WGC Screenwriting Awards 2019 Winners Announced

Source: The Writers Guild of Canada April 30, 2019 A full house gathered at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning’s Koerner Hall in Toronto last night for the 23rd annual WGC Screenwriting Awards gala. Not only were attendees treated to Sondheim and a spot-on...

Iranian Canadian wins 2018 Daryl Duke Prize

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto – Amir Kahnamouee has been selected as the winner of the 2018 Daryl Duke Prize, an award created to support up-and-coming Canadian film and television writers, for his screenplay, Port of Call.  The prize comes with a $25,000 award. Set...

Vancouver writer scores Daryl Duke prize for first screenplay

Source: Vancouver Sun By Dana Gee Sometimes, summer jobs can really pay off. That is certainly the case for Vancouver’s Kate Bond, who drew on several years spent working as a tree planter in northern B.C., a historical tour guide in the Yukon, and a wildfire lookout...

Ride bus. Write screenplay. Win big: Kate Bond’s story

Source: National Observer By Carl Meyer Kate Bond has the kind of voice that dances joyfully all over the vocal register, fiercely introspective yet disarmingly whimsical.  “Writing a screenplay is very different from writing a novel. There’s so much white space on...

Vancouverite wins $25,000 Daryl Duke Prize

For immediate release (Vancouver) — Vancouver resident Kate Bond has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Daryl Duke Prize, an award created to support up-and-coming Canadian film and television writers, for Trapline, her first screenplay.  The prize comes...