The short-list for the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild 2009 ZeBBies has been announced. Created by the and named in honour of ‘Grapes of Wrath’ actor O. Z. Whitehead, the accolade acknowledges script(s) written by Irish playwrights and screenwriters during the previous year.

This year sees the following scriptwriters being nominated in the category of Television; Frank Deasy for episode 1 of ‘Father and Son’; Lisa McGee for the second episode of ‘Raw’ and Peter McKenna for the first episode of the sixth series of ‘The Clinic’.

In the Radio category, Shay Linehan’s script for ‘The Lottery’ has been nominated alongside Elizabeth Moynihan’s script for ‘Cider Queens’ and Eugene O’Brien’s piece ‘Numb’.

The Film category sees nominations for Lance Daly for ‘Kisses’, ‘A Film With Me In It’ writer Mark Doherty and Enda Walsh (with Steve McQueen) for their ‘Hunger’ script.

Members of the IPSG will select the winners in each category which will be announced at a ceremony held in Dublin’s Sugar Club on 26 November.

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