The Australian Writers’ Guild announces the nominees for the 45th AWGIE awards The nominees this year reflect the abundance of high quality scriptwriters Australia has produced. “The AWGIES are a unique opportunity to celebrate the writers whose stories have shaped our national cultu...
More As you may know, the AWG Feature Film Committee has been at work to improve contract conditions for our members writing feature films. This year, we are preparing to start negotiations with producers for a Feature Film Agreement covering fees, contingent payments, rights and all the issues that su...
More This week a Review of the Australia Council was released, recommending a number of reforms to the Australian Government’s arts funding agency. The Australian Writers’ Guild is very pleased with the recommendations of the Review and delighted to see that many of these recommendations ad...
More Dear Members & Friends of the Guild, The AWG email server is currently experiencing difficulties resulting in a number of emails sent to our accounts not reaching the intended recipient. If you have written or replied to any member of the AWG staff in the past week and have not received a...
More For the past two years, Sally Burton and the Black Swan State Theatre Company have offered the national Richard Burton Award for Playwriting, with $30,000 in prizes for new plays. This is one of the richest theatre prizes in the country, thanks to the generosity of Sally Burton, who funds the aw...
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