Comedy Writing Course Alumni Awards

Tim Ferguson’s teaching awards

– TIM FERGUSON
RMIT University Most Outstanding Teacher 2010

– ‘COWZAT!’ (Narrator Tim Ferguson)
World Digital Book Award Nomination, New York 2014

Cheeky Monkey Comedy Writing Alumni – Awards and Finalists

Tim Ferguson has trained comedy writers who since have won awards worldwide

– STEVE MITCHELL & BEN PLAZZER
Writer & Producer of “The Heckler” Winners Best Ensemble Award at LA Comedy Fest 2014

– JOANNE ROSE
Award Winner & Official Finalist Hollywood Screenplay Contest for TV Sitcom 2014

– DUNCAN SAMARASINGHE
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Finalist Nicholl Fellowships In Screenwriting 2014

– JOANNE ROSE
Winner of 2 L.A. WEB FEST Outstanding Achievement Awards for her sitcom 2013

– ISABEL ANGUS
Winner (with Rachel Davis) of Best Comedy Show at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2013

– JOSEPH WILSON
Winner Gold Prize for Comedy TV Pilot, Hollywood Screenwriting Contest 2013
Winner Grand Prize TV Sitcom Pilot, New York Screenplay Contest 2013

– INGRID ELKNER
Winner of SPAA Pitching Competition for her Sitcom 2013

– JACK SAVIGE & JONATHAN TRAKAS
Winner Silver Prize for Comedy Script at Hollywood Screenplay Contest 2013

– GRAEME SIMSION
(Author of ‘The Rosie Project’)
WinnerVictorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2012

– DUNCAN RICHARDS
Quarter-finalist, Final Draft Big Break Contest 2013

– LEISL EGAN
Winner of New York’s Prada Journal Competition for her story “Punchline” 2013
Winner of the AWG Pitching Competition with her sitcom 2011

– SUSANNAH PETTY
Winner of Los Angeles Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Award 2011

– HENRY INGLIS
Winner of Movie Extra Webfest 2011 for ‘Henry & Aaron’ Web Series 2011

– ZITA WHALLEY & TOM NEEDHAM?
Finalists Short & Sharp Pitching Competition 2013
Tim Ferguson Comedy Writing Teacher