Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola and Charlie Pickering have been tapped on the shoulder for the 52nd annual Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE Awards. 

The AWGIE Awards recognise and reward excellence in performance writing. In the years since their inception, the list of AWGIE winners have included writers whose stories have shaped Australian culture including feature films, theatre, TV series and serials, miniseries and children’s animated programs.

Luke and Celia have been nominated in the ‘Comedy – Situation or Narrative’ category for episodes four and five in the third season of their critically acclaimed show Rosehaven.

Charlie has been nominated in the ‘Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment’ category for TV Bingo and Libspill 2, both which featured in his show The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.

The AWGIE Awards will be presented on Thursday 22 August at the City Recital Hall in Sydney. For more information and for the full list of nominees, please visit their website.

Congratulations to all nominees!