The 77th Annual Writers Guild Awards
Saturday
February 15, 2025
Edison Ballroom
240 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036
5:00pm ET
Roy Wood Jr.
Nominees
Original Screenplay
A Real Pain
Written by Jesse Eisenberg; Searchlight Pictures
Anora
Written by Sean Baker; NEON
Challengers
Written by Justin Kuritzkes; Amazon MGM Studios
Civil War
Written by Alex Garland; A24
My Old Ass
Written by Megan Park; Amazon MGM Studios
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks, Based on the Book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald; Searchlight Pictures
Dune: Part 2
Screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, Based on the Novel Dune by Frank Herbert; Warner Bros. Pictures
Hit Man
Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Glen Powell, Based on the Texas Monthly Article by Skip Hollandsworth; Netflix
Nickel Boys
Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Based on the Book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios
Wicked
Screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox, Based on the musical stage play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, From the Novel by Gregory Maguire; Universal Pictures
Documentary Screenplay
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Written by Mark Monroe; Imagine Documentaries
Kiss the Future
Screenplay by Bill S. Carter, Story by Bill S. Carter and Nenad Cicin-Sain; Fifth Season
Martha
Written by R.J. Cutler; Netflix
War Game
Written by Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss; Submarine Deluxe
Drama Series
The Boys
Written by Geoff Aull, Jessica Chou, Paul Grellong, Eric Kripke, Ellie Monahan, Judalina Neira, David Reed, Anslem Richardson; Prime Video
The Diplomat
Written by Peter Ackerman, Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Anna Hagen, Julianna Dudley Meagher, Peter Noah; Netflix
Fallout
Written by Jake Bender, Karey Dornetto, Zach Dunn, Kieran Fitzgerald, Chaz Hawkins, Lisa Joy, Carson Mell, Jonathan Nolan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Gursimran Sandhu, Graham Wagner; Prime Video
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Written by Carla Ching, Adamma Ebo, Adanne Ebo, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Schuyler Pappas, Francesca Sloane, Yvonne Hana Yi; Prime Video
Shōgun
Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu
Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Written by Quinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Chad Morton, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Rebekka Pesqueira, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubenstein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner; ABC
The Bear
Written by Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Will Guidara, Matty Matheson, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer, Courtney Storer; FX/Hulu
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Written by Larry David, Jon Hayman, Justin Hurwitz, Carol Leifer, Stephen Leff, Jeff Schaffer, Nathaniel Stein; HBO | Max
Hacks
Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Guy Branum, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Law, Carol Leifer, Carolyn Lipka, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky; HBO | Max
What We Do in the Shadows
Written by Jake Bender, Max Brockman, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Amelia Haller, Sam Johnson, Jeremy Levick, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Rajat Suresh, Lauren Wells; FX/Hulu
New Series
English Teacher
Written by Brian Jordan Alvarez, Wally Baram, Jake Bender, Emmy Blotnick, Zach Dunn, Dave King, Stephanie Koenig, Jonathan Krisel, Paul Simms, Samantha Shier; FX/Hulu
Fallout
Written by Jake Bender, Karey Dornetto, Zach Dunn, Kieran Fitzgerald, Chaz Hawkins, Lisa Joy, Carson Mell, Jonathan Nolan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Gursimran Sandhu, Graham Wagner; Prime Video
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Written by Carla Ching, Adamma Ebo, Adanne Ebo, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Schuyler Pappas, Francesca Sloane, Yvonne Hana Yi; Prime Video
Nobody Wants This
Written by Barbie Adler, Jane Becker, Jack Burditt, Vali Chandrasekaran, Craig DiGregorio, Erin Foster, Lindsay Golder, Steven Levitan, Pat Regan, Niki Schwartz-Wright, Neel Shah, Noelle Valdivia, Ron Weiner, Ryann Werner; Netflix
Shōgun
Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu
Limited Series
The Penguin
Written by Vladimir Cvetko, Breannah Gibson, Erika L. Johnson, Lauren LeFranc, Corina Maritescu, Megan Martin, John McCutcheon, Shaye Ogbonna, Nick Towne, Noelle Valdivia, Kira Snyder; HBO | Max
Presumed Innocent
