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2016 AWGIES - Save the Date - 14 October, 2016

Every year the AWGIES celebrate performance writing at its best with writers from all fields vying for the highest honours on the Guild’s night of nights. Almost 500 entries were submitted for last year’s awards.The AWGIE Awards are the only Australian stage, screen, radio and new media awards judg...

THE NATIONAL VOICE 2016 marks a drop in local works and plays by women

Efforts to get more Australian works and plays by women in the nation’s major theatres took a step backwards in 2016, according to new figures just out.The National Voice 2016, a survey of trends in Australian theatre programming, reveals a decline in both areas compared with 2015, the first year th...

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

A “searing indictment on gender politics” and a sci-fi movie filmed in the Outback have won this year’s John Hinde Awards for Excellence in Science Fiction writing.The 2016 prize for best produced script was won by Jesse O’Brien for his filmArrowhead. In the unproduced category, the prize went to Pe...

New Australian theatre commission a step closer

The Ensemble Theatre New Writing Commission 2016, an initiative supported by the Australian Writers’ Guild and one of Australia’s greatest playwrights, David Williamson is a step closer to fruition with the announcement of the competition’s shortlist.Ensemble’s Artistic Director Mark Kilmurry said t...

Campaign spreads for fairer pay for screenwriters and directors

Writers and Directors Worldwide (WDW) are stepping up their fight for fairer payments for content creators and are inviting Australian writers and directors to look at what is being done internationally to protect creators’ interests.WDW, an umbrella body for national royalty-collecting societies ha...

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