The Writers' Guild of Ireland Zebbie Awards are all about THE WRITERS, no one else! Because without tenacious, talented and tortured (triple threat) writers, there is no must-watch TV series, unforgettable films, captivating theatre, entertaining radio plays or wildly imaginative animations that thrill, move, excite and entertain us.

Now in its 18th year, Zebbies 2025 celebrates the best scripts that were produced in Ireland in the previous year (2024). That is, scripts that were FIRST broadcast, staged or screened in Ireland in 2024 or FIRST streamed or available to watch, by an Irish audience during 2024. If your script ticks these boxes, we'd love you to submit it to us.

You've got until midnight on SUNDAY 1ST JUNE 2025.
And PLEASE read ALL Rules before you hit Send - thank you!

Rules & Terms

1. The Zebbie Awards are open to all writers resident on the island of Ireland, or Irish writers living abroad.

2. To submit a script, you must be the writer(s) of the script. For producers or agents submitting on behalf of writers, you must have their permission.

3. All submitted scripts must have been FIRST broadcast, staged or screened in Ireland or FIRST streamed or available to watch by an Irish audience, between January 1st and December 31st 2024.

4. Submitted scripts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT - WORD DOCS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The TITLE OF THE WORK and WRITER(S) NAME(S) should be on the COVER PAGE of the script - that's all. (your contact details will be included on the FilmFreeway portal).

5. This year, we're requesting a SHORT SYNOPSIS (between 40-50 words) of the piece you're submitting.

6. In the case of series, each individual writer (or co-writers) may submit one of the scripts they wrote in that series.

7. Submitted scripts do not have to be the final production draft, but the draft that the writer feels best represents their writing.

8. By submitting, you give permission to have your work published on the WGI website for voting purposes if shortlisted. If the copywright holder is not you, then from the Producer/Production company.

9. If you're not in a position to pay the €20 submission fee, please email us at zebbieawards@gmail.com to request a fee waiver, at least one week in advance of the submission deadline.

10. DEADLINE: All scripts to be submitted by midnight on SUNDAY 1ST JUNE 2025