Screen Australia and the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) have opened applications for the third year of Talent USA: LA, a week-long program of targeted and curated meetings, workshops and networking opportunities for Australian creators, directors and/or screenwriters.
All Australian screen industry guilds, Screen Producers Australia and bodies including Women in Film and Television Australia have made a joint submission to the government’s ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options reviewr.
Six projects have been shortlisted for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s Monte Miller Awards, to be presented later this month in Melbourne.
Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) group CEO Jacqueline Elaine is resigning after 15 years at the helm of the organisation due to a health condition.
“Ever since I started with John Clarke when I was 24, the only breaks I’ve had have been for health or my wife abusing me [to take a break]. I’ve just gone from one project to another and it’s quite a privilege.”I’ve just gone from one project to another and it’s quite a privilege.”
In this wrap: The late Cris Jones and C.S. McMullen win AWG’s John Hinde Awards; WA writer wins PAGE International Screenwriting Award; Melbourne scribe wins in Austin Film Festival script competition.
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.
The Australian Writers' Guild has formed the Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee which will consult and advise with the guild on all aspects of the AWG’s diversity program.