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 | |
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Current: 76th Writers Guild of America Awards | |
Awarded for | Writing achievements in film and other media |
Country | United States |
Presented by | |
First awarded | 1949 |
Website | awards |
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]
Each year at the awards, two lifetime achievement awards are presented. One is for screenwriting, and the other is for TV writing:
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In 2004, the awards show was broadcast on television for the first time.
In the years 2008 through 2018, the awards also included video game writing.
A * denotes a film that also went on to win an Academy Award.
The video game category was first added in 2008, but discontinued after the 2019 awards.[2][3]