​The legislation implementing the Digital Games Tax Offset was recently tabled in the lower house of Australian Parliament. It is a 30% rebate on the development costs of video games in Australia and specifically states that writers are covered by the definition of eligible costs, including contract workers.

Screen Australia and the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) are pleased to announce The Creators, a new career acceleration program for high-calibre mid-career screenwriters to build toward the creation of their own shows.

A ground-breaking documentary filmed over six years that follows the relationship between a couple as one of them transitions genders has taken home the top prize at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s 55th Annual AWGIE Awards, with WA filmmakers Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe’s emotional and insightful documentary Girl Like You winning the 2022 Major Award.

Whether you're joining us on Thursday night in Sydney, from a watch party in your state, or watching the live stream from home, we have all the information you need for the 55th Annual AWGIE Awards!

Screenwriters James Cripps and Rhianna Malezer have been announced as the winners of the Australian Writers’ Guild’s Monte Miller Awards, the premier awards for unproduced scripts in Australia.