Meet our new Pathblazers

25 June, 2015

Seventeen great new writers with fresh ideas added to the Pathways listThe Australian Writers’ Guild is thrilled to announce the latest scriptwriters to join its Pathways Program, a growing initiative which links talent with opportunity and helps forge relationships between writers and producers.Selected from the Guild’s ‘What Happens Next?’ competition by a rigorous judging panel of industry professionals, the six finalists now inducted into Pathways cover an exciting range of projects and formats including TV, theatre and feature film.Eleven new writers with sophisticated multiplatform concepts were also invited to join the program through the latest AWG PlatformX new media initiative.To speak with any of these writers about their projects please contact Annabel Davis at the AWG at annabel@awg.com.auWhat Happens Next? finalistsRebecca Johnstone: Bayou. Louisiana bayou town Beau Choix is delicately balancing issues of race, religion and poverty. When this faith-dependent world is disrupted, the question 'do you believe in magic?' has life or death consequences.Katie Pollock: Normal. What would cause 18 normal girls to suddenly start twitching? What would it cost them to stop?Gemma Crofts: Mayfield. A woman finds herself alone at the end of the world.Tim Maddren: One And Another. Forced to admit his autistic son into permanent care, a recently widowed father escapes with his son to carry out one last family mission.C.S McMullen: Living Metal. In a near-future society where "metals" (androids) are second-class citizens, two detectives investigate a murder that no one else cares about. In the process, they discover a far-reaching conspiracy that will force them to re-evaluate everything they know about what it is to be human.Platform X finalists:Joel Callen: Chasing LeadsKeith Diamond: ReefvolutionSam Hackett: Mogul ReconKerinne Jenkins: The RoadBrianna O'Donahue: Elephant in the RoomAlicia Walsh & Steve Rodgers: P & CSteve Worland & Rhet Walton: The Blue MistChris Phillips & Chris Burke: Catgod