58th AWGIE Awards

The 58th annual AWGIE Awards, presented by the Australian Writers' Guild, will take place on 19 February 2026 at the Parade Theatre at National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney. The ceremony will be hosted by comedians Alex Lee and Suren Jayemanne.^[1] The nominations were announced on 21 January 2026.^[2]

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58th AWGIE Awards

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Film

Television

Children's Television

Audio

Stage

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Feature Film – Original One More Shot – Alice Foulcher and Gregory Erdstein Saccharine – Natalie Erika James Sweet Milk Lake – Harvey Zielinski Together – Michael Shanks Zero – Jesse Laurie
Feature Film – Adapted The Correspondent – Peter Duncan; based on the memoir The First Casualty by Peter Greste The Roses – Tony McNamara; based on the novel The War of the Roses by Warren Adler Snatchers – Craig Alexander
Short Film Asian Male Lead – Brendan Wan with Aran Thangaratnam, Jeremy Teh, and Vivian Nguyen DIY – Lachlan Marks The Dysphoria – Kylie Aoibheann Nothing, Number 2 – Marcus Khoudair Saint Valentine – Vanessa Gazy Tuesday Tuesday – Lianne Mackessy and Emily Sheehan

Television – Serial Hollyoaks: "Episode 6522" – Gary Sewell Home and Away: "Episode 8330" – Fiona Kelly (Seven Network) Home and Away: "Episode 8405" – Alexandra Cullen (Seven Network) Neighbours: "Episode 9104" – Emma J. Steele (Network 10)
Television – Series Black Snow: "Running" – Lucas Taylor (Stan) Bump: "A Hand Shaped Balloon" – Kelsey Munro (Stan) Good Cop/Bad Cop: "Buckle Up" – Clare Sladden (Stan) Invisible Boys: "Vigil" – Allan Clarke (Stan) The Newsreader: "Behind the Front Line" – Christine Bartlett (ABC)
Television – Limited Series Apple Cider Vinegar – Samantha Strauss, Angela Betzien, and Anya Beyersdorf (Netflix) The Last Anniversary – Samantha Strauss, Giula Sandler, Sarah L. Walker, and Greg Waters (Binge) The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Shaun Grant (Prime Video) Plum – Brendan Cowell and Fiona Seres (ABC)
Comedy – Situation or Narrative Austin: "Pulped Fiction" – Adam Zwar (ABC) Colin from Accounts: "Waterfall" – Patrick Brammall (Binge) Fisk: "Burning Up" – Penny Flanagan with Kitty Flanagan (ABC) Strife: "Sometimes Always" – Sarah Scheller (Binge) Urvi Went to an All Girls School: "The Perfect Bell" – Urvi Majumdar and Nina Oyama (ABC)
Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment The Last Year of Television: "2024" – Mitch McTaggart (Binge) The Weekly: "Rhysearch" – Nicolette Minster with Rhys Nicholson and Aleisha McCormack (ABC) The Weekly: "The Week in TV with Margaret Pomeranz" – Rob Hunter (ABC)

Children's Television – 'P' Classification (Preschool – Under 5 Years) Kangaroo Beach: "The Curse of Boomerang Island" – Sylvie van Dijk and Angus Woodiwiss (ABC Kids) Kangaroo Beach: "Hungry the Seagull" – Charlotte Rose Hamlyn (ABC Kids) Zip and the Tiny Sprouts: "Everything Keeps Changing?!" – Peter Johnston
Children's Television – 'C' Classification (Children's – 5-14 Years) Rock Island Mysteries: "Crystallised" – Trent Roberts (Nickelodeon) Rock Island Mysteries: "Sleepwalker" – Matthew Bon (Nickelodeon) Spooky Files: "The Arrival" – Marisa Nanakhorn Brown (ABC Family) Spooky Files: "Eye Go Night-Night" – Guy Edmonds and Andrea Denholm (ABC Family) Spooky Files: "FOMO Dojo Casa House" – Emma Gordon (ABC Family)

Audio – Fiction Central Intelligence: "Season 1, Episode 10" – Greg Haddrick Incoming: "Vesti La Giubba (Put on the Costume)" – C.K. Pahlow with David Singer
Audio – Non-Fiction TBA