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Writers Guild of America Awards

The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949.

Writers Guild Awards

Writing achievements in film and other media

United States

1949 (1949)

Eligibility[edit]

The screen awards are for films that were exhibited theatrically during the preceding calendar year. The television awards are for series that were produced and aired between December 1 and November 30, regardless of how many episodes aired during this time period.


Additionally, scripts must be produced under the jurisdiction of the WGA or under a collective bargaining agreement in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom.[1]

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Each year at the awards, two lifetime achievement awards are presented. One is for screenwriting, and the other is for TV writing:

(1949–1969)

Best Written Musical

(1949–1951)

Best Written Western

(1949–1952)

Best Written Film Concerning American Scene

Best Written Drama

Best Written Comedy

Best Videogame Writing (2008–2018)

1967: David Newman and Robert Benton

Bonnie and Clyde

1968: Mel Brooks *

The Producers

1984: Woody Allen

Broadway Danny Rose

1985: Pamela Wallace, William Kelley, and Earl W. Wallace *

Witness

1986: Woody Allen *

Hannah and Her Sisters

1987: John Patrick Shanley *

Moonstruck

1988: Ron Shelton

Bull Durham

1989: Woody Allen

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1990: Barry Levinson

Avalon

1991: Callie Khouri *

Thelma & Louise

1992: Neil Jordan *

The Crying Game

1993: Jane Campion *

The Piano

1994: Richard Curtis

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1995: Randall Wallace

Braveheart

1996: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen *

Fargo

1997: Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks

As Good as It Gets

1998: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard *

Shakespeare in Love

1999: Alan Ball *

American Beauty

2000: Kenneth Lonergan

You Can Count on Me

2001: Julian Fellowes *

Gosford Park

2002: Michael Moore

Bowling for Columbine

2003: Sofia Coppola *

Lost in Translation

2004: Charlie Kaufman, Michael Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth *

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2005: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco *

Crash

2006: Michael Arndt *

Little Miss Sunshine

2007: Diablo Cody *

Juno

2008: Dustin Lance Black *

Milk

2009: Mark Boal *

The Hurt Locker

2010: Christopher Nolan

Inception

2011: Woody Allen *

Midnight in Paris

2012: Mark Boal

Zero Dark Thirty

2013: Spike Jonze *

Her

2014: Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2015: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer *

Spotlight

2016: Barry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney *

Moonlight

2017: Jordan Peele *

Get Out

2018: Bo Burnham

Eighth Grade

2019: Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won; story by Bong Joon-ho *

Parasite

2020: Emerald Fennell *

Promising Young Woman

2021: Adam McKay and David Sirota

Don't Look Up

2022: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert *

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2023: David Hemingson

The Holdovers

WGA script registration service

WGA screenwriting credit system

1960 Writers Guild of America strike

1988 Writers Guild of America strike

International Affiliation of Writers Guilds

2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike

List of writing awards

Writers Guild of America awards list

Writers Guild of America, East website

Writers Guild of America, West website

at IMDb

Writers Guild of America Awards