{"id":512530,"date":"2026-03-09T07:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512530\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T07:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:08:07","slug":"2026-writers-guild-awards-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512530\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Writers Guild Awards Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 2026 Writers Guild<\/a> Awards<\/a> were handed out Sunday in New York.<\/p>\n

\n\tSinners took the prize for best original screenplay, with star Miles Caton accepting on Ryan Coogler\u2019s behalf and reading from a note Coogler sent. One Battle After Another took home the award for best adapted screenplay. Paul Thomas Anderson also was not present to accept the prize, so Shayna McHayle, who plays Junglepussy in the film, accepted on his behalf with a prepared statement from the writer-director.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Writers Guild Awards\u2019 adapted screenplay category features the same nominees<\/a> as the Oscars\u2019 adapted screenplay category. The Oscars\u2019 original screenplay category, however, features some different selections from the Writers Guild nominees.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the TV categories, The Pitt won for best drama series, best new series and best episodic drama. The Studio won for best comedy series, while The Righteous Gemstones won for best episodic comedy. Dying for Sex won in the limited series category. While The Pitt and The Studio winners weren\u2019t present at the New York ceremony, the writers for The Righteous Gemstones and Dying for Sex were there and delivered speeches. Accepting for The Righteous Gemstones, Danny McBride said in part that he was \u201creally glad we didn\u2019t ditch this\u201d and instead attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the Writers Guild traditionally holds simultaneous ceremonies in New York and L.A., this year the East Coast event took place after the West Coast ceremony was canceled amid an ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America<\/a> West\u2019s own staff.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe WGA West staff union has been on strike since Feb. 17<\/a>, alleging that management committed unfair labor practices amid first contract negotiations. The guild canceled the Los Angeles ceremony last week<\/a>, with WGAW president Michele Mulroney writing in part, in a letter to presenters and participants, \u201cAn alternative celebration for this year\u2019s Los Angeles-based nominees will be scheduled at a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCurrently, the non-supervisory staff of the WGAW, represented by the Pacific Northwest Staff Union (PNWSU), is on strike,\u201d Mulroney added. \u201cWhile I respect the staff\u2019s right to strike, I also believe that you deserve an uncomplicated celebration of your achievements. We would not ask you, your guests, talent and crew to cross a picket line to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWGAW members received a similar message.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough the East and West branches of the Writers Guild work jointly on contracts, they are separate unions, and the WGAE\u2019s staff union is organized with the United Steelworkers and is not on strike.<\/p>\n

