thumb|upright 0.8|Statuetten der gives til modtagerne af prisen Writers Guild of America Awards er en årlig prisuddeling arrangeret af Writers Guild of America West og East. Priserne gives til det enestående skrivearbejde i spillefilm, tv-serier, nyheder og radio. Der uddeles priser indenfor både fiktion og non-fiction. Prisen blev uddelt første gang i 1949. Writers Guild of America awards list
Krav til mulige prismodtagere For at kunne komme i betragtning indenfor filmkategorierne skal filmen have haft biografpremiere i det foregående kalenderår. For priser indenfor tv skal værket være produceret og sendt mellem foregående 1. december og 30. november.
Herudover skal manuskripter være produceret under overenskomst med WGA eller under overenskomster i Canada, Irland, New Zealand eller Storbritannien.
Kategorier (Pr. 2023, kilde: )
Film Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Tv Comedy Series Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Short Form New Media New Series Animation Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series Best Comedy/Variety – Specials Daytime Serials Children's Script Best Quiz and Audience Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Nyheder TV News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report TV News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary Digital News Radio Radio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report Radio News Script – Analysis, Feature or Commentary Radio Documentary
Herudover uddeles hvert år uddeles to "Lifetime Awards"; én for arbejde inden for film og én for arbejde inden for tv.
Der har herudover gennem tiderne været uddelt priser i andre nu ophørte kategorier, herunder i årene 2008-2018 priser indenfor videospil.
Vindere En * markerer, at filmen også vandt en Oscar.
Film Nuværende priser Best Original Screenplay 1967: Bonnie and Clyde – David Newman og Robert Benton 1968: The Producers – Mel Brooks * 1984: Broadway Danny Rose – Woody Allen 1985: Witness – Pamela Wallace, William Kelley og Earl W. Wallace * 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen * 1987: Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley * 1988: Bull Durham – Ron Shelton 1989: Crimes and Misdemeanors – Woody Allen 1990: Avalon – Barry Levinson 1991: Thelma & Louise – Callie Khouri * 1992: The Crying Game – Neil Jordan * 1993: The Piano – Jane Campion * 1994: Four Weddings and a Funeral – Richard Curtis 1995: Braveheart – Randall Wallace 1996: Fargo – Joel og Ethan Coen * 1997: As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus og James L. Brooks 1998: Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman og Tom Stoppard * 1999: American Beauty – Alan Ball * 2000: You Can Count on Me – Kenneth Lonergan 2001: Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes * 2002: Bowling for Columbine – Michael Moore 2003: Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola * 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Charlie Kaufman, Michael Gondry og Pierre Bismuth * 2005: Crash – Paul Haggis og Bobby Moresco * 2006: Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt * 2007: Juno – Diablo Cody * 2008: Milk – Dustin Lance Black * 2009: The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal * 2010: Inception – Christopher Nolan 2011: Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen * 2012: Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal 2013: Her – Spike Jonze * 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson og Hugo Guinness 2015: Spotlight – Tom McCarthy ogJosh Singer * 2016: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins; historie af Tarell Alvin McCraney * 2017: Get Out – Jordan Peele * 2018: Eighth Grade – Bo Burnham 2019: Parasite – Bong Joon-ho og Han Jin-won * 2020: Promising Young Woman — Emerald Fennell * 2021: Don't Look Up — Adam McKay og David Sirota 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan og Daniel Scheinert * 2023: The Holdovers — David Hemingson
