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Emerging Writers’ Awards: 2025 Winners announced

The Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates screenwriters Mads McRae and Georgia Struckel, who have been announced as the winners of the 2025 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.  Mads McRae won the Long Form Award for her feature film Grave’s End. Following…

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Winning Writers announced in 2025 John Hinde Award

The Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates screenwriters Jesse Laurie and Charlie Milne, who have been announced as the winners of the 2025 John Hinde Award. Jesse Laurie took home the award in the produced category for his sci-fi feature Zero, a gripping drama in which a wounded astronaut grapples with disorientation, a dwindling air supply, and his inner demons.  The judges described Zero as “a skillfully crafted feature film which…

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2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards shortlist announced

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…

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Nine scripts and their writers shortlisted for the 2025 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing 

Congratulations 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…

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2025 John Hinde Award for Sci-Fi writing opens for entries

The 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…

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2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards opens for entries

The 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,…

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2024 Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize Winners Announced

Seven Australian playwrights will share $60,000 in prize money following the announcement of the Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting by the Australian Writers’ Guild today. Two plays were celebrated as joint winners in the Stage category, with Kathryn Marquet’s Aurochs sharing the prize with Steve Rodgers’ The Future is History. The judging panel described Aurochs, an examination of the…

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2024 Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize: Shortlist Announced

The Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates writers shortlisted for the 2024 Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting  Seven playwrights and their unproduced plays have been shortlisted for the prestigious Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize. The prize was developed to discover and celebrate the best new scripts among Australian playwrights. The shortlisted scripts were narrowed down over…

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2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards winners announced

The Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates screenwriters Evlin DuBose and Cameron Williams who have tonight been announced as the winners of the 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards. The Awards were announced tonight to a packed and buzzing room of senior writers, producers, industry folk and Guild members, who spent the evening mixing with the talented cohort of winning and shortlisted writers.  Evlin DuBose took home the Long Form Award…

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Nine writers shortlisted for the 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards

Nine emerging writers and their outstanding new projects have been shortlisted for the 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards. After three rigorous rounds of judging, the shortlisted projects were selected from over 500 entries across two categories, with scripts ranging from plays, pilots shorts, features, audio and web series. The winning writers in both categories (short form and long…

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