\n\tRoy Wood Jr. hosted the East Coast ceremony, which took place at the Edison Ballroom in New York.<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the drama ahead of this year\u2019s event with the L.A. ceremony being canceled, that development went nearly unmentioned onstage in New York, apart from Coogler\u2019s prepared remarks that Caton read. After saying that the Writers Guild Awards is always a highlight for him and wife and producing partner Zinzi Coogler, Ryan Coogler wrote that there are \u201creal issues\u201d that have to be \u201csort[ed] out\u201d with the WGAW staff on strike, suggesting that the strike and canceled L.A. ceremony prevented them from attending this year\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet ahead of this year\u2019s show, Wood acknowledged the tricky situation of proceeding with the East Coast ceremony amid the WGA West strike.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe had discussions internally, the guild did, about what the East would do considering the strike situation in the West. And they opted to continue on with the show. I haven\u2019t had an opportunity to speak with anybody in the East, but I do hope that they\u2019re able to get everything worked out 1,000 percent,\u201d he said. \u201cI think what we will do, as best we can, is try to be as delicate as we can be about what\u2019s happening in the West but still wanting make sure that we acknowledge all of the people that put in a lot of hard work on a lot of amazing projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSunday night\u2019s event marked Wood\u2019s third time hosting the Writers Guild Awards, which he poked fun at in the top of his monologue, alluding to President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated musings about possibly running for a third term.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to be back for a third time. I know that a lot of people say that there that there should be something against doing something for a third term,\u201d he joked. \u201cSome people say that there shouldn\u2019t be a rule against a third term. They say you should be able to serve as long as you want to serve. And I spoke with [WGA East] president, Tom Fontana, and he gave me his blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe also joked about the Tourette\u2019s incident at the BAFTA Awards<\/a> last month, pointing out that there weren\u2019t microphones on the tables in the audience.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is not the BAFTAs. We cannot afford microphones,\u201d he said. \u201cSo because there are no microphones at the tables, Tourette\u2019s or not, if you plan on yelling a slur at the stage tonight, please stand up and project.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd, reflecting on his past time on The Daily Show and moving to CNN to host the U.S. version of Have I Got News for You, Wood recalled how he had left The Daily Show in part because of a \u201cvery, very messy merger\u201d network Comedy Central was going through at the time with Paramount.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAnd I wanted no part of that corporate instability. So, I left and I took my ass to CNN,\u201d he said referring to the Warner Bros. Discovery cable network that is now, along with the rest of the David Zaslav-led company, merging with Paramount<\/a>. \u201cAnd one battle after another describes my journey through late night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tContinuing to take on the Trump administration, Wood said they \u201cwant to control messaging,\u201d tying recent military actions in Venezuela and Iran to Bari Weiss<\/a> becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur government has shown a willingness to go into places, forcefully take out the existing leaders and replace them with people willing to do the bidding of this administration. We saw it in Venezuela. We\u2019re seeing it now in Iran. Before both of those, we saw it at CBS,\u201d he joked. \u201cMy CBS News friends are in here somewhere. I don\u2019t want to point them out, but you can laugh at that. She\u2019s not here. You may not know this, fun fact, the CBS writers have survived the last couple months through a system of tunnels they\u2019ve built around the building.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn closing, Wood encouraged the writers in attendance to keep creating challenging, boundary-pushing content.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI urge all of you to continue to make original content that challenges the human mind and pushes back on conventional ideals because our government understands one thing clearly: If you control what people see, then you control how the country sees itself. And if you can do that, you don\u2019t even need to rig an election,\u201d he said. \u201cSo the journalists, the writers, the entertainers in this room, just know that we\u2019re ground zero. We\u2019re fighting the fight. We\u2019re going to keep telling the truth and keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the documentary category, 2,000 Meters to Andriivka was the big winner, though none of the documentary nominees is nominated for the Oscars\u2019 best documentary feature award. And it was an unnominated documentary, Melania<\/a>, that received multiple references from the stage.<\/p>\n

\n\tWood said of the thinking behind making and promoting the film, \u201cWhat we will do is make one $40 million political documentary about a woman who kind of sort of hates her husband and didn\u2019t show up to clap for him for his first day back on the job. And we\u2019ll spend another $35 million just to promote that, that\u2019s $75 million. You know what? Brett Ratner, you can direct this, too. Come on in. \u2026 The Melania doc should give everybody in this room hope. If they can blow $75 million on Melania, then we can ask for two more writers for our room. We won\u2019t get them, but we can ask.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLater, when presenting the documentary screenplay award, Wood\u2019s former Daily Show colleague Desi Lydic joked that those who watched Melania \u201cwished [they] were watching a good documentary.\u201d And that though the nominated films are missing \u201cBrett Ratner\u2019s magic touch,\u201d that \u201cmagic touch\u201d is \u201cwhy he didn\u2019t work for seven years,\u201d alluding to the sexual misconduct claims against him.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to the competitive awards, Late Show host Stephen Colbert<\/a> was presented with the Walter Bernstein Award by Robert Smigel; Terry George received the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement from Don Cheadle; and Diana Son (Law & Order) was honored with the Richard B. Jablow Award for devoted service to the guild.<\/p>\n

\n\tA complete list of this year\u2019s winners follows. <\/p>\n

\t\tSCREENPLAY NOMINEES\t<\/p>\n

\t\tORIGINAL SCREENPLAY\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBlack Bag, Written by David Koepp; Focus Features<\/p>\n

\n\tIf I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You, Written by Mary Bronstein; A24<\/p>\n

