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Australian Writers' Guild Awards

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Monte Miller Award

  • Culture Shock (Maggie Lawrence (from an original idea by Patrick Grant))
  • The Hard Sell (Michael Frank)
  • Sea of Dreams (Andrew Duva)
  • Still Waters (Vicki Englund)

Major Award

  • One Night The Moon (John Romeril with Rachel Perkins)

Fred Parson Award

  • John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver for special contributions to Australian comedy

Children's Screen and Radio (Original)

  • Cyber Girl - Ep 2 (David Phillips)
  • Gloria's House - Ep 11 (Kevin Nemeth)
  • Horace and Tina - Ep 10 (David Phillips)
  • Pig's Breakfast - Ep 60 (Kevin Nemeth)
  • Round the Twist - Ep 12 (Ray Bosely, Robert Greenberg, Louise Fox, Esben Storm, with Christine Madafferi)
  • Round The Twist - Ep 8 (Ray Bosely, Robert Greenberg, Louise Fox, Esben Storm, with Christine Madafferi)

Theatre For Young People

  • Postcards from Nanna (Andrea Lemon, with Andrea Rieniets)
  • Musicians of Bremen (Richard Tulloch)
  • After January (Philip Dean)
  • Grandma's Shoes (Libby Hathorn)

Radio (Original)

  • 24 Views of an Inkstain on the Tatami (Tony Barrell)
  • Glissando 24 (Noelle Janaczewska)
  • Rosheen Burns (Ron Blair)

Comedy (Format)

  • No award presented this year

Comedy (Non-format)

  • Good News Week - The Closing Ceremony (GNW Writing Team)
  • Good News Week - Ep 627 (GNW Writing Team)
  • How Green Was My Cactus (Doug Edwards & Lindy Wilson)

Television (Series)

  • All Saints: Matter of Choice (Louise Crane)
  • Grass Roots: The Whole Year (Geoffrey Atherden)
  • Water Rats: Hungry Bear Blues (Peter Gawler)
  • Water Rats: Domino (John Banas)

Television (Serial)

  • Home and Away: Ep 3027 (Kylie Needham)
  • Neighbours: Episode 3740 (Shane Porteous writing as John Hanlon)
  • Something in the Air: Ep 126 (Anthony Morris)
  • Something in the Air: Ep 152 (Sue Hore)

Mini-series (Original)

  • Do or Die (Christopher Lee)

Telemovie (Original)

  • Halifax fp: A Person Of Interest (Anne Brooksbank)
  • Halifax fp: Poison (Peter Gawler)
  • The Secret Life of Us (Judi McCrossin and Christopher Lee)

Television (Original)

  • One Night The Moon (John Romeril with Rachel Perkins)

Stage

  • The Goldberg Variations (Ron Elisha)
  • The Great Man (David Williamson)
  • Hollow Ground (Nicholas Parsons)
  • Life After George (Hannie Rayson)
  • Meat Party (Duong Le Quy)
  • Milo's Wake (Margery Ford with Michael Forde)

Community Theatre

  • Home (PP Cranney)
  • A Neutral Script (Chris Thompson)
  • This Hospital Is My Country (Katherine Thomson)

Feature Film (Original)

  • Mullet (David Caesar)

Feature Film (Adaptation)

  • Lantana (Andrew Bovell)

Short Film

  • Melancholy (Sam Meikle)
  • Pyjama Girl (Maryanne Lynch)
  • Wee Jimmy (Stephen Mitchell)
  • Where the Two Rivers Run (KJ Kelso)

Documentary (Public Broadcast)

  • Australians At War Ep1 (Geoff Burton)
  • The Fifth Set (Kate Latimer)
  • One Last Chance: War Criminal (Rod Freedman)
  • What If? (Jessica Douglas Henry)

Documentary (Corporate & Training)

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