A LIMERICK writer has won a national award for her script for a radio drama.
Joanne Ryan won the Zebbie award for the Best Radio Drama Script for Eggsistentialism, a radio drama that sees a woman go on a quest to uncover the ifs and buts of life.
The Zebbie Awards are organised by the Writers Guild of Ireland and celebrate the best of Irish writing for stage, screen, and radio.
Also honoured on the night were Lisa McGee, who received a Best Television Drama Script Zebbie for an episode of her smash hit comedy Derry Girls, and Colm Bairéad who won the Zebbie for Best Feature Film Script for An Cailín Ciúin.
The Zebbie Awards, which were presented by writer and actor Tara Flynn, celebrate the best of Irish writing in theatre, television drama, continuing drama, short film, feature film, radio and animation. Only WGI members can vote for the winners from the nominated scripts.
The awards are named in honour of Oothout Zabriskie ‘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.
Jennifer Davidson, Chair of the Writers Guild of Ireland, said: “It’s a great honour for the Writers Guild of Ireland to celebrate the exceptional work that our members produce every year through our annual Zebbie Awards at The Sugar Club.”
“Though their work is often in the spotlight, it is rare for writers themselves to be celebrated. The winners and nominees across all the categories at the 2023 Zebbie Awards reflect the quality of Irish writing for stage, screen and radio, and it is no surprise that their work resonates with audiences internationally as well as here in Ireland,” she said.