\n\tMarty Supreme, Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie; A24<\/p>\n

\n\tSinners, Written by Ryan Coogler; Warner Bros. Pictures (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tWeapons, Written by Zach Cregger; Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n

\t\tADAPTED SCREENPLAY\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBugonia, Screenplay by Will Tracy, Based on the Film Save the Green Planet Written and Directed by Jang Joon Hwan and Produced by Sidus; Focus Features<\/p>\n

\n\tFrankenstein, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, Based on Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tHamnet, Screenplay by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O\u2019Farrell, Based on the Novel Written by Maggie O\u2019Farrell; Focus Features<\/p>\n

\n\tOne Battle After Another, Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Screen Story by Paul Thomas Anderson, Inspired by the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon; Warner Bros. Pictures (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tTrain Dreams, Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Based on the Novella by Denis Johnson; Netflix<\/p>\n

\t\tDOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY\t<\/p>\n

\n\t2,000 Meters to Andriivka, Written by Mstyslav Chernov; Frontline Features (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tBecoming Led Zeppelin, Written by Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty; Sony Pictures Classics<\/p>\n

\n\tWhite with Fear, Written by Andrew Goldberg; Area23A<\/p>\n

\t\tTELEVISION, STREAMING AND NEWS NOMINEES\t<\/p>\n

\t\tDRAMA SERIES\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAndor, Written by Tom Bissell, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Beau Willimon; Disney+<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Pitt, Written by Cynthia Adarkwa, Simran Baidwan, Valerie Chu, R. Scott Gemmill, Elyssa Gershman, Joe Sachs, Noah Wyle; HBO | Max (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tPluribus, Written by Vera Blasi, Jenn Carroll, Vince Gilligan, Jonny Gomez, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\tSeverance, Written by Adam Countee, Mohamad El Masri, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Anna Ouyang Moench, K.C. Perry, Megan Ritchie, Erin Wagoner, Beau Willimon, Wei-Ning Yu; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\tThe White Lotus, Written by Mike White; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\t\tCOMEDY SERIES\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAbbott Elementary, Written by Quinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Lizzy Darrell, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Chad Morton, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Rebekka Pesqueira, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubenstein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner; ABC<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Chair Company, Written by Zach Kanin, Gary Richardson, Tim Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, John Solomon; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\n\tHacks, Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Law, Carolyn Lipka, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Rehearsal, Written by Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Studio, Written by Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen; Apple TV (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\t\tNEW SERIES\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Chair Company, Written by Zach Kanin, Gary Richardson, Tim Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, John Solomon; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Pitt, Written by Cynthia Adarkwa, Simran Baidwan, Valerie Chu, R. Scott Gemmill, Elyssa Gershman, Joe Sachs, Noah Wyle; HBO | Max (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tPluribus, Written by Vera Blasi, Jenn Carroll, Vince Gilligan, Jonny Gomez, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Studio, Written by Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\tTask, Written by Brad Ingelsby & David Obzud; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\t\tLIMITED SERIES\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Beast in Me, Written by Howard Gordon, C.A. Johnson, Ali Liebegott, Daniel Pearle, Gabe Rotter, Erika Sheffer, Mike Skerrett; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBlack Rabbit, Written by Zach Baylin, Sarah Gubbins, Kate Susman, Andrew Hinderaker, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Carlos Rios; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tDeath by Lightning, Written by Mike Makowsky; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tDying for Sex, Written by Sheila Callaghan, Harris Danow, Madeleine George, Elizabeth Meriwether, Kim Rosenstock, Sasha Stewart, Sabrina Wu, Keisha Zollar; FX\/Hulu (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tSirens, Written by Bekah Brunstetter, Dan LeFranc, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler; Netflix<\/p>\n

\t\tTV & STREAMING MOTION PICTURES\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Best You Can, Written by Michael J. Weithorn; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment<\/p>\n

\n\tDeep Cover, Written by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow; Prime Video (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Life List, Screenplay by Adam Brooks, Based on the novel by Lori Nelson Spielman; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tSwiped, Written by Bill Parker & Rachel Lee Goldenberg and Kim Caramele; Hulu<\/p>\n

