2012 Australian Writer's Guild Awards

The ACTF sponsored the children’s television awards at the 2012 Australian Writer’s Guild Awards (the AWGIES), honouring Australian performance writers.

We congratulate the following winners:...

For Animation, Ray Boseley (pictured), for the Flea-Bitten! Episode “Home Truths”.
For Children’s Television-Pre-School, David Evans, for the Guess How Much I Love You episode “Follow Me”.
For Children’s Television – Children’s Drama, Samantha Strauss, for the Dance Academy 2 episode, “The Second”.

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