Pathways Showcase US launch, Patricia Cornelius wins $234,000 prize and more

7 March 2019 Monte Miller winners announced, AWGIE Awards and more

21 February 2019 AWGIE Awards open for entries, Monte Miller shortlist, AWGACS update and more

7 February 2019 AWG and AWGACS Board welcomes and farewells, 2018 in review and more

24 January 2019 Shane Brennan elected AWG President, 2019 rates and contracts available and more

2018

13 December 2018 Happy Holidays, Lost & Found, The Sweet Spot and more

29 November 2018 WIFT inquiry, Raising Films Australia, Playwrights forum and more

15 November 2018 AWGACS, AWG, Screenrights announcement, Scripted Ink., WIFT invitation and more

1 November 2018 John Hinde Award winner announced, Australian stories on Netflix, Scripted Ink. and more

18 October 2018 Monte Miller Awards, Raising Films Australia survey and more

4 October 2018 Monte Miller Awards, The One with Alexa Junge video, Diversity Showcase and more

20 September 2018 2018 Monte Miller Awards open, Scripted Ink. hothouse for drama writers and more

6 September 2018 2018 AWGIE Award winners, Sue Smith receives Lifetime Achievement Award, Scripted Ink. and more

16 August 2018Last chance for AWGIE Award tickets, Scripted Ink. funding, Talent LA 2018 and more

2 August 2018 John Hinde Award entries closing, Event Cinemas joins 2018 AWGIE Awards and more

19 July 2018 AWG launches DIAC Committee, Diversity Showcase participants announced, AWGIE Awards tickets and more

5 July 2018 2018 AWGIE Award nominations, 2018 John Hinde Award, Make it Australian goes to Parliament and more

21 June 2018 Talent LA 2018, Script to Screen, Make it Australian and more

7 June 2018 The one with Alexa Junge, Scripted Ink., Talent LA 2018 and more

24 May 2018 Foxtel Presents...the one with Alexa Junge, Script to Screen 2018 and more

10 May 2018 Diversity Showcase, Raising Films Australia, Scripted Ink. and more

26 April 2018 Diversity Showcase, big plans for Scripted Ink. in 2018 and more

12 April 2018 Equity Foundation Diversity Showcase, 2018 National Voice report and more

29 March 2018 Make It Australian Open Letter, Big Screen Dreaming and more

15 March 2018 AWGIE Entries closing soon, Monte Miller highlights and more 

1 March 2018 Monte Miller Awards recipients, Script to Screen, Scripted Ink. and more

15 February 2018 AWGIE Awards call for entries, Monte Miller Awards shortlist, Screen Australia code of conduct and more

25 January 2018 Script to Screen, Save Kids TV and more

11 January 2018 Happy New Year, minimum rates updated, Laugh Out Loud and more

2017

21 December 2017 Seasons Greetings from AWG, Scripted Ink. and more

7 December 2017 Laugh Out Loud call for entries, Safer Workplace Strategies forum and more

23 November 2017 AWG announced Pathways Prime and Showcase and more 

9 November 2017 John Hinde Award announced and more

26 October 2017 Make It Australian campaign takes fight to Canberra

12 October 2017 Adelaide Film Festival, Make It Australian, Scripted Ink. and more

28 September 2017 Monte Miller Awards, Adelaide Film Festival and more

14 September 2017 Make It Australian National Day of Action, Save Kids TV, Monte Miller Awards and more

31 August 2017 AWGIE Awards recap and more

17 August 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award announced, RMIT residency, AWGIE Awards and more

3 August 2017 Screen and Entertainment Industry unites over calls to abolish Kids’ TV, John Hinde Award, Scripted Ink. and more

20 July 2017 Mindframe resources for screenwriters, Scripted ink., #SaveKidsTV and more

6 July 2017 John Hinde Award launch, AWGIE Award tickets on sale, Scripted Ink. and more

22 June 2017 AWGIE Award nominees revealed and tickets on sale, Scripted Ink., and more

8 June 2017 Crafting intangibles, #SaveKidsTV, WA Office launch and more

25 May 2017 #SaveKidsTV, NSW Premier’s Literary Award, AWG Sponsorship and more

11 May 2017 Script Showcase winners, #SaveKidsTV, Congratulations to members and more

27 April 2017 INSITE Award, Navigating Interactive Writing and more

13 April 2017 Parliamentary Inquiry into the Growth and Sustainability of the Industry, INSITE Award, and Happy Easter!

30 March 2017 Big Day In for Victorian Pathways, WA Screen Industry Diversity Roadmap and more

16 March 2017 AWG unveils new tagline, Script Auction and more

2 March 2017 50th Annual AWGIE Award Call for Entries, What’s the Story announcement and more

16 February 2017 Prime Time announcement, Luke Davies wins BAFTA Award and more

3 February 2017 50th Annual AWGIE Awards Call for Entries, Industrial advice for members and more

12 January 2017 Happy New Year, 50th Annual AWGIE Awards, 2017 minimum rates and more

2016

22 December 2016 Season’s Greetings from AWG, The National Voice and more

1 December 2016 AWG and Scripted Ink. receive Enterprise funding, Meet the Writers and more

17 November 2016 Prime Time competition heats up, AWG tagline competition and more

3 November 2016 What’s the Story? competition, congratulations to members and more

20 October 2016AWGIE Awards recap and more 

6 October 2016 AWGIE Awards, congratulations to members and more

22 September 2016Prime Time closes in two weeks and more

8 September 2016 Scripted Ink., AWGIE Awards and more

25 August 2016 Agency head slams copyright changes and more

11 August 2016 AWG strikes Theatre Industry Agreement, AWGIE Award tickets now on sale and more

28 July 2016 2016 AWGIE Award nominees revealed August 1, call to protect copyright in Europe and more

14 July 2016 Screenwriters’ fight goes to mediation, Mona Brand Award open for nominations and more 

30 June 2016 2016 John Hinde open for entries, Louise Fox masterclass and more

17 June 2016 #IStandWithTheArts and more

27 May 2016 AWG pledges fight will continue, AWGACS pledges fight will continue more

28 April 2016 Welcome to new members, 2016 Logies, Productivity Commission and more

14 April 2016 Monte Miller call for entries, AWG receives international support for legal case and more 

31 March 2016 2016 National Voice, Tim Pye on running a writers room and more

18 March 2016 2016 NSC recap, Shane Brennan announces Scripted Ink., and more

3 March 2016 AWG launches Interactive media group and more

25 February 2016 2015 John Hinde winners, new film tax offset and more

11 February 2016 New Australian theatre commission, Pathblazers and more

28 January 2016 WDW campaign for fairer pay and more

14 January 2016 Welcome to the first AWG newsletter of 2015 and more