Previous AWGIE Award Winners
2010-2019
2019
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Kate Mulvany | The Harp in the South |
| Animation | Thomas Duncan-Watt | Beat Bugs: ‘You Won’t See Me’ |
| Audio | Emily Steel | 19 Weeks |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Alix Beane | Mustangs FC: ‘Pity Party’ |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Tim Minchin | Upright: ‘Day Eight’ |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Joel Slack-Smith and Heidi Regan with Nazeem Hussain, Richard Thorp, Penny Greenhalgh and Sophie Braham | Orange is the New Brown: Episode 1 |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Noëlle Janaczewska | Yellow Yellow Sometimes Blue |
| Documentary – Community, Educational and Training | George Catsi | The Carnival of Consequence |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast or Exhibition | Ben Lawrence | Ghosthunter |
| Feature Film – Adapted | Shaun Grant | True History of the Kelly Gang |
| Feature Film – Original | Tony McNamara with Deborah Davis | The Favourite |
| Interactive Media | Lucas Taylor | Eleven Eleven |
| Short Film | Alison James | Judas Collar |
| Stage | Kate Mulvany | The Harp in the South |
| Television – Serial | Jason Herbison | Neighbours: Episode 8052 |
| Television – Series or Miniseries (more than 4 hours duration) | Andrew Knight | Jack Irish: Season 2, Episode 1 |
| Television – Telemovie or Miniseries (4 hours or less duration) | Jacquelin Perske | The Cry |
| Theatre for Young Audiences | Vanessa Bates | A Ghost in My Suitcase |
| Web Series | Hannah Reilly and Eliza Reilly | Sheilas: ‘Nancy Wake – WW2 Spy’ and ‘Mary Ann Bugg – Bushranger’ |
2018
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Bradley Slabe | Lost & Found |
| Animation | Bradley Slabe | Lost & Found |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Magda Wozniak | Mustangs FC: ‘Flawless’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | Erica Glynn | Little J and Big Cuz: ‘Where’s Aaron’ |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan | Get Krack!n: Episode 7 |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Angela Betzien | The Hum |
| Documentary – Community, Educational and Training | Tim Bain | Minibeast Heroes |
| Feature Film – Adapted | Yolanda Ramke | Cargo |
| Feature Film – Original | Steven McGregor with David Tranter | Sweet Country |
| Interactive | Daniel McMahon with Robot House | Rumu – A Tale of Love, Loss and Effective Home Management |
| Music Theatre | PJ Hogan with Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall (lyrics) and Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson (lyrics) | Muriel’s Wedding The Musical |
| Radio | Noëlle Janaczewska | Seoul City Sue |
| Short Film | Joel Perlgut | I Fucked a Mermaid and No One Believes Me |
| Stage | Michele Lee | Rice |
| Television – Serial | Peter Mattessi | Neighbours: Episode 7776 |
| Television – Series or Miniseries (more than 4 hours duration) | Michaeley O’Brien | Mystery Road: ‘Gone’ |
| Television – Telemovie or Miniseries (4 hours or less duration) | Matt Cameron & Elise McCredie | Sunshine |
| Theatre for Young Audiences | Finegan Kruckemeyer | My Robot |
| Web Series | Michelle Law and Chloë Reeson | Homecoming Queens: ‘Beach’ |
2017
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Leah Purcell | The Drover’s Wife |
| Animation | Tim Bain | Counterfeit Cat: ‘Room of Panic’ |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Thomas Duncan-Watt | The Deep: ‘Beware the Sentinels’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | Melanie Alexander | Guess How Much I Love You: ‘Little White Fawn’ |
| Children’s Theatre | Angela Betzien | Egg |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola | Rosehaven: Episode 6 |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Declan Fay, Henry Stone and Anne Edmonds with John Campbell, Stuart Daulman, Greg Larsen and Jonathan Schuster | Fancy Boy: ‘Three Wishes’ |
| Community and Youth Theatre (Joint Winner) | Lachlan Philpott | Michael Swordfish |
| Community and Youth Theatre (Joint Winner) | Noëlle Janaczewska | Teacup in a Storm |
| Documentary – Community, Educational and Training | Sam Meikle | Cyber Security – The Internet |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast or Exhibition | Sally Aitken and Tim Ross | Streets of Your Town: Episode 2 |
| Feature Film – Adapted | Luke Davies | Lion |
| Feature Film – Original | Andrew Knight with Robert Schenkkan | Hacksaw Ridge |
| Interactive | Que Minh Luu, Christopher Burke and Anna Barnes | Ghosts of Biloela |
| Music Theatre | Danny Ginges with Philip Foxman | Atomic |
| Short Form | Christian White and Natalie Erika James | Creswick |
| Stage | Leah Purcell | The Drover’s Wife |
