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Six photos in a collage. Each photo shows a headshot of a writer selected for the SBS Emerging Writer's Incubator.
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Six creatives selected for SBS Emerging Writer's Incubator

The screenwriters will be placed within separate companies and given a full year of paid employment to assist in developing…

Features

The Newsreader: how Kim Ho pens the satisfying stress of an 80s newsroom

Non-binary screenwriter Kim Ho has been nominated for an AWGIE for their episode of The Newsreader.

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AWGIE Awards: nominations for The Royal Hotel, Finding the Voice and Night Bloomers

Over 70 written works for stage and screen have been nominated at this years AWGIEs.

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Screenwriter David Hannam shares tips for would-be TV writers

If TV is entering its 'post-Golden Era' there are still some dos and don'ts to keep you on the right…

Features

Australian Writers' Guild joins solidarity strike for WGA

Members of the Australian Writers’ Guild today joined Sydney-based TV and film writers in a show of solidarity for striking…

Opinions & Analysis

The WGA strike should galvanise Australian screenwriters

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has some important lessons to teach Australian screen workers, writes David Koutsouridis from…

Opinions & Analysis

ChatGPT and new AI screenwriting tools: insights from Screen Forever 

New technologies are always met with some level of resistance, but there are some real issues (and positives) with the…

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The Hollywood writers' strike is a move against digital feudalism

Yes, there are more jobs to go round, but they often pay less and place writers on short-order contracts.

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Hannah Carroll Chapman, Heartbreak High writer: I jumped so high my neck almost snapped

Getting to work on the rebooted – and globally successful – Netflix hit was a moment of joy and jeopardy…

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Six Australian screenwriters are US-bound in new Screen Oz program

Screen Australia's new program, The Creators, will see writers pairing with successful showrunners in the US.

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