Best Adapted Screenplay 1984: The Killing Fields – Bruce Robinson 1985: Prizzi's Honor – Richard Condon og Janet Roach 1986: A Room with a View – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala * 1987: Roxanne – Steve Martin 1988: Dangerous Liaisons – Christopher Hampton * 1989: Driving Miss Daisy – Alfred Uhry * 1990: Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake * 1991: The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally * 1992: The Player – Michael Tolkin 1993: Schindler's List – Steven Zaillian * 1994: Forrest Gump – Eric Roth * 1995: Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson * 1996: Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton * 1997: L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland og Curtis Hanson * 1998: Out of Sight – Scott Frank 1999: Election – Alexander Payne og Jim Taylor 2000: Traffic – Stephen Gaghan * 2001: A Beautiful Mind – Akiva Goldsman * 2002: The Hours – David Hare 2003: American Splendor – Shari Springer Berman og Robert Pulcini 2004: Sideways – Alexander Payne og Jim Taylor * 2005: Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurty og Diana Ossana * 2006: The Departed – William Monahan * 2007: No Country for Old Men – Joel og Ethan Coen * 2008: Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy * 2009: Up in the Air – Jason Reitman 2010: The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin * 2011: The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon og Jim Rash * 2012: Argo – Chris Terrio * 2013: Captain Phillips – Billy Ray 2014: The Imitation Game – Graham Moore * 2015: The Big Short – Adam McKay og Charles Randolph * 2016: Arrival – Eric Heisserer 2017: Call Me by Your Name — James Ivory * 2018: Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener og Jeff Whitty 2019: Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi * 2020: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm — manus af Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; historie af Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad; baseret på karakterer skabt af Sacha Baron Cohen 2021: CODA – Sian Heder * 2022: Women Talking – Sarah Polley * 2023: American Fiction – Cord Jefferson *
Best Documentary Screenplay 2004: Super Size Me – Morgan Spurlock 2005: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – Alex Gibney 2006: Deliver Us from Evil – Amy J. Berg 2007: Taxi to the Dark – Alex Gibney 2008: Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman 2009: The Cove – Mark Monroe 2010: Inside Job – Charles Ferguson 2011: Better This World – Katie Galloway og Kelly Duane de la Vega 2012: Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul 2013: Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley 2014: The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz – Brian Knappenberger 2015: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Alex Gibney 2016: Command and Control – Robert Kenner, Brian Pearle, Kim Roberts og Eric Schlosser 2017: Jane – Brett Morgen 2018: Bathtubs Over Broadway – Ozzy Inguanzo og Dava Whisenant 2019: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley – Alex Gibney 2020: The Dissident — Mark Monroe og Bryan Fogel 2021: Exposing Muybridge – Marc Shaffer 2022: Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgen 2023: The Pigeon Tunnel – Errol Morris
Ophørte kategorier Best Written Drama 1949: Ormegården – Frank Partos og Millen Brand 1950: Alle Kongens mænd – Robert Rossen 1951: Sunset Boulevard – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder og D. M. Marshman Jr. * 1952: En plads i solen – Michael Wilson og Harry Brown * 1953: Sheriffen – Carl Foreman 1954: Herfra til evigheden – Daniel Taradash * 1955: On the Waterfront – Budd Schulberg * 1956: Marty – Paddy Chayefsky * 1957: Folket i den lykkelige dal – Michael Wilson 1958: Tolv vrede mænd – Reginald Rose 1959: Lænken – Nedrick Young og Harold Jacob Smith * 1960: Anne Franks dagbog – Frances Goodrich og Albert Hackett 1961: Elmer Gantry – Richard Brooks * 1962: Hajen – Sidney Carroll og Robert Rossen 1963: Dræb ikke en sangfugl – Horton Foote * 1964: Den utæmmelige – Harriet Frank Jr. og Irving Ravetch 1965: Becket – Edward Anhalt * 1966: Pantelåneren – Edward Lewis Wallant, Morton Fine og David Friedkin 1967: Hvem er bange for Virginia Woolf? – Ernest Lehman 1968: Bonnie ogClyde – David Newman og Robert Benton 1969: Løve ved vintertide – James Goldman *