| Television – Serial | Faith McKinnon | Home and Away: Episode 6510 |
| Television – Series or Miniseries (more than 4 hours duration) | Jacquelin Perske | Seven Types of Ambiguity: ‘Alex’ |
| Television – Telemovie or Miniseries (4 hours or less duration) | Kris Wyld and Kym Goldsworthy | Deep Water |
| Theatre for Young Audiences | Finegan Kruckemeyer | Where Words Once Were |
2016
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Shelley Birse | The Code: Season 2 |
| Animation | Josh Wakely | Beat Bugs: ‘Yellow Submarine’ |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Leah Purcell | Ready For This: ‘The Birthday Party’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | Rachel Spratt | Sydney Sailboat: ‘Trash and Treasure’ |
| Children’s Theatre (Joint Winner) | Katy Warner | Reasons to Stay Inside |
| Children’s Theatre (Joint Winner) | Hilary Bell | The Red Balloon |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Josh Thomas and Liz Doran | Please Like Me: ‘Pancakes With Faces’ |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Gerard McCulloch with Charlie Pickering | The Weekly with Charlie Pickering: ‘Halal Certification’ and ‘Stadium Naming Rights’ |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Sally Hardy with Alirio Zavarce | A Kid Like Me |
| Documentary – Corporate Training | Gaby Purchase and Claire Stone | Seven Women Nepal – The Birth of a Social Enterprise |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast (Joint Winner) | Gillian Leahy | Baxter and Me |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast (Joint Winner) | Margot Nash | The Silences |
| Feature Film – Adapted | Shaun Grant & Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones |
| Feature Film – Original | Andrew Knight & Osamah Sami | Ali’s Wedding |
| Interactive Media | Nick Pearce | The Forgotten City |
| Music Theatre | Lally Katz | The Rabbits |
| Radio – Adapted | Donna Abela | Spirit |
| Radio – Original | Richie Black | Happy Monday |
| Short Form | David Hansen | Slingshot |
| Stage | Angus Cerini | The Bleeding Tree |
| Telemovie – Original | Samantha Strauss | Mary: The Making of a Princess |
| Television – Miniseries Adapted | Blake Ayshford & Belinda Chayko | Barracuda |
| Television – Miniseries Original | Shelley Birse | The Code: Season 2 |
| Television – Serial | Jason Herbison | Neighbours: Episode 7202 |
| Television – Series | Andrew Knight | Rake: Season 4, Episode 7 |
2015
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Andrew Knight & Andrew Anastasios | The Water Diviner |
| Animation | Bruce Griffiths | The New Adventures of Figaro Pho: ‘The Fear or Zombies (Romerophobia)’ |
| Children’s Television – C Category | David Witt | Skinner Boys: ‘Festival of the Ancestors’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | Charlotte Rose Hamlyn | Guess How Much I Love You: ‘Make A Rainbow’ |
| Children’s Theatre | Finegan Kruckemeyer | The Boy at the Edge of Everything |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Josh Thomas | Please Like Me: ‘Scroggin’ |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Joel Slack-Smith | Legally Brown: Season 2 |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Patricia Cornelius, Angela Betzien & Melissa Reeves | The Gap |
| Documentary – Corporate Training | Peter Flynn | Dying to Talk: Exploring Death and End of Life Issues |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast | Matthew Bate & Sandy Cameron | Sam Klemke’s Time Machine |
| Drama or Comedy, Other Form | Kate McLennan | The Katering Show |
| Feature Film – Adapted (Joint Winner) | Brendan Cowell | Ruben Guthrie |
| Feature Film – Adapted (Joint Winner) | Tommy Murphy | Holding the Man |
| Feature Film – Original | Andrew Knight & Andrew Anastasios | The Water Diviner |
| Interactive Media | Stephen Irwin, Lucas Taylor & Dominic Morris | Secrets & Lies |
| Music Theatre | Nicki Bloom | Little Bird |
| Radio – Original Broadcast | Aden Rolfe | Like a Writing Desk |
| Short Film | Dave Wade | Welcome to Iron Knob |
| Stage | Donna Abela | Jump For Jordan |
| Telemovie – Original | Katherine Thompson | House of Hancock |
| Television – Miniseries Adapted | Jan Sardi & Mac Gudgeon | The Secret River |
| Television – Miniseries Original | Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant & Cate Shortland | Deadline Gallipoli |
| Television – Serial | Louise Bowes | Home and Away: Episode 6057 |
| Television – Series (Joint Winner) | Michael Lucas | Offspring: Season 5, Episode 11 |
| Television – Series (Joint Winner) | Stuart Page | Wentworth: ‘The Governor’s Pleasure’ |
| Theatre For Young Audiences | Damien Millar | Marlin |
2014
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Blake Ayshford, Shelly Birse & Justin Monjo | The Code |
