FORMS

Submissions for Eligibility

Submissions for the 2011 Writers Guild Awards are now open. Please note that some eligibility and submission rules have changed. Theatrical screenplays and TV series produced under the jurisdiction of the WGA or an affiliate Guild will no longer automatically be deemed submitted for the award. A completed entry form must be submitted for WGA awards consideration.

Use these links to read the new rules and submit your entry for eligibility:

Adapted and Original Screenplay Submissions

TV Drama, Comedy and New Series Submissions

TV-Radio Writing Award Script Submissions

To submit a script for the Writers Guild of America 2011 Television-Radio Writing Awards, please refer to these eligibility rules.

Use the following link to submit your script online:

Television-Radio Writing Awards Script Submissions

Or download the entry form here. (.pdf)

WGAW Paul Selvin Award

The Board of Directors has established the Paul Selvin Award to be given “to that member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere and to whose defense Paul Selvin committed his professional life.” Entries are now being accepted and must be received no later than 5:30 p.m. Friday, October 15, 2010. To submit a script for the WGAW Paul Selvin Award, please refer to these eligibility rules.

Use the following link to submit your script online:

Paul Selvin Award

Or download the entry form here. (.pdf)

Videogame Writing Award

To be eligible for entry, games must have been originally released between December 1, 2009 and November 30, 2010; subsequent release dates for different platforms do not qualify. At the time the videogame script is submitted, the credited writer(s) of the game must be, or apply to become, a member of the WGA’s Videogame Writers Caucus. Please refer to these eligibility rules. If you are not a member of the Videogame Writers Caucus, please complete the application below and include it with your submission. The submission deadline is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

Download the Videogame Writing Award entry form here. (.pdf)

Download the Videogame Writers Caucus application here. (.pdf)

RULES & PROCEDURES

Click to read the Rules & Procedures for all categories.

TIMELINE

TV eligibility period:
Long Form, Episodic, Animation, and Children’s script categories: First broadcast between Dec 1, 2009 and Nov 30, 2010
All other script categories: First broadcast between Oct 1, 2009 and Sep 30, 2010

Screen eligibility period: Theatrically exhibited in Los Angeles for one week during 2010

PLEASE NOTE the upcoming launch dates for the following awards categories:

Television – Radio (scripts): Monday, August 16, 2010
Videogame Writing: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Documentary Screenplay: Wednesday, September 8, 2010

2010

OCTOBER 

Fri. Oct 15 - Deadline for submissions: TV-Radio and Paul Selvin Award scripts

Fri. Oct 15 - Deadline for online submissions: Drama/Comedy/New TV Series

Tues. Oct 26 - Preliminary Drama/Comedy/New TV Series online voting begins

NOVEMBER

Fri. Nov 19 - Deadline for submissions: Theatrical Screenplays

Tues. Nov 23 - Deadline for Documentary Screenplay and Videogame Writing submissions

Tues. Nov 30 - Deadline for Preliminary Drama/Comedy/New TV Series online voting

DECEMBER

Fri. Dec 3 - Preliminary Screenplay online voting begins

Wed. Dec 8 - Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation nominees announced 

Fri. Dec 31 - Theatrical eligibility period ends (Original/Adapted/Documentary)

2011 

JANUARY

Mon. Jan 3 - Deadline for Preliminary Screenplay online voting

Tues. Jan 4 - Screen nominees announced (Original/Adapted/Documentary)

Wed. Jan 5 - Final Screenplay and Final Drama/Comedy/New TV Series online voting begins

Thurs. Jan 6 - Videogame Writing Award nominees announced

Wed. Jan 12 – 14 & Wed. Jan 19 – 23 - The Contenders – WGA-nominated films screening series - Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Wed. Jan 26 - Deadline for Final Screenplay and Final Drama/Comedy/New TV Series online voting

Thurs. Jan 27 - Deadline for dinner/tickets reservation for 2011 WGA L.A. ceremony

FEBRUARY

Thur. Feb 3 - Beyond Words – WGA-nominated screenwriters’ panel/reception, Writers Guild Theater – Beverly Hills – 7:30 p.m.

Sat. Feb 5 - 2011 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS (63nd Annual)

For press inquiries about the 2011 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show, please contact Gregg Mitchell in the WGAW Communications Department at: (323) 782-4574, email: Gregg Mitchell.

For press inquiries about the 2011 Writers Guild Awards New York show, please contact Sherry Goldman in the WGAE Press Office at (718) 224-4133 or email: Sherry Goldman; or visit online at: www.wgaeast.org.