Written by Miki Johnson, David E. Kelley, Sharr White; Apple TV+
Ripley
Written by Steven Zaillian; Netflix
Say Nothing
Written by Clare Barron, Joe Murtagh, Kirsten Sheridan, Joshua Zetumer; FX/Hulu
True Detective: Night Country
Written by Katrina Albright, Alan Page Arriaga, Namsi Khan, Issa López, Chris Mundy, Wenonah Wilms; HBO | Max
TV & Streaming Motion Pictures
The Great Lillian Hall
Written by Elisabeth Seldes Annacone; HBO | Max
Prom Dates
Written by D.J. Mausner; Hulu
Rebel Ridge
Written by Jeremy Saulnier; Netflix
Terry McMillan Presents Forever
Written by Bart Baker; Lifetime
Animation
“Bottle Episode” (The Simpsons)
Written by Rob LaZebnik & Johnny LaZebnik; Fox
“Cremains of the Day” (The Simpsons)
Written by John Frink; Fox
“Night of the Living Wage” (The Simpsons)
Written by Cesar Mazariegos; Fox
“Saving Favorite Drive-In” (Bob’s Burgers)
Written by Katie Crown; Fox
“The Tina Table: The Tables Have Tina-ed” (Bob’s Burgers)
Written by Greg Thompson; Fox
“Winter Is Born” (Blood of Zeus)
Written by Charles Parlapanides & Vlas Parlapanides; Netflix
Episodic Drama
“Anjin” (Shōgun)
Written for Television by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks; FX/Hulu
“The Beginning” (Fallout)
Written by Gursimran Sandhu; Prime Video
“Fear of the End” (Evil)
Written by Rockne S. O’Bannon & Nialla LeBouef; Paramount+
“First Date” (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
Written by Francesca Sloane & Donald Glover; Prime Video
“Olivia” (Sugar)
Written by Mark Protosevich; Apple TV+
“Pilot” (Elsbeth)
Written by Robert King & Michelle King; CBS
Episodic Comedy
“AGG” (Somebody Somewhere)
Written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen and Bridget Everett; HBO | Max
“Bulletproof” (Hacks)
Written by Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky; HBO | Max
“Linda” (English Teacher)
Written by Jake Bender & Zach Dunn; FX/Hulu
“Napkins” (The Bear)
Written by Catherine Schetina; FX/Hulu
“Once Upon a Time in the West” (Only Murders in the Building)
Written by John Hoffman & Joshua Allen Griffith; Hulu
“Petiole” (The Sticky)
Written by Brian Donovan & Ed Herro; Prime Video
Comedy/Variety Series — Talk or Sketch
The Daily Show
Head Writer Dan Amira Senior Writers Lauren Sarver Means, Daniel Radosh Writers David Angelo, Nicole Conlan, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Jennifer Flanz, Jason Gilbert, Dina Hashem, Scott Hercman, Josh Johnson, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Matt O’Brien, Joe Opio, Randall Otis, Zhubin Parang, Kat Radley, Lanee’ Sanders, Scott Sherman, Jon Stewart, Ashton Womack, Sophie Zucker; Comedy Central
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.
Writers Anna Drezen, David Ferguson, Fran Gillespie, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Alex Scordelis, Rajat Suresh; Netflix
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Head Writer Jordan Watland Writers Kevin Hurley, Nik Robinson; Syndicated
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Senior Writers Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali Writers Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford; HBO | Max
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Head Writers Ariel Dumas, Jay Katsir Writers Delmonte Bent, Michael Brumm, Aaron Cohen, Stephen T. Colbert, Paul Dinello, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Michael Cruz Kayne, Eliana Kwartler, Matt Lappin, Caroline Lazar, Pratima Mani, Felipe Torres Medina, Opus Moreschi, Carley Moseley, Asher Perlman, Michael Pielocik, Tom Purcell, Kate Sidley, Brian Stack, John Thibodeaux, Steve Waltien; CBS
Saturday Night Live
Head Writers Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette Writers Rosebud Baker, Dan Bulla, Megan Callahan-Shah, Steven Castillo, Michael Che, Mike DiCenzo, Alex English, Jimmy Fowlie, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Vannessa Jackson, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Ben Marshall, Dennis McNicholas, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Ceara O’Sullivan, Josh Patten, Gary Richardson, Pete Schultz, KC Shornima, Will Stephen, Bryan Tucker, Asha Ward, Auguste White, Celeste Yim; NBC
Comedy/Variety Specials
The 77th Annual Tony Awards
Written by Dave Boone; CBS
A Closer Look with Seth Meyers: Primetime Live Election Special
Head Writer Alex Baze
Writing Supervised by Mike Scollins Closer Look Writing Supervised by Sal Gentile Written by
Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Allison Hord, Mike Scollins, Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker; NBC
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
Written by Nikki Glaser; HBO | Max
Ramy Youssef: More Feelings
Written by Ramy Youssef; HBO | Max
Quiz and Audience Participation
Jeopardy!