| Animation | Raymond Boseley | Get Ace: ‘Ace Gets Braced’ |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Craig Irvin | Nowhere Boys: Episode 3 |
| Children’s Television – P Category | Kym Goldsworthy | Hoopla Doopla!: ‘Snow Business’ |
| Children’s Theatre | Finegan Kruckemeyer | The Grumpiest Boy In The World |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Phil Lloyd & Trent O’Donnell | The Moodys: ‘Australia Day’ |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Mat Blackwell, Rick Kalowski, Steve Lynch, Sammy J, Ian Simmons, Joel Slack-Smith & Stephen Walsh with Anne Edmonds, Heath Franklin & Richard Thorp | Wednesday Night Fever: Season 1 |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Alana Valentine | Comin’ Home Soon |
| Documentary – Corporate Training | Charles Hamlyn-Harris | Indigenous Cultural Awareness |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast | Sally McKenzie | A Women’s Journey Into Sex |
| Feature Film – Original | Matthew Cormack | 52 Tuesdays |
| Interactive Media | Christy Dena | AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS |
| Radio – Original | Noëlle Janaczewska | My Life in Cookbooks |
| Short Film | Billie Pleffer | Baby Baby |
| Stage | Andrew Bovell | The Secret River |
| Telemovie – Adapted | Andrew Knight | The Broken Shore |
| Television – Miniseries Adapted | Niki Aken & Felicity Packard | ANZAC Girls |
| Television – Miniseries Original | Blake Ayshford, Shelly Birse & Justin Monjo | The Code |
| Television – Serial | Stephen Vagg | Neighbours: Episode 6857 |
| Television – Series | Peter Duncan | Rake: ‘Their Lordships v. Finnane’ |
| Theatre For Young Audiences (Joint Winner) | Tom Holloway | Storm Boy |
| Theatre For Young Audiences (Joint Winner) | Finegan Kruckemeyer | The Violent outburst That Drew Me To You |
2013
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Alana Valentine | Grounded |
| Animation | Bruce Griffiths | The Adventures of Figaro Pho: ‘Fear of Unfamiliar Toilets’ |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Samantha Strauss | Dance Academy: ‘A Perfect Storm’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | David Evans | Guess How Much I Love You: ‘I Promise’ |
| Children’s Theatre | Lally Katz | Starchaser |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative (Joint Winner) | Phil Lloyd & Trent O’Donnell | A Moody Christmas: ‘Seperate Seats’ |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative (Joint Winner) | Josh Thomas with Liz Doran & Thomas Ward | Please Like Me: ‘Portuguese Custard Tarts’ |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Mat Blackwell, Dave Bloustien, George Dodd, Simon Dodd, Warwick Holt, Paul Livingston & Ian Simmons | Good News Week: ‘The Second Going’ |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Alana Valentine | Grounded |
| Documentary – Corporate Training | Ken Wallace | Your Choice |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast | David Roach with Warwick Ross | Red Obsession |
| Feature Film – Adapted | Robin Mukherjee & Cate Shortland | Lore |
| Feature Film – Original | Kim Mordaunt | The Rocket |
| Interactive Media | Sam Doust | The Opera House Project |
| Radio – Adaptation | Suzie Miller | Cross Sections |
| Radio – Original | Michele Lee | See How The Leaf People Run |
| Short Film | Genevieve Hegney & Matthew Moore | The Amber Amulet |
| Stage | Kate Mulvany & Anne-Louise Sark | Medea |
| Telemovie – Adapted | Robert Connolly | Underground: The Julian Assange Story |
| Television – Miniseries Original | Niki Aken, Peter Gawler, Felicity Packard & Jeffrey Truman | Underbelly: ‘Badness’ |
| Television – Serial | Gary Sewell | Home and Away: Episode 5714 |
| Television – Series | Andrew Knight | Rake: ‘R v. Floyd’ |
| Theatre For Young Audiences | Lachlan Philpott | Truck Stop |
2012
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Tony Briggs & Keith Thompson | The Sapphires |
| Animation | Raymond Boseley | Flea-Bitten!: ‘Home Truths’ |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Samantha Strauss | Dance Academy: ‘The Second’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | David Evans | Guess How Much I Love You: ‘Follow Me’ |
| Children’s Theatre | Richard Tulloch with Kim Carpenter & Gale Edwards | Snow On Mars |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Amanda Brotchie, Trudy Hellier & Adam Zwar | Lowdown: ‘One Fine Gay’ |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Mat Blackwell, Dave Bloustien, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths, Warwick Holt, Paul Livingston & Ian Simmons | Good News Week: ‘The State of the Nation’ |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Chris Thompson | The Sadness of Mister Saisson |
