Writers Guild Awards: Call for Submissions Now Open In All Categories
The 73rd Annual Writers Guild Awards will take place on Sunday, March 21, 2021.
Submissions are now open in all categories.
Theatrical: Adapted and Original Screenplay
Deadline 8:30 PM EST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021
• Submit Online • Rules and Eligibility
Theatrical: Documentary Screenplay
Deadline for submission is 8:30 PM EST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021
• Entry Form • Rules and Eligibility
Series: Drama, Comedy and New Series (all platforms)
Deadline 8:30 PM EST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2020
• Submit Online • Rules and Eligibility
Television, Radio, New Media, Digital News and Promotional Writing
Deadline 8:30 PM EST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2020
• Submit Online • Rules and Eligibility • Categories • New Media NTWC
ELIGIBILITY AND RULE CHANGES
Please note the following changes to Writers Guild Awards categories:
All categories – Only online submissions will be accepted. A receipt will automatically be sent to the email address of the entrant upon successful completion of the submission process.
Broadcast/Exhibition Eligibility Periods:
SCREENPLAY
Theatrical Screenplay Awards
To be eligible, entries must have been exhibited theatrically in LA for at least one week
during the extended eligibility period of January 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021. See full Rules and Eligibility.
2021 Documentary Screenplay Award
Entries must have been exhibited theatrically in LA or NY for at least one week during the extended eligibility period of January 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021. See full Rules and Eligibility.
TELEVISION
Series: Drama, Comedy and New Series
For Series that were produced by a WGA signatory company and aired or were exhibited between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. See full Rules and Eligibility.
TV-RADIO/AUDIO-NEW MEDIA
SCRIPT SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
News, radio/audio, digital news and documentary categories must have been first broadcast between October 1, 2019 and November 30, 2020. All other categories; Long form, episodic, animation, children’s, short form new media, comedy/variety, quiz and audience participation, daytime drama, and on-air promotion, must have been broadcast or exhibited between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. See full Rules and Eligibility.
For specific questions about the Writers Guild Awards submissions, eligibility rules/criteria and submission deadlines, please contact Dana Weissman at 212.767.7835 or Nancy Hathorne at 212.767.7812.
Please be sure the Guild has your current contact information so that you will receive Awards screeners and screening invitations.
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