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Former Machine Gun Fellatio frontman takes out Australian Writers’ Guild’s Prime Time screenwriting competition

Matt Ford, frontman of 90s rock band Machine Gun Fellatio and an AFI-nominated screenwriter, has won the Australian Writers’ Guild’s Prime Time Television Screenwriting Competition. Ford was awarded the top prize for his television project Shining Light, a drama about a newly ordained Catholic Pries...

Australian Writers’ Guild supports campaign by writingWA to push for greater funding for the literary arts

The peak body for writers in Western Australia, writingWA, has launched a campaign to urge the State Government to increase funding and recognition of the literary arts and literary organisations in Western Australia. The campaign, #writingmatters, calls on the Government to recognise the value West...

Entries open for Australian Writers’ Guild’s 50th Annual AWGIE Awards

The Australian Writers’ Guild is calling for entries for the 50th Annual AWGIE Awards.Celebrating the very best in Australian stage and screen writing, the AWGIE Awards recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of Australian storytellers and their contribution to Australia’s cultural landsca...

Winners of AWG / Open Channel New Writers' Script Competition

After an exhaustive judging process, the winners of the Australian Writers’ Guild and Open Channel’s New Writers’ Script Competition have been decided

AWG Report: More Australian plays being staged, but female writers continue to miss out

The National Voice, a major survey of Australia’s 10 largest theatre companies, has concluded that while more original Australian plays are being produced than three years ago, there is still a shortfall when it comes to balance between male and female Australian playwrights. The Australian Writers’...

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