FORMS

New Eligibility Rules and Forms

Submissions for the 2010 Writers Guild Awards are now open. Please note that some eligibility and submission rules have changed. Theatrical screenplays 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 SERIES AWARDS ONLINE VOTING

Voting Instructions

Beginning Friday, November 6, 2009, Current members in good standing will be able to determine the nominees and winners of Writers Guild Awards in the following categories:

Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Drama Series

Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Comedy Series

Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a New Series

Voting will be conducted online at: https://eBallot3.votenet.com/wga or click here. For all current and upcoming Awards votes, your login is your last name and your password is your 8 digit Guild member ID number.

The deadline for casting your nominating votes for the TV Series Awards is Friday, December 4, 2009, 12 p.m. PST/3 p.m. EST.

If you are unable to participate in the online voting process, please contact Jennifer Burt at: (323) 782-4569 for information on obtaining a paper ballot.

Documentary Screenplay Award

To be eligible for entry, films must have been exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles or New York for at least one week during 2009. Scripts need not be written under WGA jurisdiction. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. on December 3, 2009. To submit a script for the Documentary Screenplay Award, please refer to these eligibility rules.

Download the Documentary Screenplay Award entry form here. (.pdf)

Videogame Writing Award

To be eligible for entry, games must have been originally released between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009; subsequent release dates for different platforms do not qualify. The submission deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, 2009. To submit a script for the Videogame Writing Award, please refer to these eligibility rules.

Download the Videogame Writing Award entry form 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, 2008 and Nov 30, 2009
All other script categories: First broadcast between Oct 1, 2008 and Sep 30, 2009

Screen eligibility period: Theatrically exhibited in Los Angeles for at least one week during 2009

2009

OCTOBER

F - Oct 16 - Deadline for submission of TV and Paul Selvin Award scripts

F - Oct 23 - Deadline for online submission of TV Series

NOVEMBER

F - Nov 6 - Preliminary TV online balloting online begins
(*Drama, Comedy, and New Series)

F - Nov 27 - Deadline for online submission of theatrical screenplays

DECEMBER

T - Dec 1 - Deadline for Videogame Writing Award submissions

Th – Dec 3 - Deadline for Documentary Screenplay submissions

F - Dec 4 - Deadline for preliminary TV series online ballot voting

W - Dec 9 - Preliminary screenplay online balloting begins

M - Dec 14 - Television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation nominees announced

Th - Dec 31 - Theatrical eligibility period ends (*Original, Adapted, and Documentary)

2010

JANUARY

F - Jan 8 - Deadline for preliminary screenplay online ballot voting

M - Jan 11 - Screen nominees announced

W - Jan 13 - Final screen and Final TV series online balloting begins

W - Jan 20 - Videogame Writing Award nominees announced

W - Jan 20 - 27 - The Contenders - WGA-nominated films screening series Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills, CA

FEBRUARY

F - Feb 5 - Deadline for Final screen and Final TV online ballot voting

M - Feb 8 - Deadline for Writers Guild Awards dinner tickets reservations

Th - Feb 18 - Beyond Words - WGA-nominated screenwriters’ panel/reception Writers Guild Theater – Beverly Hills – 7:30 p.m.

Sat - Feb 20 - 2010 Writers Guild Awards (62nd Annual)

For further press inquiries about the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show, please contact Gregg Mitchell in the WGAW Communications Department at: (323) 782-4574, email: Gregg Mitchell, or visit online at: www.wga.org.

For further press inquiries about the upcoming 2010 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.