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Pathways writer C.S. McMullen wins International Emmy Foundation Award

Congratulations to Pathways writer C.S. McMullen who has been awarded the 2016 Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award by the International Emmys Foundation for her script Living Metal.Living Metal was shortlisted for three AWG competitions in 2015 – the 2015 Monte Miller Award, What Happen...

Call for AWG screenwriters to participate in RMIT research project

RMIT is seeking five male and five female emerging screenwriters, and five male and five female early-career screenwriters to participate in an interview-based research project, ‘Training Australian Screenwriters: craft traditions, industrial realities and development opportunities’.The research‘Tra...

New multi-million dollar initiative to help develop world-class Australian film and TV scripts

The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) and one of Australia’s leading screenwriters have joined forces in a new multi-million dollar initiative to find, develop and promote talented Australian screenwriters. Scripted Ink. is a joint initiative between the AWG and Shane Brennan, the Australian writer an...

Agency head slams copyright changes as ideological and unsound

Copyright Agency chair Kim Williams has slammed recommendations to weaken Australian copyright protection as disrespectful, ideologically-motivated and not even good business sense.Speaking at the Melbourne Press Club, the former Foxtel and News Limited boss gave one of his strongest critiques to-da...

AWG works with major theatre companies to strike deal for playwrights

Australian playwrights will benefit from greater protection and increased minimum commissioning fees under a new theatre industry agreement finalised this week with the nation’s eight major theatre companies.

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