At a glittering ceremony in Sydney on Friday, the Guild celebrated excellence in performance writing from around the country.

Charles was awarded for a script, commissioned by Qantas, to address awareness of Indigenous cultural issues in their many and varied workplaces.

He had two scripts nominated in the awards - the other being an historical recreation of life in internment as an 'Enemy Alien' during the First World War.

This soundscape is now a feature at the Trial Bay Gaol museum in South West Rocks.

The Australian Writers' Guild represents performance writers in all categories - from film, television and stage to interactive, corporate and training.

The AWGIEs are significant and unique because they are judged by writers based solely in the written word - the original intention of the writer.

"Winning an AWGIE means a tremendous amount because it represents recognition of your work by your peers," Charles said.

"And those peers happen to be some of the most exciting writers in Australia."

Charles has been in the business of writing high-quality scripts for corporate videos, television, live shows and presentations, museums and displays, the internet and print for 25 years. This is his fourth AWGIE.