Writers Marcus Brown, Michael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve Tamerius, Billy Wisse; ABC
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
Writers Marcus Brown, Buzzy Cohen, Michael Davies, Chip Dornell, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Traci Mack, Amy Ozols, Louis Virtel, Billy Wisse; Amazon Prime
Daytime Drama
Days of Our Lives
Head Writer Ron Carlivati Writers Sonja Alarr, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock; Peacock
General Hospital
Head Writers Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten Writers Nigel Campbell, Ashley Cook, Emily Culliton, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Catherine LePard, Patrick Mulcahey, Dan O’Connor, Shannon Peace, Stacey Pulwer, Anne Schoettle, Scott Sickles, Micah Steinberg; ABC
The Young and the Restless
Head Writer Amanda L. Beall Writers Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Marin Gazzaniga, Lindsay Harrison, Marla Kanelos, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips, Dave Ryan; CBS/Paramount +
Children's Episodic, Long Form and Specials
“A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers” (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
Written by Rick Riordan & Jonathan E. Steinberg; Disney+
“I’m Pogey” (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock)
Written by Charley Feldman; Apple TV+
Out of My Mind
Written by Daniel Stiepleman; Disney+
“The Sign Language ABCs” (Sesame Street)
Written by Jessica Carleton; HBO | Max
“Welcome to Spiderwick” (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
Written by Aron Eli Coleite; Roku Channel
Short Form Streaming
Die Hart 3: Hart to Kill
Written by Tripper Clancy; Roku Channel
Tiny Time Travel
Written by Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Cynthia Furey, Tim McKeon, Nikki Palumbo, Connor White, Moujan Zolfaghari; PBS Kids
Documentary Script
“The American Vice President” (American Experience)
Written by Michelle Ferrari; PBS
“The Cancer Detectives” (American Experience)
Written by Gene Tempest; PBS
“Part One: Inferno to Paradise” (Dante)
Written by Ric Burns and Riccardo Bruscagli; PBS
“Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal” (American Experience)
Written by Jamila Ephron; PBS
The Space Race
Written by Mark Monroe; National Geographic Channel
News Script — Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
“Alabama IVF Ruling Sends Shockwaves Across America” (CBS Evening News)
Written by James Hutton, Rob Rivielle; CBS News
“Assassination Attempt” (CBS Evening News – Special Weekend Edition)
Written by Craig Wilson, James Hutton, Claudine Cleophat, Joe Clines, Rob Rivielle; CBS News
“Willie Mays Tribute” (CBS Newspath)
Written by Gerald Mazza; CBS News
News Script — Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
“Finding Cillian Murphy” (60 Minutes)
Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News
“Fine Print: Carl Hiaasen” (CBS Sunday Morning)
Written by Richard Buddenhagen, Lesley Stahl; CBS News
“History Repeats Itself in Northern Gaza One Year Later” (Ayman)
Written by Rajaa Elidrissi; MSNBC
“The Resistance” (60 Minutes)
Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News
“Understanding Travel Advisories” (ABC NewsOne)
Written by Erik Pierorazio; ABC NewsOne
Digital News
“The Food That Makes You Gay”
Written by Jaya Saxena; Eater
“Mise-en-Seine: A Paris Olympics Diary”
Written by Henry Grabar; Slate
“Sent by God”
Written by Molly Olmstead; Slate
“The Unraveling of Nancy Mace”
Written by Jim Newell; Slate
“What Is Hamas Thinking Now?”
