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Screenwriters selected for ‘NCIS: Sydney’ Script Development Program

Six screenwriters have been chosen to take part in the 'NCIS: Sydney' S1 Script Department Program, with Rachael Alford, Ella Cook, James Cripps, Siobhan Domingo, Josh Sambono and Clare Sladden to work within the script department for the upcoming drama.

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Screen Australia, AWG launch The Creators accelerator program

Up to six mid-career screenwriters will have the opportunity to travel to Los Angeles to undergo specialised training and participate in industry events as part of a new initiative from the Australian Writers' Guild and Screen Australia.

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AWG increases work with narrative designers and games writers

There’s more money in games than there has ever been, and the market is looking for more narrative game content. How do writers take advantage of that?  That's a key question on the mind of Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) executive director Claire Pullen, as the guild ups its work with narrative designers and games writers.

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Nominees for 55th AWGIEs unveiled as awards return in-person

'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.

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Thomas Atkin wins John Hinde Award for ‘Kin’

Filmmaker Thomas Atkin has won the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG)’s John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing with dystopian thriller Kin.

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Thomas Duncan-Watt wins 2021 John Hinde Award for ‘Space Nova’

Screenwriter Thomas Duncan-Watt has won the 2021 Australian Writers' Guild John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction writing for his work on 'Space Nova'.

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Filmmakers make bid to bring former Afghan colleagues to Australia

Since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last August, a group of Australian filmmakers have been working to aid friends and former colleagues now in danger.

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AWG launches initiative to give writers their ‘First Break’

"There is no formal tertiary training for note-takers and script coordinators. It’s the sort of thing that people learn on the job. The problem is, how do you get that job without first gaining the skills? And when you do get the chance to be a note-taker in a writers’ room, how do you know what’s expected of you and how to deliver what is required?"

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