\t\tANIMATION\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAbe League of Their Moe\u201d (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDon\u2019t Worry, Be Hoopy\u201d (Bob\u2019s Burgers) Written by Lindsey Stoddart; Fox<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a Beef-derful Life\u201d (The Great North), Written by Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin & Wendy Molyneux; Fox<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cParahormonal Activity\u201d (The Simpsons), Written by Loni Steele Sosthand; Fox<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cScared Screenless\u201d (Futurama), Written by Bill Odenkirk; Hulu<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShira Can\u2019t Cook\u201d (Long Story Short) Written by Mehar Sethi; Netflix (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\t\tEPISODIC DRAMA\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c7:00 A.M.\u201d (The Pitt), Written by R. Scott Gemmill; HBO | Max (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Still Small Voice\u201d (Task), Written by Brad Ingelsby; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCharm Offensive\u201d (Pluribus), Written by Jonny Gomez; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cExecution\u201d (The Handmaid\u2019s Tale), Written by Eric Tuchman; Hulu<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGot Milk\u201d (Pluribus), Written by Ariel Levine; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cReunion\u201d (Forever), Written by Mara Brock Akil; Netflix<\/p>\n

\t\tEPISODIC COMEDY\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Call from God\u201d (Mo), Written by Mohammed Amer & Harris Danow; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPilot\u2019s Code\u201d (The Rehearsal), Written by Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPrelude\u201d (The Righteous Gemstones), Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley, Danny R. McBride; HBO | Max (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Promotion\u201d (The Studio), Written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Peter Huyck & Alex Gregory & Frida Perez; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Sleazy Georgian\u201d (Poker Face), Written by Megan Amram; Peacock<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWorms\u201d (The Bear), Written by Ayo Edebiri & Lionel Boyce; FX\/Hulu<\/p>\n

\t\tCOMEDY\/VARIETY SERIES \u2013 TALK OR SKETCH\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Daily Show, Head Writer: Dan Amira Senior Writers: Lauren Sarver Means, Daniel Radosh Writers: David Angelo, Nicole Conlan, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Jennifer Flanz, Jason Gilbert, Dina Hashem, Scott Hercman, Josh Johnson, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Matt O\u2019Brien, Joe Opio, Randall Otis, Zhubin Parang, Kat Radley, Lanee\u2019 Sanders, Scott Sherman, Jon Stewart, Ashton Womack, Sophie Zucker; Comedy Central<\/p>\n

\n\tHave I Got News for You, Head Writer: Mason Steinberg; Writers: Jim Biederman, Daniel Chamberlain, Jodi Lennon, Michael Pielocik, Jill Twiss; CNN, HBO | Max<\/p>\n

\n\tLast Week Tonight With John Oliver, Senior Writers: Daniel O\u2019Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali; Writers: Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Sof\u00eda Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford; HBO | Max (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tLate Night with Seth Meyers, Head Writer: Alex Baze; Supervising Writers: Seth Reiss, Mike Scollins; Closer Look Supervising Writer: Sal Gentile; Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Bryan Donaldson, Matt Goldich, Jenny Hagel, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Amber Ruffin, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Jeff Wright; NBC<\/p>\n

\n\tSaturday Night Live, Head Writers: Alison Gates, Erik Kenward, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette; Senior Writer: Bryan Tucker; Supervising Writers: Dan Bulla, Will Stephen, Auguste White, Celeste Yim; Writers: Steven Castillo, Michael Che, Mike DiCenzo, Jimmy Fowlie, Sudi Green, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Allie Levitan, Ben Marshall, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Ceara O\u2019Sullivan, Moss Perricone, Carl Tart, Asha Ward; Weekend Update Head Writer: Pete Schultz; Weekend Update Writers: Rosebud Baker, Megan Callahan-Shah, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, KC Shornima; NBC<\/p>\n

\n\tThey Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce, Writers: Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Jon Glaser, Tami Sagher; ESPN<\/p>\n

