
The Australian Writers’ Guild’s The Creators is a career acceleration program for high-calibre, mid-career screenwriters to build toward the creation of their own shows.
Since 2023, The Creators program has provided selected screenwriters with international high-level showrunner training, project development and pitching training, equipping them to sell their stories in domestic and international arenas.
Each year, six writers are selected to participate in showrunner and pitching training, run by Jeff Melvoin (Killing Eve, Northern Exposure, Remington Steele), founder and Chair of the highly competitive Writers Guild of America’s Showrunner Training Program.
The program is funded by Screen Australia and Scripted Ink and is designed and delivered by the Australian Writers’ Guild.
MEET THE 2025 CREATORS

The seven participants in 2025 The Creators program are:
- Tamara Asmar (NCIS: Sydney, Love Me, In Limbo)
- Anna Barnes (Safe Home, The Twelve, Content)
- Sarah Bassiuoni (Critical Incident, House of Gods, The Secrets She Keeps)
- Glen Dolman (Bloom, I Met A Girl, The Bill)
- Michelle Offen (East West 101, Hyde & Seek, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries)
- Jessica Tuckwell (Bump, Fake, Year Of)
- Monica Zanetti (While the Men Are Away, Ellie & Abby (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), Iggy & Ace)
Building on the success of years one and two, this third year will provide participants with high-level showrunner training, project and pitching development, equipping them to sell their stories in both domestic and international markets.
The program will be led by Emmy Award-winner Jeff Melvoin (Northern Exposure, Killing Eve, Designated Survivor), founder and Chair of the Writers Guild of America’s highly competitive Showrunner Training Program, who will travel to Sydney in October to deliver bespoke WGA-style training.

WHO CAN APPLY
To be eligible for this program, applicants must be Australian citizens or residents and meet Screen Australia’s Terms of Trade, and be available for the duration of the program. Participants are expected to stay at the Sydney retreat location for the full program dates.
Due to the high-calibre nature of this program, applicants must fulfil all three points below:
- meet competitive credit criteria in either episodic series, features or theatre, and
- have a slate of episodic projects, and
- existing engagement with the global community.

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