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2014 Australian Writers' Guild Awards

The 2014 AWGIE Awards ceremony was held on 5 September in Sydney and paid tribute to some of Australia’s most talented writers across more than 20 performance writing categories.

The awards are judged by writers, and based solely on the script.

The ACTF was a bronze sponsor of the event and congratulates all winners and nominees, in particular the following:

CHILDREN’S TELEVISION – C
Winner:
Nowhere Boys: Episode 3 - Craig Irvin
Nominees:
Worst Year of My Life - Again!: 'Match Day' - Brendan Luno
Nowhere Boys: Episode 6 - Elise McCredie
Nowhere Boys: Episode 1 - Roger Monk

CHILDREN’S TELEVISION - P
Winner:
Hoopla Doopla!: 'Snow Business' - Kym Goldsworthy
Nominees:
Bananas in Pyjamas: 'The Fast Bananas' - Kevin Nemeth
Hoopla Doopla!: 'Hula Hoopla' - David Witt

ANIMATION
Winner:
Get Ace: 'Ace Gets Braced' - Raymond Boseley
Nominees:
The Flamin' Thongs: 'Thongageddon' - Simon Dodd and Bruce Griffiths
Buzz Bumble: 'Best Bugs' - Alix Beane
Tashi: 'Tashi & The Genie' - Sam Meikle