From top: America-born actor and writer O. Z. Whitehead’s gravestone at Mount Jerome Cemetery. ‘Zebbie’ was a follower of the Bahá’í Faith and came to Ireland in the 1960s; The Zebbie award created in his honour by the Writers Guild of Ireland
Stephen writes:
The ZeBBie Awards are annual awards created by the Writers Guild of Ireland — named in honour of [Oothout Zabriskie] ( O. Z. Whitehead — to acknowledge the best script(s) written by Irish playwrights and screenwriters during the previous year.
The writers who have been nominated in all seven categories of the 2019 ZeBBie Awards have now been announced.
Writers Guild members will read all the nominated scripts and cast their votes. The 2019 ZeBBie Awards will take place on Wednesday, June 19 at The Sugar Club, Leeson Street, Dublin 2 and will be hosted by Senator David Norris…
Nominations here
Top pic: Find A Grave