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The 2013 Annua| AWGIE Awards W|nners
WINNERS OF THE PRESTIGIOUS AWGIE AWARDS ANNOUNCED

lt was a fairytale finish for the winners of the Annual AWGlE Awards, which were held last Friday night 4 October at
the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne. Hosted by Sammy J, the awards now in their 46
th
year, celebrate the integral role
of the writer in Australian film, television, theatre radio and interactive media. The AWGlE Awards are the only
Australian awards judged solely by writers on the basis of the script - the writer's own vision.
President of the Australian Writers' Guild (AWGj Jan Sardi said, 7|e ca||o|e of t||s yea|'s nom|nees |s test|mony to
t|e o0tstand|ng ac||evement of t||s yea|'s AWG/E Awa|d w|nne|s, |0dged oy t|e|| oee|s as oe|ng t|e oest |n w|at
|as oeen a too s|e|f yea| fo| A0st|a||an oe|fo|mance w||t|ng".
The Sydney Mo|n|ng He|a|d called it "Va|ent|ne's Day" (http://www.smh.com.au/nat|ona|/|ts-va|ent|nes-day-at-
wr|ter-awards-20131004-2uzvd.htm|| after playwright Alana valentine was the toast of the evening picking up three
awards including the Major AWGlE Award for Most Outstanding Script of 2013 and the inaugural David Williamson
Prize. David Williamson AO was in attendance, as Senator the Hon. George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, Minister
for the Arts presented valentine with the $25,000 prize. As Dav|d W||||amson exp|a|ned |n a TV |nterv|ew w|th
A|ana Va|ent|ne on ()*>LLRLUK)YLHRMHZ[ (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-05/awga-w|nner-a|ana-
va|ent|ne-and-p|aywr|ght-dav|d/5000748| the morning after, the Prize was established by the AWG to promote and
reward the production of quality new Australian works for the stage.
Although the evening belonged to valentine, it was a memorable night for the Good News Week writing team who
received a ninth AWGlE for their final season of the much-loved series.
lnternational imaginings in non-English languages 'wrote the AWGIEs fore|gn-|anguage chapter'
(http://var|ety.com/2013/f||m/news/rocket-|ore-wr|te-awg|e-fore|gn-|anguage-chapter-1200698816/| and made
headlines in va||ety Magaz|ne. ln the Film categories Kim Mordaunt picked up best Feature Film: Screenplay
Original for his award winning film 7|e Roc|et, and in the Feature Film: Adaptation category Cate Shortland with
Robin Mukherjee picked up the gong for their haunting film, /o|e.
ln the Documentary Public Broadcast category, the runaway hit about the popularity of wine in China, Red
Oosess|on, won the AWGlE for David Roach and Warwick Ross.
ln the television categories, The Canberra Times reported that 'One dead|y wor|d downed another '
(http://www.canberrat|mes.com.au/act-news/how-one-dead|y-tv-wor|d-downed-another-20131004-2v04a.htm|| with
Unde|oe||y again winning best Mini Series Original and Robert Connolly's Unde|g|o0nd: 7|e J0||an Assange Sto|y
won best adaption.
Another highlight of the evening was when multi-award winning writer, Andrew Bovell delivered a touching
presentation of The Dorothy Crawford Award for Oustanding Contribution to the profession to director Neil Armfield.
The winner of $25,000 FOXTEL Fellowship awarded in recognition of a significant and impressive body of work in
Television went to Jacquelin Perske for a career that has delivered a multi-award winning repertoire of television
and film including 7|e Sec|et /|fe of Us, /ove My Way, So|||ted and /|tt|e F|s|.
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WINNERS OF THE 46TH ANNUAL AWGIE AWARDS
DAVID WILLIAMSON PRIZE
Alana valentine
MAJOR AWGIE
Alana valentine
DOROTHY CRAWFORD AWARD:
For outstanding contribution to the profession
Recipient: Neil Armfield
RICHARD LANE AWARD:
For outstanding service and dedication to the Australian Writers' Guild
Recipient: Simon Hopkinson
HECTOR CRAWFORD AWARD:
For outstanding contribution to the craft via a body of script editing work
Recipient: Kym Goldsworthy
FRED PARSONS AWARD:
For outstanding contribution to Australian Comedy
Recipient: Guy Rundle
TELEMOVIE: ADAPTATION
Unde|g|o0nd: 7|e J0||an Assange Sto|y - Robert Connolly
TELEVISION: MINI-SERIES ORIGINAL
Unde|oe||y: Badness - Niki Aken, Peter Gawler, Felicity Packard and Jeffrey Truman
TELEVISION: SERIES
Ra|e 2: R v. F|oyd - Andrew Knight
TELEVISION: SERIAL
Home & Away 5714 - Gary Sewell
COMEDY: SKETCH OR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Good News Wee|: 7|e Second Go|ng - Mat Blackwell, George Dodd, Simon Dodd, Warwick Holt, Paul Livingston
and lan Simmons
COMEDY: SITUATION OR NARRATIVE (JOINT WINNERS|
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(4VVK`*OYPZ[THZ!:LWHYH[L:LH[Z- Phil Lloyd and Trent O'Donnell
7SLHZL3PRL4L!7VY[\N\LZL*\Z[HYK;HY[Z- Josh Thomas with Liz Doran and Thomas Ward
FEATURE FILM: ORIGINAL
;OL9VJRL[- Kim Mordaunt
FEATURE FILM: ADAPTATION
3VYL- Cate Shortland with Robin Mukherjee
RADIO: ORIGINAL
:LL/V^;OL3LHM7LVWSL9\U- Michele Lee
RADIO: ADAPTATION
*YVZZ:LJ[PVUZ- Suzie Miller
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
;OL6WLYH/V\ZL7YVQLJ[- Sam Doust
ANIMATION
;OL(K]LU[\YLZ6M-PNHYV7OV!-LHY6M<UMHTPSPHY;VPSL[Z- Bruce Griffiths
DOCUMENTARY: PUBLIC BROADCAST
9LK6IZLZZPVU- David Roach with Warwick Ross
DOCUMENTARY: CORPORATE & TRAINING
@V\Y*OVPJL- Ken Wallace
THEATRE: FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
;Y\JR:[VW- Lachlan Philpott
THEATRE: COMMUNITY & YOUTH THEATRE
.YV\UKLK- Alana valentine
THEATRE: STAGE
4LKLH- Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks
THEATRE: CHILDREN'S
:[HYJOHZLY - Lally Katz
SHORT FILM
;OL(TILY(T\SL[- Genevieve Hegney and Matthew Moore
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CHILDREN'S TELEVISION: P CLASSIFICATION
.\LZZ/V^4\JO03V]L@V\!07YVTPZL- David Evans
CHILDREN'S TELEVISION: C CLASSIFICATION
+HUJL(JHKLT`!(7LYMLJ[:[VYT- Samantha Strauss
MONTE MILLER AWARD: LONG FORM
-\Y` - Charlotte McConaghy
MONTE MILLER AWARD: SHORT FORM
;Y\UR- Derek Foster


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