56th Writers Guild of America Awards

Winners

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Cold Mountain - Anthony Minghella
• - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
• Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
• Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

  Best Original Screenplay

• Bend It Like Beckham - Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges
• Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight
• In America - Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan;
• The Station Agent - Tom McCarthy

  Television

Best Episodic Drama

• Bounty - Law & Order - Michael S. Chernuchin
• ' - - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
• ' - - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
• Pilot - The O.C. - Josh Schwartz
• Disaster Relief - The West Wing - Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt

  Best Episodic Comedy

• ' - Malcolm in the Middle - Dan Kopelman
• ' - Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy and Neil Thompson
• A Woman's Right to Shoes - Sex and The City - Jenny Bicks

  Best Animation Screenplay

Best Original Long Form Screenplay

Best Adapted Long Form Screenplay