The 77th annual Writers Guild Awards are being presented this evening through simultaneous ceremonies held in Los Angeles and New York City, with Deadline providing live updates as the winners are announced. A comprehensive winners list can be found below.
The nominations, which recognize the finest achievements in film, television, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing, were disclosed on January 15, following two postponements attributed to the wildfires in Los Angeles.
Last year’s strike-affected WGA Awards saw top honors in filmmaking awarded to The Holdovers and American Fiction for Original and Adapted Screenplay, respectively. While American Fiction had previously claimed the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari’s Anatomy of a Fall triumphed over Alexander Payne’s Holdovers for the Original Screenplay Oscar. The leading winners in the television categories for 2024 included Succession, The Bear, and The Last of Us.
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The WGA West and East Chapters are also presenting special accolades this evening. The late David Lynch has been honored posthumously with the WGA West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has been awarded the WGAW’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Excellence, while raMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, screenwriters of Nickel Boys, will receive the 2025 Paul Selvin Award.
The WGA East will celebrate Scott Frank with the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement, Bill Lawrence with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence, and Kathy McGee with the Richard B. Jablow Award.
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The Writers Guild Awards frequently exclude notable films due to specific eligibility criteria; productions not adhering to the WGA collective bargaining agreement or works crafted by non-union members are ineligible for these esteemed awards.
Consequently, prestigious awards-season contenders including the Golden Globe-winning Conclave, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Inside Out 2, The Room Next Door, Sing Sing, and The Wild Robot are disqualified from the Adapted category. In the Original Screenplay realm, All We Imagine as Light, The Brutalist, Hard Truths, the Gotham Awards winner His Three Daughters, I Saw the TV Glow, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, September 5, and The Substance are also ineligible.
Joel Kim Booster is hosting the Los Angeles ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, while Roy Wood Jr. is emceeing the New York event at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan.
Here are the winners announced thus far at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora, Written by Sean Baker; Neon
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nickel Boys, Screenplay by raMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Based on the Book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Jim Henson: Idea Man, Written by Mark Monroe; Imagine Documentaries
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT
“Part One: Inferno to Paradise” (Dante), Written by Ric Burns and Riccardo Bruscagli; PBS
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
NEW SERIES
Sh?gun, Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu
COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, Written by Nikki Glaser; HBO | Max
DAYTIME DRAMA
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+
ANIMATION
“Saving Favorite Drive-In” (Bob’s Burgers), Written by Katie Crown; Fox
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
“Welcome to Spiderwick” (The Spiderwick Chronicles), Written by Aron Eli Coleite; Roku Channel
NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Willie Mays Tribute” (CBS Newspath), Written by Gerald Mazza; CBS News
NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“The Resistance” (60 Minutes), Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, and Kristin Steve; CBS News
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
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
DIGITAL NEWS
“What Is Hamas Thinking Now?”, Written by Akbar Shahid Ahmed; HuffPost
SHORT FORM STREAMING
Die Hart 3: Hart to Kill, Written by Tripper Clancy; Roku Channel
RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
“Art on Trial” (One Year: 1990), Written by Evan Chung; Slate
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Passages: Three Women Who Made A Difference”, Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Charles Osgood Remembered”, Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.
Vocabulary List:
- Accolades /ˈæk.ə.leɪdz/ (noun): Awards or privileges granted as a special honor.
- Contenders /kənˈtɛndərz/ (noun): Individuals or groups who compete for something especially in a competition.
- Posthumously /ˈpɒs.tʃə.məs.li/ (adverb): Occurring or continuing after one’s death.
- Eligibility /ˌɛlɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti/ (noun): The state of having the right to participate or be selected.
- Tribute /ˈtrɪb.juːt/ (noun): An act statement or gift that is intended to show gratitude respect or admiration.
- Crafted /krɑːftɪd/ (verb): Made or produced with skill and careful attention to detail.
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Vince Gilligan received the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Excellence.
The Golden Globe-winning production "Emilia Pérez" was disqualified from the Adapted category at the Writers Guild Awards.
There were no postponements in the distribution of nominations for the Writers Guild Awards.
The Writers Guild Awards honor achievements in film, television, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing.
The Late David Lynch posthumously received the 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
Joel Kim Booster hosted the New York event at the Edison Ballroom for the 2025 Writers Guild Awards.
The screenplay for the film "Nickel Boys" was based on the book "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead and written by raMell Ross & .
The Writers Guild Award for the Documentary Script category was given for “Part One: Inferno to Paradise” from the show .
The Writers Guild Award for Comedy/Variety Specials was presented to the production titled .
The Writers Guild Award for Children’s Episodic, Long Form and Specials category was awarded to the episode “Welcome to Spiderwick” from the show .
The Writers Guild Award for Digital News was given for the piece titled “What Is Hamas Thinking Now?” from the source .