Written by Akbar Shahid Ahmed; HuffPost
Radio/Audio Documentary
“Art on Trial” (One Year: 1990)
Written by Evan Chung; Slate
“Deadly Exes: Domestic Violence Awareness with Annie Elise” (Serial Killers)
Written by Maggie Admire; Spotify Studios
“A Hotbed of Homosexuality” (Slow Burn)
Written by Christina Cauterucci; Slate
“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check?” (Decoder Ring)
Written by Cheyna Roth and Katie Shepherd; Slate
Radio/Audio News Script — Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
“6:40am News – Nov 6, 2023”
Written by Philip Pilato; 1010 WINS AM & FM
“12-15-2023, World News This Week”
Written by Joan B. Harris; ABC News Radio
“Inside a Gaza Hospital” (What Next?)
Written by Mary Harris and Rob Gunther; Slate
“Passages: Three Women Who Made A Difference”
Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
“World News This Year 2023”
Written by Robert Hawley; ABC News Radio
Radio/Audio News Script — Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
“The Athleticism and Empathy of Horses” (Press Play 2024)
Written by Robert Hawley; ABC News Radio
“The bleeding edge” (Unexplainable)
Written by Byrd Pinkerton; Vox
“Charles Osgood Remembered”
Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
On-Air Promotion
“Fortune Favors the Bold. Promotions for Tracker and King & Conqueror”
Written by Molly Neylan; CBS
“LC Voting Ads”
Written by Desireena Almoradie, Angad Bhalla; YouTube
“NCIS: Season 21 Legacy, Launch and Beyond Trailers”
Written by Erial Tompkins; CBS
“NYSNA AMC Campaign”
Written by Adrianna Hernandez Stewart, Angad Bhalla; YouTube
Voting
Final voting to determine the Screenplay & Series winners for the 77th Annual Writers Guild Awards is now open.
Members in good standing are eligible to vote according to the schedule below.
Outstanding Original Screenplay • Outstanding Adapted Screenplay • Outstanding Dramatic Series • Outstanding Comedy Series • Outstanding Limited Series • Outstanding New Series
- Preliminary voting
- Begins Monday, December 16, 2024 at 1PM ET
- Ends Monday, December 30, 2024 at 3PM ET
- Final voting – Now Open
- Begins Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 1PM ET
- Ends Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 3PM ET
Voting will be conducted online. To vote, log in using your last name and your 5-digit WGAE member ID number.
VoteVoting Process
Each year, current members in good standing vote to determine the nominees (by preliminary vote) and the winners (by final vote) of the Writers Guild Awards.
Voting for the Writers Guild Awards is conducted in two (2) rounds:
- Preliminary voting determines nominees.
- Final voting determines winners.
Voting is conducted online.
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Honorary Awards
Scott Frank — Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement
Frank, who marks his 40th year as a WGA member in 2025, has had an extraordinary career screenwriting, directing and producing for both film and television.
With five Writers Guild Award nominations under his belt, Frank won “Best Adapted Screenplay” for OUT OF SIGHT (1998) and “Best Adapted Longform Screenplay” for THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2020). OUT OF SIGHT, a multi-layered heist film that helped pioneer a new texture for the genre, was also nominated for “Best Adapted Screenplay” at the Academy Awards.
Most recently, Frank joined Tom Fontana (OZ, HOMICIDE, THE JURY) as co-creators, writers and executive producers on mini-series MONSIEUR SPADE. MONSIEUR SPADE centers around retired detective Sam Spade, the infamous protagonist of Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon, who returns to the action after a murder shocks a small town in the South of France.
Frank’s screenwriting credits further include masterful adaptations of Elmore Leonard novel GET SHORTY, Philip K. Dick novella MINORITY REPORT, John Grogan memoir MARLEY & ME and Marvel comic book stories THE WOLVERINE and LOGAN. LOGAN earned Frank his second Academy Award nomination for “Best Adapted Screenplay.”
Frank began his career as a writer on the series THE WONDER YEARS and his early film credits include the Kenneth Branagh directed thrilled DEAD AGAIN and the Jodie Foster directed coming-of-age drama LITTLE MAN TATE.
Bill Lawrence — Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence
A Guild member since 1991, Lawrence is best known as the creator of the beloved medical comedy SCRUBS. His impressive list of credits includes co-creating SPIN CITY, COUGAR TOWN, CLONE HIGH, and the Writers Guild Award-winning series TED LASSO. His current projects include SHRINKING, BAD MONKEY, and the untitled Steve Carell show, amongst others.
Bill also executive-produced/supervised numerous other shows under his Doozer banner including WHISKEY CAVALIER, UNDATEABLE, SURVIVING JACK, and GROUND FLOOR.
