Saturday
February 15, 2025

About the Writers Guild Awards

The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, news, radio, and promotional categories.

Important Dates

11/22/2024

Deadline for submissions: Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited); TV-Streaming-Radio/Audio Scripts and Paul Selvin Award (WGAW)

12/16/2024

Preliminary Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited) and Screenplay (Original and Adapted) online voting begins

Photos

Abbott Elementary writer-actor Quinta Brunson attends the 2024 Writers Guild Awards

Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face) and Nick Kroll (Big Mouth) at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards

Ted Lasso writer-actor Brett Goldstein at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards

Video Highlights

April 14, 2024

David Hemingson wins the 2024 Writers Guild Award for Original Screenplay for The Holdovers

April 14, 2024

Host Niecy Nash delivers the 2024 Writers Guild Awards opening monologue

April 14, 2024

Drew Carey on who were the "real heroes" of the WGA strike

Writers Guild Awards History

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A History of the Writers Guild Awards

Celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary, this video features appearances from Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Frank Pierson, Steve Martin, Red Skelton, Sid Caesar, and many more.

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And the Winners Were...

With comedy skits like “Bridge on the River Burbank” and “Showbiz Hype Entertainment Enquirer Tonight,” it’s no wonder critics once called the Writers Guild Awards “bawdy, irreverent, and very often deftly devastating.”

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The Hottest Ticket in Town – 50 Years of Writers Guild Awards

The late, legendary writer Hal Kanter looks back on the Writers Guild Awards first 50 years and recalls some of those shows’ most memorable moments.