Press Room
2017
January 24
Screenwriter Richard Curtis to Receive WGAW’s 2017 Valentine Davies Award for Humanitarian Service
Screenwriter-director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Bridget Jones’s Diary) has been named the recipient of the WGAW’s 2017 Valentine Davies Award.
January 23
Iranian Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami to Receive WGAW’s 2017 Jean Renoir Award for International Screenwriting Achievement
Iranian screenwriter-director Abbas Kiarostami, whose acclaimed films include Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, Close-Up, and his Koker trilogy, has been named the recipient of the WGAW’s 2017 Jean Renoir Award for International Screenwriting Achievement.
January 19
Screenwriter Susannah Grant to Receive WGAW’s 2017 Paul Selvin Award for HBO’s Confirmation
Screenwriter Susannah Grant has been named the recipient of the WGAW’s 2017 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her script for HBO’s telefilm, Confirmation.
January 12
2017 Writers Guild Awards: Videogame Writing Nominations Announced
The WGAW and the WGAE have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in videogame writing during 2016.
January 10
M*A*S*H TV Writer Dan Wilcox to Receive WGAW’s 2017 Morgan Cox Award for Guild Service
Veteran TV writer and former WGAW Board member Dan Wilcox has been named the recipient of the 2017 Morgan Cox Award in recognition of his exemplary service to the Guild.
January 04
2017 Writers Guild Awards Screenplay Nominations Announced
The WGAW and the WGAE have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2016.