Writers Guild of America Award

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award screenwriting award

The Writers Guild of America Award is a prestigious honor presented by the Writers Guild of America to recognize outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, and other media.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay	4
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay	2
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay	2
Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement	1
WGA Award	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Adapted Screenplay	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Animation	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Documentary Screenplay	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form – Adapted	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form – Original	1
Writers Guild of America Award for New Series	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series	1
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Drama Series	1
Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	award ⓘ screenwriting award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ surface form: WGA Award
awardedFor	outstanding achievement in writing ⓘ screenwriting for film ⓘ writing for other media ⓘ writing for television ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	produced works that meet WGA criteria ⓘ
field	film ⓘ new media ⓘ radio ⓘ television ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	professional guild award ⓘ
hasCategory	adapted screenplay ⓘ animation writing ⓘ documentary writing ⓘ new media writing ⓘ original screenplay ⓘ television writing ⓘ
hasPart	Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Animation Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Documentary Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form – Adapted Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form – Original Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for New Series Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series Writers Guild of America Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Drama Series
inception	1949 ⓘ
industry	entertainment industry ⓘ film industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ
notableFor	recognizing excellence in screenwriting ⓘ
organizer	Writers Guild of America ⓘ
partOf	American film awards ⓘ American television awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Writers Guild of America West ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America
relatedTo	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards Golden Globe Award ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Awards Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by Writers Guild of America members ⓘ
significance	major indicator of screenwriting excellence ⓘ
sponsor	Writers Guild of America, East ⓘ Writers Guild of America West ⓘ surface form: Writers Guild of America, West

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Writers Guild of America Award → alsoKnownAs → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: WGA Award

Akiva Goldsman → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Alex Gibney → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Betty Comden → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Bowling for Columbine → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay

Coda → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

subject surface form: CODA

this entity surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Adapted Screenplay

David Seidler → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

Dustin Lance Black → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Elizabeth Stamatina Fey → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Get Out → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

Jordan Peele → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Julius J. Epstein → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

Mark Boal → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Philippa Boyens → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Richard Pryor → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Singin' in the Rain → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical

Tina Fey → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

Fey → awardReceived → Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ

subject surface form: Tina Fey