Lawrence’s first WGA-covered job was on the short-lived series BILLY. He would go on to start building his career as a writer on the first season of FRIENDS.
Upon learning of the accolade, Lawrence said, “I couldn’t be more honored to be included with the amazing writers who received this before me. I hope people think I look young.”
Kathy McGee – Richard B. Jablow Award
A Writers Guild of America East member since 1997, Kathy McGee is an Emmy Award-winning news writer/producer at WCBS-TV and has been active in the WGAE for more than 20 years. She writes for the 5pm, 6pm, 8pm and 11pm weekday newscasts. Kathy is a journalist with a passion for stories about theater and cultural arts. Kathy covers Broadway and has co-produced the “At The Tonys” special that airs in June on CBS stations across the country. She has served as shop leader at WCBS-TV since 2006 and is a member of the bargaining committee for CBS contracts.
Kathy served as the Guild’s Vice President from 2019 to 2021 and Vice President of the Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News sector between 2022 to 2024. She also served as a Council member from 2014 to 2019.
In addition, Kathy is a member of the Guild’s Committee for Inclusion and Equity, the WGAE Activities Committee, the WGAE Black Writers Salon and is a longtime member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
In a statement, Kathy McGee said, “I am filled with gratitude and joy and thank the committee for this honor. I began my broadcast news career nearly 40 years ago and am proud to have spent the last two decades in solidarity with members of the WGA East advocating for journalists and storytellers while encouraging the next generation of union leaders.”
Established in 1992 and named in memory of longtime WGAE member Ian McLellan Hunter, the Hunter Award is presented to a WGA member in honor of his/her body of work as a writer in motion pictures or television. Hunter’s more than 20 screen credits include Eye Witness and A Woman of Distinction. Harassed by the blacklist in the 1950s, Hunter went on to write several successful television series under a pseudonym and then reemerged as a writer on many television projects, including The Blue and The Gray. Appropriately, the first recipient of the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement in Writing was Hunter’s longtime friend and writing partner, Ring Lardner, Jr., whose movie credits include Woman Of The Year, M*A*S*H and The Cincinnati Kid.
Past Recipients
- 2024: Tony Gilroy
- 2023: Spike Lee
- 2022: Not Awarded
- 2021: Not Awarded
- 2020: Richard Price
- 2019: Tom Fontana
- 2018: Geoffrey C. Ward
- 2017: John Waters
- 2016: Richard LaGravenese
- 2015: Paul Haggis
- 2014: David Simon
- 2013: David Koepp
- 2012: Claire Labine
- 2011: Frank Gilroy
- 2010: Alan Zweibel
- 2009: John Patrick Shanley
- 2008: Not Awarded
- 2007: Andrew Bergman
- 2006: Marshall Brickman
- 2005: John Sayles
- 2004: Jules Feiffer
- 2003: Nora Ephron
- 2002: Donald E. Westlake
- 2001: Evan Hunter
- 2000: Herb Gardner
- 1999: Horton Foote
- 1998: William Persky
- 1997: Jay Presson Allen
- 1996: Ernest Kinoy
- 1995: Robert Benton
- 1994: Walter Bernstein
- 1993: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 1992: Ring Lardner, Jr
The Evelyn F. Burkey Award was established in 1978 to honor Burkey, who dedicated her professional life to supporting and helping writers. Burkey helped create the Writers Guild of America, East, in 1953 as the union of film, television and radio writers, independent of precursor organizations. She was the WGAE’s executive director until her retirement in 1972. The Burkey Award continues her mission by recognizing a person or an organization “whose contributions have brought honor and dignity to writers everywhere.”
