66th Writers Guild of America Awards

Winners and nominees

Film

Original

• American Hustle — Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell; Columbia Pictures
• Blue Jasmine — Woody Allen; Sony Picture Classics
• Dallas Buyers Club — Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack; Focus Features
• Nebraska — Bob Nelson; Paramount Pictures

  Adapted

• ' — Screenplay by Tracy Letts, based on ; The Weinstein Company
• Before Midnight — Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Picture Classics
• Lone Survivor — Screenplay by Peter Berg, based on the book by Marcus Lutrell with Patrick Robinson; Universal Pictures
• The Wolf of Wall Street — Screenplay by Terence Winter, based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort; Paramount Pictures

  Documentary

• Dirty Wars — Written by Jeremy Scahill and David Riker; Sundance Selects
• Herblock – The Black & The White — Written by Sara Lukinson & Michael Stevens; The Stevens Company
• No Place on Earth — Written by Janet Tobias & Paul Laikin; Magnolia Pictures
• — Written by Alex Gibney; Focus Features

  Television

Drama series

• The Good Wife —Meredith Averill, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Jacqueline Hoyt, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, J.C. Nolan, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia Wolfe; CBS
• Homeland — Henry Bromell, William E. Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Barbara Hall, Patrick Harbinson, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Charlotte Stoudt, James Yoshimura; Showtime
• House of Cards — Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon; Netflix
• Mad Men — Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray; AMC

  Comedy Series

• 30 Rock — Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, Josh Siegal, Tracey Wigfield; NBC
• Modern Family — Paul Corrigan, Bianca Douglas, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Becky Mann, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Emily Spivey, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC
• Orange Is the New Black — Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez; Netflix
• Parks and Recreation — Megan Amram, Donick Cary, Greg Daniels, Nate DiMeo, Emma Fletcher, Rachna Fruchbom, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Matt Hubbard, Dave King, Greg Levine, Joe Mande, Sam Means, Aisha Muharrar, Matt Murray, Amy Poehler, Alexandra Rushfield, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky, Harris Wittels, Alan Yang; NBC

  New Series

• The Americans — Michael Batistick, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Melissa James Gibson, Sneha Koorse, Joe Weisberg, Bradford Winters; FX
• Masters of Sex — Michelle Ashford, Tyler Bensinger, Michael Cunningham, Lyn Greene, Richard Levine, Amy Lippman, Sam Shaw, Noelle Valdivia; Showtime
• Orange Is the New Black — Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez; Netflix
• Ray Donovan — Ann Biderman, Sean Conway, David Hollander, Brett Johnson, Ron Nyswaner; Showtime

  Episodic Drama

• "Buried" — Thomas Schnauz; AMC
• "Chapter 1" — Beau Willimon; Netflix
• "Granite State" — Peter Gould; AMC
• "Hitting the Fan" — Robert King and Michelle King; CBS
• "Pilot" — Michelle Ashford; Showtime

  Episodic Comedy

• "Career Day" — Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh; ABC
• "Farm Strong" — Elaine Ko; ABC
• "I Wasn't Ready", Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan; Netflix
• "Lesbian Request Denied", Sian Heder; Netflix
• "Leslie and Ben", Michael Schur and Alan Yang; NBC

  Long Form – Adaptation

• Killing Kennedy — Kelly Masterson, based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard; National Geographic

  Animation

• "Game of Tones" — Michael Rowe; Comedy Central
• "Hardly Kirk-ing" — Tom Gammill and Max Pross; Fox
• "Murder on the Planet Express" — Lew Morton; Comedy Central
• "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" — Patric M. Verrone; Comedy Central
• "YOLO" — Michael Nobori; Fox

  Comedy/Variety (including talk) series

• Conan — Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Scott Chernoff, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Scott Gairdner, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS
• The Daily Show — Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Matt Koff, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Rick Rosner; ABC
• Portlandia — Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley; IFC'
• Saturday Night Live'' — Seth Meyers, Colin Jost; Writers: James Anderson, Alex Baze, Neil Casey, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker; NBC

  Comedy/Variety (including music, awards, tributes ) specials

• Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, Head Writers: Jay Martel, Ian Roberts; Writers: Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders; NBC

  Daytime Drama

• General Hospital — Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Jean Passanante, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC
• The Young and the Restless — Associate Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Tracey Thomson; Written by Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Beth Milstein, Lisa Seidman, Natalie Minardi Slater, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

  Children's - Episodic and Specials

• "The Haunted Cave" — Jim Krieg; Hub Network
• "Simon Says" — Christine Ferraro; PBS

  Documentary – Current Events

• "Cliffhanger" — Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS

  Documentary – Other than Current Events

• "The Abolitionists" — Rob Rapley; PBS
• "Episode 1" — Dayton Duncan; PBS

  News – regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report

• "The Election of Pope Francis" — Jerry Cipriano, Joe Clines and Scott Pelley; CBS
• "The Fall of Lance Armstrong" — Michael Radutzky, Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados; CBS
• "The Inauguration of the President" — Jerry Cipriano and Joe Clines; CBS

  News – analysis, feature, or commentary

• "Throwback Thursday – Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson" — Matt Nelko; ABC
• "Vinyl Revival" — Polly Leider; CBS

  Radio

Documentary

• "2012 Year in Review" — Gail Lee; CBS Radio News

  News – regularly scheduled or breaking report

• "George McGovern: A Look Back" — Gail Lee; CBS Radio News

  News – analysis, feature, or commentary

• "Remembrances" — Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
• "Tributes" — Thomas A. Sabella; CBS Radio News

  Promotional Writing and Graphic Animation

On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television)

• "48 Hours: 2013 Fall Preview" — Jay Pedinoff; CBS News Marketing

  Television Graphic Animation

Video games

• ' — Story by Darby McDevitt, Mustapha Mahrach, Jean Guesdon; Lead Scriptwriter Darby McDevitt; Scriptwriter Jill Murray; AI Scriptwriter Nicholas Grimwood; Scriptwriter Singapore Mark Llabres Hill; Ubisoft
• ' — Narrative Director Dooma Wendschuh; Writer & Senior Narrative Designer Ryan Galletta; Writer Corey May; Warner Bros. Interactive
• — Marianne Krawczyk; Additional Writing Ariel Lawrence; Sony Computer Entertainment
• Lost Planet 3 — Head Writer Richard Gaubert; Writers Orion Walker, Matt Sophos; Capcom

  Lifetime Achievement Awards

[Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement]

• Paul Mazursky

  [Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement]

• Garry Marshall