42ND ANNUAL AWGIE AWARDS: CALL FOR ENTRIES
Entries extended to: Friday 13 March 2009 at 5.00pm.
The Australian Writers' Guild 42nd Annual AWGIE Awards are now open for entries. The AWGIE Awards are the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) annual awards for excellence in screen, stage, radio and new media writing. The AWGIEs are the only peer assessed awards for performance writers with judging based on the written script - the writer's intention - rather than the finished production.
.”Over $100,000 in special prizes and fellowships will be presented at the awards including the $25,000 Kit Denton Fellowship which rewards courage and excellence in performance writing, the $25,000 FOXTEL Fellowship for television writers and the $15,000 John Hinde Award for Science Fiction. The recipient of the Major AWGIE, for Outstanding Australian Script of the Year, will receive the $10,000 Copyright Agency Limited Peer Recognition Prize. The 2008 Major AWGIE was awarded to Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard for Underbelly .
For more info, visit: www.awg.com.au
The Australian Writers' Guild 42nd Annual AWGIE Awards are now open for entries. The AWGIE Awards are the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) annual awards for excellence in screen, stage, radio and new media writing. The AWGIEs are the only peer assessed awards for performance writers with judging based on the written script - the writer's intention - rather than the finished production.
.”Over $100,000 in special prizes and fellowships will be presented at the awards including the $25,000 Kit Denton Fellowship which rewards courage and excellence in performance writing, the $25,000 FOXTEL Fellowship for television writers and the $15,000 John Hinde Award for Science Fiction. The recipient of the Major AWGIE, for Outstanding Australian Script of the Year, will receive the $10,000 Copyright Agency Limited Peer Recognition Prize. The 2008 Major AWGIE was awarded to Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard for Underbelly .
For more info, visit: www.awg.com.au