Call for Entries: John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing
$10,000 screenwriting prize is again on offer for an AWG member who writes the best produced sci-fi script.
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The Australian Writers Guild had opened entries in its annual John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing.
Funded by a bequest from the late Australian film critic John Hinde, the $10,000 screenwriting prize is for an AWG member who writes the best produced script and professional support for the best unproduced script.
“Above any other genre, science-fiction is the genre of ideas – mind-bending, jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring ideas,” says Shayne Armstrong, AWG Board Member and a previous winner of the John Hinde Award. “It is the perfect genre for examining present concepts through a portal to the past or the future, or a parallel world or a completely alien one.”
Other past winners in the produced category include Michael Miller in 2016 for episode five of the acclaimed Indigenous series Cleverman, and Jesse O’Brien in 2015 for his feature film Arrowhead. In the unproduced category, 2015 winners Penelope Chai and Adam Spellicy have since had their screenplay Mary, Mary win the 2016 Monte Miller Award, and have individually received development funding through Screen Australia. 2016 winner Graeme Burfoot is continuing to develop his script with professional support provided by the John Hinde Award.