The Major AWGIE Award is awarded by the Australian Writers Guild for the outstanding script of the year at the annual AWGIE Awards for Australian performance writing. It is selected from individual category winners across the range of performance writing categories, covering film, television, stage, radio and interactive media.About the AWGIE Awards, Australian Writers Guild, accessed 25 May 2014
Winners The tables below show the winning writer(s) and work in each year and the work's category, since the awards began.AWGIE Award Winners 1968-2013 Australian Writers Guild, accessed 25 May 2014
1960s Year Writer(s) Work Category 1968 (1st) Colin Free “Cage a Tame Tiger”, Contrabandits TV Richard Lane You Can’t See 'Round Corners TV Serial 1969 (2nd) Alan Hopgood The Cheerful Cuckold Tele-play
1970s Year Writer(s) Work Category 1970 (3rd) Mungo MacCallum The Stoneham Obsessions Radio Feature 1971 (4th) Michael Boddy & Bob Ellis The Legend of King O'Malley Stage 1972 (5th) David Williamson The Removalists Stage 1973 (6th) Tony Morphett “Freda”, Certain Women TV 1974 (7th) Cliff Green Marion TV Play 1975 (8th) Jim McNeil How Does Your Garden Grow? Stage 1976 (9th) No major award 1977 (10th) Steve J. Spears The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin Stage 1978 (11th) David Williamson The Club Stage 1979 (12th) Tony Morphett “A Matter of Life and Death”, Against The Wind TV
1980s Year Writer(s) Work Category 1980 (13th) No major award 1981 (14th) Ken Kelso Manganinnie Film Adaptation 1982 (15th) Ron Elisha Einstein Stage Original 1983 (16th) Hyllus Maris & Sonia Borg Women of the Sun TV Original 1984 (17th) Robert Caswell Scales of Justice TV Original 1985 (18th) Peter Carey & Ray Lawrence Bliss Film Adaptation 1986 (19th) Glenda Hambly Fran Film 1987 (20th) Michael Gow Away Stage 1988 (21st) Anthony Wheeler Olive TV Original 1989 (22nd) Peter Schreck The Soldier Settlers TV Original
1990s Year Writer(s) Work Category 1990 (23rd) Nick Enright Daylight Saving Stage 1991 (24th) Keith Thompson “A General Malaise”, G.P. TV series 1992 (25th) Michael Cove The Habit Radio Original 1993 (26th) Nick Enright A Property of the Clan Theatre-in-Education (TIE) 1994 (27th) Peta Murray The Keys to the Animal Room TIE 1995(28th) Chris Noonan & George Miller Babe Feature Adaptation 1996 (29th) Rivka Hartman The Miniskirted Dynamo Documentary Public Broadcast 1997 (30th) Nick Enright Blackrock Feature Adaptation 1998 (31st) Andrea Lemon Rodeo Noir Stage 1999 (32nd) Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas Who’s Afraid of the Working Class Stage Justin Monjo & Nick Enright Cloudstreet Stage
2000s Year Writer(s) Work Category 2000 (33rd) Patricia Cornelius Hogs, Hairs & Leeches Community Theatre 2001 (34th) John Romeril (with Rachel Perkins) One Night the Moon TV Original 2002 (35th) Dennis K. Smith Rainbow Bird and Monster Man Documentary Broadcast 2003 (36th)Tony McNamara The Rage in Placid Lake Feature Original 2004 (37th) Cate Shortland Somersault Feature Original 2005 (38th) Melissa Reeves The Spook Stage 2006 (39th) Katherine Thomson & Barbara Samuels Answered by Fire Television Mini Series Original 2007 (40th) Keith Thompson Clubland Feature Original 2008 (41st) Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick & Felicity Packard Underbelly TV mini series adaptation 2009 (42nd) Warwick Thornton Samson and Delilah Feature Original
2010s Year Writer(s) Work Category 2010 (43rd) David Michôd Animal Kingdom Feature Film Original 2011 (44th) Patricia Cornelius Do Not Go Gentle Stage 2012 (45th) Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson The Sapphires Feature Film Adaptation 2013 (46th) Alana Valentine Grounded Community & Youth Theatre 2014 (47th) Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse & Justin Monjo The Code Television Mini-Series Original 2015 (48th) Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios The Water Diviner Feature Film - Original 2016 (49th)Shelley BirseThe Code: season 2Television Miniseries – Original 2017 (50th)Leah PurcellThe Drover's WifeStage 2018 (51st)Bradley SlabeLost & FoundAnimation 2019 (52nd)Kate MulvanyThe Harp in the SouthStage
2020s Year Writer(s) Work Category 2020 (53rd) Suzie Miller Prima Facie Stage 2021 (54rd) Kodie Bedford Cursed! Stage
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