The first winners of the newly renamed Kit Denton Disfellowship, previously the Kit Denton Fellowship, have been named as Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan whose writing credits have included Big Bite, Hamish & Andy and The Mansion.
The announcement was made at tonight’s Australian Writers Guild Awgie Awards held in Sydney.
Other winners included The Secret Life Of Us writer Kris Mrksa who picked up the Foxtel Fellowship, Chris Lilley who was recognised for his contribution to comedy and films Snow Town and Burning Man.
The Awgie winners:
2011 Kit Denton Fellowship
ForCourage and Excellence in Performance Writing
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan
2011 Foxtel Fellowship
Fellowship awarded in recognition of a significant body of work in television.
Kris Mrksa
2011 Richard Lane Award
For Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Australian Writers’ Guild
Ian David
2011 Dorothy Crawford Award
For Outstanding Contribution to the Profession
Currency Press
2011 Fred Parsons Award
For Outstanding Contribution...
The announcement was made at tonight’s Australian Writers Guild Awgie Awards held in Sydney.
Other winners included The Secret Life Of Us writer Kris Mrksa who picked up the Foxtel Fellowship, Chris Lilley who was recognised for his contribution to comedy and films Snow Town and Burning Man.
The Awgie winners:
2011 Kit Denton Fellowship
ForCourage and Excellence in Performance Writing
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan
2011 Foxtel Fellowship
Fellowship awarded in recognition of a significant body of work in television.
Kris Mrksa
2011 Richard Lane Award
For Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Australian Writers’ Guild
Ian David
2011 Dorothy Crawford Award
For Outstanding Contribution to the Profession
Currency Press
2011 Fred Parsons Award
For Outstanding Contribution...
- 9/23/2011
- by Tim Burrowes
- Encore Magazine
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