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Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates Leah Purcell and Shelley Birse on NSW Premier’s Literary Award wins


The Australian Writers’ Guild would like to congratulate AWG members Leah Purcell and Shelley Birse who last night were awarded top prizes at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.Leah Purcell was awarded the $30,000 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting as well as the $10,000 prize for Book of the Year – ...
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Australian Writers' Guild and Adelaide Film Festival launch INSITE Award


Adelaide Film Festival and the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) today launched the prestigious Australian screenwriting development initiative, the INSITE Award. Established to unearth feature film screenwriting talent, the INSITE Award is presented to the writer of a screenplay which has not yet sec...
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Australian Writers' Guild unveils new tagline


The Australian Writers’ Guild is excited to announce our new tagline: Protecting and Promoting Writers’ Rights – on Screen, on Stage, on Air.The new tagline is the result of a competition launched late last year, in which members were asked to think about a phrase that cuts to the heart of the Guild...
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Writers plot convincing victory


On a beautiful day for cricket at St Kilda's picturesque Peanut Farm oval, the team from the Australian Writers' Guild collaborated well to craft a win over the actors from the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, to claim back the Credit.The writers set the high-scoring tone early, with opening p...
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Australian Writers’ Guild announces winner of South Australian What’s the Story? competition


The Australian Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce that screenwriter Alex Vickery-Howe has been selected as the winner of the 2016 What’s the Story? screenwriting competition for South Australian writers.Vickery-Howe was awarded the top prize for his feature film script Stupid Dead Boy, a dark com...
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