Entries to the John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing will open again in early 2027.
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 award offers $10,000 in prize money to be shared among winning writers.
There are two categories available to enter:
- Produced Category: for projects that completed production between 1 January and 31 December 2025
- Unproduced Category: for scripts that remain unproduced for the duration of the competition
The winners announcement for the 2026 John Hinde Award can be found here.
Produced Category Winners
2026 – Self Love by Jeremy Brull
2025 – Zero by Jesse Laurie
2024 – Space Nova by Charlotte Rose Hamlyn
2023 – Monolith by Lucy Campbell
2021 – Space Nova by Thomas Duncan-Watt
2020 – The Commons by Shelley Birse
2019 – Eleven Eleven by Lucas Taylor
2017 – The Death and Life of Otto Bloom by Cris Jones
2016 – Cleverman by Michael Miller
2015 – Arrowhead by Jesse O’Brien
2014 – Predestination by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig
2013 – Exchange Student Zero by Shayne Armstrong, Bruce Kane and Shane Kraus
2011 – Panic at Rock Island by Matt Ford
2010 – Primevil Evolved by Anthony Mullins
2009 – K9: The Fall of the House of Gryffen by Shayne Armstrong and Shane Kraus
2008 – Dogstar by Doug McLeod
Unproduced Category Winners
2026 – Hypersomnia by Sam Meikle
2025 – Tiny Places by Charlie Milne
2024 – You Can Survive A Rip Current by Stephanie Westwood
2021 – Kin by Thomas Atkin
2020 – Untethered by David Petersen
2019 – Cowtown by Steve Mitchell
2018 – Pig by Georgina Love
2017 – Awake by Catherine McMullen
2016 – Red to Blue by Graeme Burfoot
2015 – Mary, Mary by Penelope Chai and Adam Spellicy
2014 – Min Min by Simon Butters
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