Past Recipients
- 2022: Dick Cavett
- 2021: Not Awarded
- 2020: Not Awarded
- 2019: Franklin Leonard
- 2018: Not Awarded
- 2017: Not Awarded
- 2016: Senator Al Franken
- 2015: Norman Lear
- 2014: James Schamus
- 2013: Not Awarded
- 2012: Not Awarded
- 2011: The Television Academy Foundation’s Archive of American Television
- 2010: Edward Albee
- 2009: Committee to Protect Journalists
- 2008: Walter Bernstein
- 2007: Joan Didion
- 2006: Museum of Television and Radio
- 2005: Claire Labine
- 2004: Senator John McCain
- 2003: Martin Scorsese
- 2002: Colin Callender
- 2001: Tom Fontana
- 2000: Vaclav Havel
- 1999: David Brown
- 1998: Judy Crichton
- 1997: Sidney Lumet
- 1996: Ken Saro-Wiwa (posthumously)
- 1995: Dennis Potter(posthumously)
- 1994: Joan Ganz Cooney
- 1993: Arthur Miller
- 1992: Jacqueline Babbin
- 1991: George Schaefer
- 1990: Art Buchwald
- 1989: Horton Foote
- 1988: Andrew A. Rooney & Local 1101 & District 1 of the Communication Workers of America
- 1987: Edwin Newman
- 1986 Athol Fugard & Lloyd Richards
- 1985: Jerome B. Lurie
- 1984: Leonard Wasser
- 1983: Alan Wagner
- 1982: Herbert Brodkin
- 1981: Elmer W. Lower
- 1980: Walter Cronkite
- 1979: Barbara Schultz
- 1978: Fred Coe
Created in 2006 in honor of Sargent, who was president of the Writers Guild of America, East, for 14 years until his death on May 6, 2005, the Herb Sargent Award is awarded to a writer who embodies the spirit, commitment, and comic genius of Mr. Sargent as well as his dedication to mentoring new writers. A legendary writer and television producer, Sargent’s credits include being a writer/producer of Saturday Night Live for more than 20 years, the screenplay of Bye Bye Braverman, television specials for Bing Crosby, Milton Berle, Perry Como, Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, Paul McCartney, Lily Tomlin, and Burt Bacharach, as well as extensive work in radio in the 1940s.
Past Recipients
- 2023: Paul Simms
- 2022: Not Awarded
- 2021: Not Awarded
- 2020: Paula Pell
- 2019: Not Awarded
- 2018: Tina Fey and Robert Carlock
- 2017: Steve O’Donnell
- 2013: Not Awarded
- 2012: Judd Apatow
- 2011: Not Awarded
- 2010: Gary David Goldberg
- 2009: Norman Stiles
- 2008: Not Awarded
- 2007: Lorne D. Michaels
- 2006: James L. Brooks
Established in 1978 to recognize devoted service to the Guild, the Jablow Award was created in honor of Richard B. Jablow, who helped found the WGAE, authored its constitution, and served as its first counsel.
Past Recipients
- 2024: I.A.T.S.E., Teamsters, SAG-AFTRA and AFM
- 2023: Penelope Koechl
- 2022: Not Awarded
- 2021: Not Awarded
- 2020: Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
- 2019: Randall Jansta
- 2018: Hamilton Nolan
- 2017: Courtney Simon
- 2016: Melissa Salmons
- 2015: Jeremy Pikser
- 2014: Philip V. Pilato
- 2013: Bob Schneider
- 2012: Susan Kim
- 2011: Marianne Pryor
- 2010: David Steven Cohen
- 2009: Chris Albers & Tom Fontana
- 2008: Catherine Twohill
- 2007: Gail Lee
- 2006: Warren Leight
- 2005: John Auerbach
- 2004: Ellen M. Violett
- 2003: James Schamus
- 2002: Stephen Schiff
- 2001: Richard Wesley
- 2000: Ruth Gallo
- 1999: James H. Kaye
- 1998: Michael Winship
- 1997: Bruce R. Campbell
- 1996: Edward Pomerantz
- 1995: Albert Ruben
- 1994: George Malko
- 1993: Willie Kathryn Suggs
- 1992: Jane Bolllinger
- 1991: Corinne Jacker
- 1990: Herb Sargent
- 1989: Edward Adler & Mona Mangan
- 1988: Marc Siegel
- 1987: Claire Wood Labine
- 1986: Art Wallace
- 1985: Craig B. Fisher
- 1984: Ernest Pendrell
- 1983: Elihu Winer
- 1982: Jerome Coopersmith
- 1981: Ernest Kinoy & Loring Mandel
- 1980: Manya Starr & David Davidson
- 1979: Not Awarded
- 1978: Richard B. Jablow in memoriam
Named in honor of one of the Writers Guild of America, East’s most distinguished and courageous members, the Walter Bernstein Award is presented to honor writers who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity.
Past Recipients
- 2024: Ron Nyswaner
- 2017: Jelani Cobb
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