62nd Writers Guild of America Awards
The 62nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2009. Winners were announced on February 20, 2010.
Nominees
Names in bold denote the winners.Film
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Crazy Heart
- Julie & Julia
- Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
- Star Trek
- Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay
- Days of Summer
- Avatar
- The Hangover
- The Hurt Locker
- A Serious Man
Best Documentary Feature Screenplay
- Against the Tide – Richard Trank; based on original material written by Richard Trank and Rabbi Marvin Hier
- – Michael Moore
- The Cove – Mark Monroe
- Earth Days – Robert Stone
- Good Hair – Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, Lance Crouther, and Chuck Sklar
- Soundtrack for a Revolution – Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
Television
Dramatic Series
Comedy Series
New Series
Episodic Drama
Episodic Comedy
Long Form – Original
Long Form – Adaptation
Animation
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series
Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials
| Title | Writers | Network |
| 25th Independent Spirit Awards | Billy Kimball and Neal MacLennan | AMC / IFC |
| George Stevens Jr., Michael Stevens, and Sara Lukinson | HBO |
Daytime Serials
| Title | Writers | Network |
| All My Children | Jeff Beldner, Joanna Cohen, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, Michelle Patrick, Charles Pratt Jr., Rebecca Taylor, Tracey Thomson, and Addie Walsh | ABC |
| As the World Turns | Peter Brash, Lisa Connor, Susan Dansby, Cheryl L. Davis, Leah Laiman, David A. Levinson, Leslie Nipkow, Jean Passanante, Gordon Rayfield, and Courtney Simon | CBS |
| One Life to Live | Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Aida Croal, Carolyn Culliton, Janet Iacobuzio, Frederick Johnson, Sharon Lennon, Elizabeth Page, Melissa Salmons, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, and Chris Van Etten | ABC |
| The Young and the Restless | Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Lisa Connor, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Melissa Salmons, Linda Schreiber, James Stanley, Sandra Weintraub, and Teresa Zimmerman | CBS |
Children's
Episodic and Specials
Long Form or Special
Documentary
Current events
Other than Current Events
News
Regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report
Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
Radio
Documentary
- 2008 Year in Review – Written by Gail Lee; CBS
News – Regularly Scheduled or Breaking
- So Many Goodbyes – Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio
- WCBS News Radio – Written by Robert Hawley; CBS Radio
- World News This Week − July 11, 2009 – Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC Radio
News – Analysis, Feature or Commentary
- Black History Month – Written by Arleen Lebe; CBS Radio
- End of Summer – Written by Duane Tollison; CBS Radio
- Farewells – Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio
- Paul Harvey: An American Life – Written by Stu Chamberlain; ABC Radio
Promotional Writing and Graphic Animation
On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television)
- How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Promo Process – Written by Michelle Straebler; WNBC
- "Vegas", "The Wanted" Promo, NBC Nightly News Promo, "Iran", "Cheat" – Written by Barry Fitzsimmons; NBC
Television Graphic Animation
- "Hudson Splashdown" – Written by David M. Rosen and Shannon L. Toma; CBS
Video Games
Videogame Writing
- Assassin's Creed II – Story by Corey May, Script Writers Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem; Ubisoft
- ' – Written by Jesse Stern; Additional Writing Steve Fukuda; Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, and Sean Slayback; Activision
- ' – Written by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment
- Wet – Written by Duppy Demetrius and Bethesda Softworks
- ' – Written by Marc Guggenheim; Activision