Best Original Drama 1970: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Goldman * 1971: Patton – Francis Ford Coppola og Edmund H. North * 1972: Den satans søndag – Penelope Gilliatt 1973: Stem på McKay – Jeremy Larner * 1974: Manden i midten – Steve Shagan 1975: Chinatown – Robert Towne * 1976: En skæv eftermiddag – Frank Pierson * 1977: Nettet – Paddy Chayefsky * 1978: Skillevejen – Arthur Laurents 1979: Coming Home – Nancy Dowd, Robert C. Jones og Waldo Salt * 1980: Kinasyndromet – Mike Gray, T. S. Cook og James Bridges 1981: Melvin og Howard – Bo Goldman * 1982: Reds – Warren Beatty og Trevor Griffiths 1983: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison 1984: Den sidste drøm – Horton Foote *
Best Adapted Drama 1970: Midnight Cowboy – Waldo Salt * 1971: I Never Sang for My Father – Robert Anderson 1972: The French Connection – Ernest Tidyman * 1973: The Godfather – Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola * 1974: Serpico – Waldo Salt og Norman Wexler 1975: The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola og Mario Puzo * 1976: Gøgereden – Bo Goldman og Lawrence Hauben * 1977: All the President's Men – William Goldman * 1978: Øen og havet – Denne Bart Petitclerc 1979: Midnight Express – Oliver Stone * 1980: Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton * 1981: Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent * 1982: Deres sensommer – Ernest Thompson * 1983: Savnet – Costa-Gavras og Donald E. Stewart * 1984: Reuben, Reuben – Julius J. Epstein
Best Written Comedy 1949: Her går det godt – F. Hugh Herbert 1950: Husveninden – Joseph L. Mankiewicz * 1951: Alt om Eva – Joseph L. Mankiewicz * 1952: Fars store gevinst – Albert Hackett og Frances Goodrich 1953: Den tavse mand – Frank Nugent 1954: Prinsessen holder fridag – Ian McLellan Hunter, Dalton Trumbo og John Dighton * 1955: Sabrina – Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor og Ernest Lehman 1956: Mister Roberts – Joshua Logan og Frank Nugent 1957: Jorden rundt i 80 dage – James Poe, John Farrow og S. J. Perelman * 1958: Ariane – Billy Wilder og I. A. L. Diamond 1959: Mig og obersten – S. N. Behrman og George Froeschel 1960: Ingen er fuldkommen – Billy Wilder og I. A. L. Diamond 1961: Nøglen under måtten – Billy Wilder og I. A. L. Diamond * 1962: Pigen Holly – George Axelrod 1963: Sig det med mink – Stanley Shapiro og Nate Monastar 1964: Markens liljer – James Poe 1965: Dr. Strangelove – Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern og Peter George 1966: Tusind klovner – Herb Gardner 1967: Russerne kommer, russerne kommer! – William Rose 1968: Fagre voksne verden – Calder Willingham og Buck Henry 1969: Hvem støver af? – Neil Simon
Best Original Comedy 1970: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Paul Mazursky og Larry Tucker 1971: Sikke'n nat – Neil Simon 1972: Hospitalet – Paddy Chayefsky * 1973: Du er toppe, professor! – Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman og Robert Benton 1974: En pikant affære – Melvin Frank og Jack Rose 1975: Sheriffen skyder på det hele – Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor og Alan Uger 1976: Shampoo – Robert Towne og Warren Beatty 1977: Op med humøret, drenge – Bill Lancaster 1978: Annie Hall – Woody Allen og Marshall Brickman * 1979: Lige i stødet – Larry Gelbart og Sheldon Keller 1980: Udbrud – Steve Tesich * 1981: Rekrut Benjamin – Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller og Charles Shyer 1982: Arthur - skidefuld og på rulleskøjter – Steve Gordon 1983: Tootsie – Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart og Murray Schisgal 1984: Gensyn med vennerne – Lawrence Kasdan og Barbara Benedek
Best Adapted Comedy 1970: Goodbye Columbus – Arnold Schulman 1971: MASH – Ring Lardner Jr. * 1972: Kotch - en helvedes go' bedstefar – John Paxton 1973: Cabaret – Jay Presson Allen 1974: Paper Moon – Alvin Sargent 1975: Den lille Rockefeller – Lionel Chetwynd og Mordecai Richler 1976: Sunshine Boys – Neil Simon 1977: Den lyserøde panter slår igen – Blake Edwards og Frank Waldman 1978: Åh, Gud – Larry Gelbart