\t\tCOMEDY\/VARIETY SPECIALS\t<\/p>\n

\n\t82nd Annual Golden Globes, Written by Barry Adelman, Nefetari Spencer, Mike Gibbons, Brian Frange, Sean O\u2019Connor, Alex Baze, Bob Castrone, Chris Convy, Anna Drezen, Jess Dweck, Noah Garfinkel, Nikki Glaser, Lauren Greenberg, Ben Hoffman, Ian Karmel, Andrew Law, Mike Lawrence, Jon Macks, Bonnie McFarlane, Chris Spencer, Matt Whitaker; CBS<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation, Written by Ian Berger, Devin Delliquanti, Jen Flanz, Jordan Klepper, Zhubin Parang, Scott Sherman; Comedy Central<\/p>\n

\n\tMarc Maron: Panicked, Written by Marc Maron; HBO | Max (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tConan O\u2019Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Written by Jon Macks, Chris Convy, Lauren Greenberg, Skyler Higley, Ian Karmel, Sean O\u2019Connor; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tSNL50: The Anniversary Special, Written by James Anderson, Dan Bulla, Megan Callahan Shah, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Mike DiCenzo, James Downey, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fowlie, Alison Gates, Sudi Green, Jack Handey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Jake Nordwind, Ceara O\u2019Sullivan, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Auguste White; NBC<\/p>\n

\t\tQUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION\t<\/p>\n

\n\tCelebrity Jeopardy!, Head Writer: Robert Patton Writers: Kyle Beakley, Michael Davies, Terence Gray, Amy Ozols, Tim Siedell, David Levinson-Wilk; ABC (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tJeopardy!, Writers: Marcus Brown, Buzzy Cohen, Michael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Jim Rhine, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Amy Ozols, Billy Wisse; ABC<\/p>\n

\t\tDAYTIME DRAMA\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond the Gates, Writers: Sara A. Bibel, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Ron Carlivati, Susan Dansby, Cheryl L. Davis, Christopher Dunn, Robert Guza Jr., Gregori J. Martin, Lynn Martin, Danielle Paige, Judy Tate, Michele Val Jean, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS<\/p>\n

\n\tGeneral Hospital, Head Writers: Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten; Writers: Cathy LePard, Emily Culliton, Nigel Campbell, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Kate Hall, Stacey Pulwer, Ryan Quan, Louise Rozett, Scott Sickles, Micah Steinberg; ABC<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Young and the Restless, Associate Head Writers: Jeff Beldner, Marla Kanelos, Dave Ryan; Writers: Susan Banks, Amanda L. Beall, Marin Gazzaniga, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips; CBS\/Paramount+ (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\t\tCHILDREN\u2019S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe First Snow of Fraggle Rock, Written by Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson; Apple TV<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStay Out of the Basement: Part I\u201d (Goosebumps), Written by Rob Letterman, Hilary Winston; Disney+<\/p>\n

\n\tMerry Giftmas, Written by Halcyon Person; Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Play Dodgeball with Cannibals\u201d (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Written by Craig Silverstein, Rick Riordan; Disney+<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen We Lose Someone\u201d (Tab Time), Written by Sean Presant; YouTube (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\t\tSHORT FORM STREAMING\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Rabbit Hole With Jimmy Kimmel, Writers: Jimmy Kimmel & Jesse Joyce; YouTube (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tSesame Street YouTube: Take a Moment with Jonathan Bailey, Written by Andrew Moriarty; YouTube<\/p>\n

\t\tDOCUMENTARY SCRIPT \u2013 CURRENT EVENTS\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSyria After Assad\u201d (Frontline), Written by Martin Smith; PBS<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Rise and Fall of Terrorgram\u201d (Frontline), Written by Thomas Jennings and A.C. Thompson; PBS<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Rise of RFK Jr.\u201d (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTrump\u2019s Power & the Rule of Law\u201d (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\t\tDOCUMENTARY SCRIPT \u2013 OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cChange, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act\u201d (American Experience), Written by Chana Gazit; PBS<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cClearing the Air: The War on Smog\u201d (American Experience), Written by Peter Yost & Edna Alburquerque; PBS<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cForgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP\u201d (American Experience), Written by Rob Rapley; PBS (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\tMatter of Mind: My Alzheimer\u2019s, Written by Jason Sussberg; PBS<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMr. Polaroid\u201d (American Experience), Written by Gene Tempest; PBS<\/p>\n

