Awards writer, perhaps, with rest at start of September (8)
I believe the answer is:
presents
'awards' is the definition.
(I know this)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for presents that I've seen before include "Hands over formally" , "special things at Christmas?" , "donations" , "Awards formally" , "Introduces" .)