The Writers Guild of Ireland has announced the nominees for the 2016 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 Short Film Script
- Ben Conway for Looks Like Rain
- Matthew Roche for Blight
- Brian Rossney for Trench (In the Valley of the Moon)
Best Feature Film Script
- Will Collins for Song of the Sea
- Simon Fitzmaurice for My Name is Emily
- Mark Noonan for You’re Ugly Too
Best Television Script
- Marcus Fleming for An Klondike, episode 4
- Billy Roche for Clean Break, episode 4
- Colin Teevan for Charlie, episode 2
Best Radio Script
- Ronan Bennett for Our Sea
- Bernard Farrell for Greta at the Gresham
- Elizabeth O’Neill for Ghostbike
Best Theatre Script
- Stacey Gregg for Scorch
- Barry McStay for Our Island
- Abbie Spallen for Lally the Scut
Best Game Script
- Oli Garland, Steve Gregan, Colm Larkin, and Fred Mangan for Guild of Dungeoneering
- Dave McCabe for The Darkside Detective
- John O’Kane for Grandpa Pip’s Birthday
The 2016 ZeBBie Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 in The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2, and it will be hosted by Senator David Norris.