The Writers Guild of Ireland have announced the winners of the 2017 ZeBBie Awards at their Awards Ceremony at The Sugar Club in Dublin this evening:

Best Television Script

• Sharon Horgan for Divorce (Pilot ep.)

Best Radio Script

• Kate Gilmore for The Wickedness of Oz

Best Theatre Script

• Margaret McAuliffe for The Humours of Bandon

Best Feature Film Script

• Colin Thornton & Darren Thornton for A Date for Mad Mary

Best Short Film Script

• Natasha Waugh for Terminal

Best Game Script

• Christopher Conlan for The Little Acre

Congratulations to the winners!

Best wishes to all the nominees on being acknowledged for their hard work in the industry. We appreciate the help of all the theatre companies, production companies, producers, agents, and helpful admin who have aided us in bringing the event together.

Our thanks to Senator David Norris for his ebullient hosting of the event, and to the presenters for their contribution to the ceremony.

Plus, a big cheer to our staff and volunteers for all their hard effort!

About the ZeBBie Awards

The ZeBBie Awards are annual awards created by the WGI — named in honour of O. Z. Whitehead — to acknowledge the best script(s) written by Irish playwrights and screenwriters during the previous year.

Best Television Script

• Marcus Fleming for An Klondike, episode 4

Best Radio Script

• Bernard Farrell for Greta at the Gresham

Best Theatre Script

• Stacey Gregg for Scorch

Best Feature Film Script

• Mark Noonan for You’re Ugly Too

Best Short Film Script

• Ben Conway for Looks Like Rain

Best Game Script

• Oli Garland, Steve Gregan, Colm Larkin, and Fred Mangan for Guild of Dungeoneering

Congratulations to all the winners!

We’d like to thank our hard-working staff, our helpers, all the nominees and their agents/producers, as well as the presenters of the awards.

As usual our thanks to Senator David Norris for his memorable hosting skills, and to The Sugar Club Dublin for the fabulous venue.

Best Television Script

• Ted Gannon for Deception – Episode 3

Best Radio Script

• Philip Doherty for A Golden Triangle

Best Theatre Script

• Mikel Murfi for The Man in The Woman’s Shoes

Best Feature Film Script

• Ailbhe Keogan & Steph Green for Run and Jump

Best Short Film Script

• Antoin Beag Ó Colla for Rúbaí

Congratulations to all the winners!

Entertainment was provided by the Trinitones, Trinity College Dublin’s all male acapella choir, and the event was hosted by Thomas McLaughlin.

A big thanks to our award presenters: Diarmaid Breathnach, from the Sound & Vision Scheme in the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Colette Kinsella, Independent Radio Producer and Chairperson of the Association of Independent Radio Producers of Ireland, Ray Yeats, City Arts Officer, Steven Galvin, Editor of Film Ireland, and Ross Keane, Director of the Irish Film Institute.

Search out your glad rags and get your tickets for the 2014 ZeBBie Awards Ceremony, taking place from 8pm on Thursday, 15 May 2014 in The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.

Join your friends, colleagues, and ZeBBie Award nominees to celebrate the best of Irish writing for the stage, screen, and radio.

The hashtag on Twitter for the event is #ZeBBies.

Ticket(s) for the awards ceremony may be purchased online, and includes food and entertainment.

By attending the ZeBBie Awards Cerenmony not only will you support your colleagues and discover which screenwriters win in their respective categories, you also get to enjoy the inimitable Senator David Norris as MC, and musical entertainment from the hugely talented Shaz Oye.

If you listen to this sample of Shaz singing on YouTube I think you’ll agree the price of entry is worth it to hear her alone.

Tickets cost €15 for IPSG members, and €25 for non-members.

We look forward to seeing you next week!