| Documentary – Corporate Training | Charles Hamlyn-Harris | Living the Values |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast | Anthony Mullins & Randall Wood | The Curse of the Gothic Symphony |
| Feature Film – Adapted | Tony Briggs & Keith Thompson | The Sapphires |
| Feature Film – Original | Michael Lucas | Not Suitable For Children |
| Interactive Media | Michelle Law, Anthony Mullins, Chris Somerville & Lucas Taylor | SLiDE |
| Radio – Adaptation | Donna Abela | Aurora’s Lament |
| Radio – Original | Noëlle Janaczewska | Random Red |
| Short Film | Shayne Armstrong & S P Krause | Rarer Monsters |
| Stage | Lachlan Philpott | Silent Disco |
| Telemovie – Original | Sue Smith | Mabo |
| Television – Miniseries Adapted | Emily Ballou, Alice Bell, Brendan Cowell, Kris Mrska & Cate Shortland | The Slap |
| Television – Miniseries Original | Blake Ayshford, Jamie Browne, Kristen Dunphy & Nicholas Parsons with Louis Nowra | The Straits |
| Television – Serial | Fiona Bozic | Home & Away: Episode 5391 |
| Television – Series | Michael Lucas | Offspring: Season 2, Episode 6 |
2011
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | Patricia Cornelius | Do Not Go Gentle |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Nicholas Parsons | My Place: ‘1868 Minna’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | John Armstrong | Bananas In Pyjamas: ‘Morgan’s Cloud’ |
| Children’s Theatre | Catherine Fargher | Dr Egg and the Man with No Ear |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Marieke Hardy | Laid: Episode 4 |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Dave Bloustien, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths, Warwick Holt, Paul Livingston & Ian Simmons | Good News Week: ‘Australia Decides 2010’ |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Roanna Gonsalves with Raimondo Cortese, Damien Millar, Görkem Acaroglu & The Company | Yet To Ascertain the Nature of the Crime |
| Documentary – Corporate Training | Charles Hamlyn-Harris | Ouch! That’s Not Good! |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast | Tony Krawitz | The Tall Man |
| Feature Film – Adapted | Shaun Grant | Snowtown |
| Feature Film – Original | Jonathan Teplitzky | Burning Man |
| Interactive Media | Marissa Cooke, Sam Doust & Amy Nelson | Bluebird AR |
| Music Theatre | Cathryn Strickland | The Musical Child |
| Radio – Adaptation | Katherine Thomson | King Tide |
| Radio – Original | Gina Schien | The Clerk Ascending |
| Short Film | Lisa Hoppe with Bobbie Waterman | Heck |
| Stage | Patricia Cornelius | Do Not Go Gentle |
| Telemovie – Original | Peter Gawler | Underbelly Files: ‘Tell Them Lucifer Was Here’ |
| Television – Miniseries Original | Gareth Calverley & Joss King | Small Time Gangster |
| Television – Serial | Cameron Welsh | Home & Away: Episode 5215 |
| Television – Series | Peter Duncan | Rake: ‘R v. Chandler’ |
| Theatre for Young Audiences | Declan Greene | Moth |
2010
| Category | Writers | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Major Award | David Michôd | Animal Kingdom |
| Children’s Television – C Category | Shelley Birse | Lockie Leonard: ‘Crimes of the Heartless’ |
| Children’s Television – P Category | Kevin Nemeth | Bananas In Pyjamas: ‘The Little Fish’ |
| Comedy – Situation or Narrative | Amanda Brotchie & Adam Zwar | Lowdown: ‘Who’s Your Baddy’ |
| Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment | Dave Bloustien, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths, Warwick Holt, Paul Livingston & Ian Simmons | Good News Week: ‘The Opening Ceremony 2009’ |
| Community and Youth Theatre | Merrilee Moss | Night Breakfast |
| Documentary – Corporate Training | Charles Hamlyn-Harris | At The Creek |
| Documentary – Public Broadcast or Exhibition | John Hughes | Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia |
| Feature Film – Adapted | David Williamson AO & Robert Connolly | Balibo |
| Feature Film – Original | David Michôd | Animal Kingdom |
| Interactive Media | Anthony Mullins & Timothy Wilde | Primeval Evolved |
| Music Theatre | Sue Smith | Rembrandt’s Wife |
| Radio – Adapted | Donna Abela | Mrs Macquarie’s Cello |
| Radio – Original | Catherine Fargher | The Violin Player |
| Short Film | Ian Meadows & Sarah Shaw | A Parachute Falling in Siberia |
| Stage | Thomas Holloway | And No More Shall We Part |
| Telemovie – Original | Glen Dolman | Hawke |
| Television – Miniseries Adaptation | Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick, Kris Mrska & Felicity Packard | Underbelly: ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’ |
| Television – Serial | Sam Meikle | Home & Away: Episode 5068 |
| Television – Series | Jacquelin Perske | Spirited: ‘A Man Who Fell To Earth’ |
Photo credit: The Sapphires (2012) © Goalpost Pictures
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