\t\tNEWS SCRIPT \u2013 REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDevastating Flooding in Texas\u201d (World News Tonight with David Muir), Written by David Muir, Karen Mooney, and Dave Bloch; ABC News (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe L.A. Wildfires\u201d (World News Tonight with David Muir), Written by David Muir, Dave Bloch, and Karen Mooney; ABC News<\/p>\n

\t\tNEWS SCRIPT \u2013 ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEye on America: Coldwater Creek,\u201d Written by Cait Bladt; CBS News<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGaza, Hannah Arendt and The Banality of Evil,\u201d Written by Basel Hamdan; MSNBC<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMysterious Russian Deaths\u201d (60 Minutes), Written by Michael Rey, Cecilia Vega, Oriana Zill de Granados; CBS News<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRemembering Palestinian Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces,\u201d Written by Lisa Salinas; MSNBC (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cUphill Battle\u201d (CBS News Sunday Morning), Written by Richard Buddenhagen, Kay Lim, Lesley Stahl; CBS News<\/p>\n

\t\tDIGITAL NEWS\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAltadena Residents Know Their Community Is Worth Rebuilding. Can They Protect Its Legacy?,\u201d Written by Taiyler Mitchell; HuffPost<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAmerican Siberia,\u201d Written by Alexander Sammon; Slate<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAn Isolated Boarding School Promised to Help Troubled Girls. Former Students Say They Were Abused,\u201d Written by Sebastian Murdock and Taiyler Mitchell; HuffPost (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow Cassie\u2019s Lawsuit Against Diddy Galvanized A Movement of Survivors,\u201d Written by Njera Perkins and Taiyler Mitchell; HuffPost<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTrump Sent Them to Hell. Now He\u2019s Erasing Them Altogether,\u201d Written by Matt Shuham and Jessica Schulberg; HuffPost<\/p>\n

\t\tRADIO\/AUDIO NOMINEES\t<\/p>\n

\t\tRADIO\/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEpisode 2: A Game of Telephone\u201d (Camp Swamp Road), Written by Heather Rogers, Rachel Humphreys, Colin McNulty; Spotify<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJerry Lewis\u2019 Lost Holocaust Clown Movie\u201d (Decoder Ring), Written by Max Freedman; Slate (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhy Women Kill\u201d (What Next), Written by Mary Harris and Elena Schwartz; Slate<\/p>\n

\t\tRADIO\/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT \u2013 REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cABC News Radio Top of the Hour News,\u201d Written by Robert Hawley; ABC News Radio (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCBS World News Roundup,\u201d Written by Paul Farry and Steve Kathan; CBS News<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHasan Piker Knew Charlie Kirk\u201d (What Next), Written by Mary Harris and Madeline Ducharme; Slate<\/p>\n

\t\tRADIO\/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT \u2013 ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow Will We Feed Our Neighbors?,\u201d Written by Mary Harris and Anna Phillips; Slate<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter,\u201d Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio (WINNER)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe Made a Memecoin,\u201d Written by Lizzie O\u2019Leary, Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort; Slate<\/p>\n

\t\tPROMOTIONAL WRITING NOMINEES\t<\/p>\n

\t\tON AIR PROMOTION\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBehind the Crown: King & Conqueror EPK\u201d, Written by Molly Neylan; CBS<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCBS Comedy,\u201d Written by Dan Greenberger; CBS (WINNER)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Writers Guild Awards were handed out Sunday in New York. Sinners took the prize for best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10546,88,205370,232335,51296,39847],"class_list":["post-512530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards","tag-entertainment","tag-wga-awards","tag-wga-awards-2026","tag-writers-guild","tag-writers-guild-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}