The awards ceremony will take place at the Light House Cinema in Dublin next month
Three Kildare-based writers are finalists in the 19th Writers’ Guild of Ireland Zebbie Awards which celebrate Irish writing for stage, screen and audio.
The awards ceremony will take place at the Light House Cinema in Dublin on Thursday, 3 September.
Kildare natives Richie Conroy and Aisling Byrne are finalists in the Best Feature Film Script and Best Short Film Script categories, with Richie nominated for "Fran the Man" and Aisling for "Mary is Missing", which she co-wrote with Caitríona Daly.
Cork-born Lisa O’Donovan, who is also based in Kildare, is a finalist in the Children’s and Young People’s TV category for "Maddie & Triggs, episode148 Ice Cream".
The awards are named in honour of O.Z. ‘Zebby’ Whitehead, a Broadway and Hollywood actor who was a great supporter of theatre and writing in Ireland after he moved to Dublin in 1963.
The full list of nominees can be viewed below:
Best Short Film Script
Mary is Missing – Aisling Byrne, Caitríona Daly
The Knife – Joy Nesbitt
Minding – Shannon Welby
Best Children’s & Young People’s TV Script
Maddie & Triggs, Ep149 “Dust Bunnies” – Nadine Lattimore
The Unreal, S2 Ep1 – Rodney Lee
Maddie & Triggs, Ep148 “Ice Cream” – Lisa O’Donovan
Best Radio & Audio Drama Script
Spooky FM: Jingle Hells – Peter Dunne
Safe Space – Caitlin Magnall-Kearns
Fragile Maoilíosa – Charlie McGuinness
Best Continuing Drama Script
Ros na Rún, S30 Ep27 – Peadar Cox
Ros na Rún, S29 Ep81 – Fíona Ní Dhuibhir
Fair City, S36 Ep25 – Senta Rich
Best Theatre Script
Dublin Gothic – Barbara Bergin
Jigsaw – Lee Coffey
Denouement – John Morton
Best TV Drama Script
Hidden Assets, S3 Ep1 – Mary Fox & Marty Thornton
Trespasses, Ep4 – Ailbhe Keogan
Mix Tape, Ep1 – Jo Spain
Best Feature Film Script
Fran the Man – Richie Conroy
Báite – Sheena Lambert
#Four Mothers – Colin Thornton & Darren Thornton
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