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		<title>QLD applauds what NSW would not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to playwright and friend Rick Viede, who last night won the Drama Script (Stage) Award at the 2010 QLD Premier’s Literary Award for his play, Whore. Whore, produced at B Sharp in 2009, also snagged Viede the Griffin Award in 2008. Interestingly, Viede entered the play for the 2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/uncategorized/qld-applauds-what-nsw-would-not/</link>
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		<title>The 2010 Griffin Award goes to&#8230; Aidan Fenessy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congrats to all who were shortlisted this year! Plenty of strong contenders this year, a tough choice&#8230; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Griffin Theatre Company tonight announced that writer, director and dramaturg Aidan Fennessy is the winner of the 2010 Griffin Award for his play Brutopia. The Griffin Award is an annual $10,000 prize offered for an outstanding new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/uncategorized/the-2010-griffin-award-goes-to-aidan-fenessy/</link>
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		<title>Happy submission time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it just me or is EVERYTHING worth submitting for due right about now? Here is a non-exhaustive list of what&#8217;s rapidly approaching. Get your scripts in and let us know how you go! Also, if there&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve missed, please feel free to add via comment: Max Afford Playwright&#8217;s Award &#8211; Due Friday 6 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/awards-and-opportunities/happy-submission-time/</link>
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		<title>Awards and Opportunities: MKA Richmond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A great opportunity for all Aussie playwrights, operating out of Melbourne. I met Tobi and Glyn at World Interplay last year and this is their brainchild. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- This is MKA Richmond calling. MKA is soon to be Melbourne&#8217;s very own new writing theatre. MKA Richmond will house the best new plays by the best established [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/awards-and-opportunities/awards-and-opportunities-mka-richmond/</link>
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		<title>Awards and opportunities: Feel like kicking down some doors?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I smell a positive outcome&#8230; This just in care of Playwriting Australia, with the assistance of Arts NSW. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS NSW Playwrights’ Initiative Kicking Down the Doors Reading, 20 September 2010 PlayWriting Australia is currently calling for submissions from NSW-based playwrights for a full day of play readings designed to connect unproduced writers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/awards-and-opportunities/awards-and-opportunities-feel-like-kicking-down-some-doors/</link>
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		<title>Small milestone, big celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be honest. The reason I haven&#8217;t blogged in a while isn&#8217;t really because I&#8217;ve been flat out with life outside playwriting. I have been working long hours, covering two roles, planning a wedding and been a little too obsessed with a culinary TV phenomenon &#8211; but if I wanted to find the hours to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/cluster/small-milestone-big-celebration/</link>
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		<title>Shameless plugs: VIBEWIRE fastBREAK Are You Satisfied?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m not sure I’ve ever met a playwright who you would class as a “morning person,” but if there’s anyone out there interested in getting up early this Friday morning for some inspiring 5 min talks from young up-and-comers of the Sydney creative scene, this is for you. I’ll be a guest speaker at VIBEWIRE [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/shameless-plugs/shameless-plugs-vibewire-fastbreak-are-you-satisfied/</link>
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		<title>Griffin&#8217;s new AD announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations Sam Strong on his appointment as Griffin Theatre&#8217;s new Artistic Director, as Nick Marchand moves on to head up the British Council Australia as Director. Read  The Australian&#8217;s coverage here. “He (Strong) said his new position would allow him to help the careers of a new generation of Australian writers, directors and designers in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/cluster/griffins-new-ad-announced/</link>
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		<title>No raining on the parade &#8211; NOT The NSW Premier&#8217;s Literary Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a rainy Monday evening, and after a helter skelter week emailing furiously to get this event happening, we worried that the rain would drive everyone back into their quiet, warm beds. Amazingly, by three minutes past seven, the room was already jostling with supporters – actors, critics, directors, theatre lovers, and of course, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/cluster/no-raining-on-the-parade-not-the-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/</link>
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		<title>A message from Van Badham, Ben Ellis and Suzie Miller &#8211; The UK contingent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all who celebrated Australian playwrights tonight. A full posting will follow tomorrow with videos and photos. Unfortunately I didn&#8217;t receive this message until we were underway, but it needs to be shared with all of you. A special message from our UK contingent - Dear playwrights and theatre-makers of New South Wales, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joannaerskine.com/cluster/cluster/a-message-from-van-badham-ben-ellis-and-suzie-miller-the-uk-contingent/</link>
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