Major AWGIE Award

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.[http://www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&It... 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.[http://www.awg.com.au/images/AWGIES/AWGIE%20Award%20Winners%201968-2013_BT_UPDATED_AUG_13.pdf AWGIE Award Winners 1968-2013] Australian Writers Guild, accessed 25 May 2014

=1960s=

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rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1968 (1st)

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| Colin Free

| “Cage a Tame Tiger”, Contrabandits

| TV

Richard Lane

| You Can’t See 'Round Corners

| TV Serial

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1969 (2nd)

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| Alan Hopgood

| The Cheerful Cuckold

| Tele-play

=1970s=

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rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1970 (3rd)

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| Mungo MacCallum

| The Stoneham Obsessions

| Radio Feature

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1971 (4th)

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| Michael Boddy & Bob Ellis

| The Legend of King O'Malley

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1972 (5th)

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| David Williamson

| The Removalists

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1973 (6th)

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| Tony Morphett

| “Freda”, Certain Women

| TV

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1974 (7th)

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| Cliff Green

| Marion

| TV Play

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1975 (8th)

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| Jim McNeil

| How Does Your Garden Grow?

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1976 (9th)

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| No major award

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1977 (10th)

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| Steve J. Spears

| The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1978 (11th)

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| David Williamson

| The Club

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1979 (12th)

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| Tony Morphett

| “A Matter of Life and Death”, Against The Wind

| TV

=1980s=

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rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1980 (13th)

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| No major award

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1981 (14th)

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| Ken Kelso

| Manganinnie

| Film Adaptation

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1982 (15th)

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| Ron Elisha

| Einstein

| Stage Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1983 (16th)

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| Hyllus Maris & Sonia Borg

| Women of the Sun

| TV Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1984 (17th)

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| Robert Caswell

| Scales of Justice

| TV Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1985 (18th)

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| Peter Carey & Ray Lawrence

| Bliss

| Film Adaptation

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1986 (19th)

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| Glenda Hambly

| Fran

| Film

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1987 (20th)

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| Michael Gow

| Away

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1988 (21st)

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| Anthony Wheeler

| Olive

| TV Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1989 (22nd)

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| Peter Schreck

| The Soldier Settlers

| TV Original

=1990s=

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rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1990 (23rd)

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| Nick Enright

| Daylight Saving

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1991 (24th)

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| Keith Thompson

| “A General Malaise”, G.P.

| TV series

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1992 (25th)

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| Michael Cove

| The Habit

| Radio Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1993 (26th)

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| Nick Enright

| A Property of the Clan

| Theatre-in-Education (TIE)

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1994 (27th)

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| Peta Murray

| The Keys to the Animal Room

| TIE

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1995(28th)

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| Chris Noonan & George Miller

| Babe

| Feature Adaptation

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1996 (29th)

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| Rivka Hartman

| The Miniskirted Dynamo

| Documentary Public Broadcast

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1997 (30th)

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| Nick Enright

| Blackrock

| Feature Adaptation

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1998 (31st)

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| Andrea Lemon

| Rodeo Noir

| Stage

rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1999 (32nd)

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| Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas

| Who’s Afraid of the Working Class

| Stage

Justin Monjo & Nick Enright

| Cloudstreet

| Stage

=2000s=

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rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2000 (33rd)

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| Patricia Cornelius

| Hogs, Hairs & Leeches

| Community Theatre

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2001 (34th)

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| John Romeril (with Rachel Perkins)

| One Night the Moon

| TV Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2002 (35th)

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| Dennis K. Smith

| Rainbow Bird and Monster Man

| Documentary Broadcast

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2003 (36th)

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|Tony McNamara

| The Rage in Placid Lake

| Feature Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2004 (37th)

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| Cate Shortland

| Somersault

| Feature Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2005 (38th)

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| Melissa Reeves

| The Spook

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2006 (39th)

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| Katherine Thomson & Barbara Samuels

| Answered by Fire

| Television Mini Series Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2007 (40th)

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| Keith Thompson

| Clubland

| Feature Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2008 (41st)

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| Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick & Felicity Packard

| Underbelly

| TV mini series adaptation

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2009 (42nd)

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| Warwick Thornton

| Samson and Delilah

| Feature Original

=2010s=

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rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2010 (43rd)

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| David Michôd

| Animal Kingdom

| Feature Film Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2011 (44th)

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| Patricia Cornelius

| Do Not Go Gentle

| Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2012 (45th)

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| Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson

| The Sapphires

| Feature Film Adaptation

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2013 (46th)

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| Alana Valentine

| Grounded

| Community & Youth Theatre

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2014 (47th)

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| Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse & Justin Monjo

| The Code

| Television Mini-Series Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2015 (48th)

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| Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios

| The Water Diviner

| Feature Film - Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2016 (49th)

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|Shelley Birse

|The Code: season 2

|Television Miniseries – Original

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2017 (50th){{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/hacksaw-ridge-and-lion-win-but-leah-purcells-the-drovers-wife-dominates-awgies-20170825-gy46yn.html|title=Hacksaw Ridge and Lion win but Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife dominates Awgies|last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=26 August 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=26 August 2017|language=en-US}}

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|Leah Purcell

|The Drover's Wife

|Stage

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2018 (51st)

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|Bradley Slabe

|Lost & Found

|Animation

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2019 (52nd)

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|Kate Mulvany