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WGC Screenwriting Awards

The WGC Screenwriting Awards (previously Canadian Screenwriting Awards) are administered by the Writers Guild of Canada, and are awarded to the best script for a feature film, television or radio project produced within the Guild's jurisdiction, written by a guild member in good standing, and broadcast or released in North America or screened at a Canadian film festival for the first time in the previous year.

In addition to the film, television and radio categories, special awards presented by the WGC include the Sondra Kelly Award for projects written by women, the Denis McGrath Service Award for distinguished contributions to the organization, and the Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize for the best unproduced new screenplay. In 2025, the program also took over administration of the Margaret Collier Award, a lifetime achievement award for television writing previously presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television under the Gemini Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards.

Awards

2006

  • Children & Preschool — Mary Crawford and Alan Templeton, King: "Stolen Voices"
  • Comedy & Variety — Brent Butt and Paul Mather, Corner Gas: "Dog River Vice"
  • Documentary — Robert Duncan, Woodward's: The Competition
  • Drama, Half-Hour — Susin Nielsen, Robson Arms: "Dancing the Horizontal Mambo"
  • Drama, One Hour — Susan Coyne, Bob Martin and Mark McKinney, Slings & Arrows: "Steeped in Blood"
  • Feature Film — Wil Zmak, The Dark Hours
  • Radio Drama — Jason Sherman, Graf: "Episode 1"
  • Youth — Jeff Biederman, Life with Derek: "The Party"
  • Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Josh Miller
  • Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Jason Hreno, Two Mountains
  • Writers Block Award — Fred Yackman

2007

2008

2009

2010

  • Animation — Shelley Scarrow, Total Drama Action: "The Sand Witch Project"
  • Children & Preschool — Kate Barris, Max & Ruby: "Max Says Goodbye"
  • Documentary — Robert Lower, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet: 40 Years of One Night Stands
  • Episodic, Half-Hour — Garry Campbell, Less Than Kind: "The Daters"
  • Episodic, One Hour — Robert C. Cooper, Stargate Universe: "Time"
  • Feature Film — Jacob Tierney, The Trotsky
  • MOW & Miniseries — John Krizanc, The Summit
  • Radio Drama — Barbara Samuels, Afghanada: "Episode 61"
  • Short Subject — Jessie Gabe, Being Erica: "Webisodes"
  • Variety — Ed Macdonald, Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley, Albert Howell, Dean Jenkinson, Joanne O’Sullivan, Tara Doyle, Erik van Wyck, Mike Allison and Joey Case, This Hour Has 22 Minutes: "Season XVII, Episode 6"
  • Youth — Anita Kapila, How to Be Indie: "How to Be a Mehta"
  • Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Peter Mitchell
  • Showrunner Award — Heather Conkie
  • Writers Block Award — Rebecca Schechter

2011

2012

  • Animation — Darrin Rose, Scaredy Squirrel: "Nothing But the Tooth"
  • Children & Youth — Alice Prodanou, My Babysitter's a Vampire: "ReVamped"
  • Comedy — Craig David Wallace, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: "A Farewell to Curtis' Arm"
  • Documentary — Gary Marcuse, Waking the Green Tiger: A Green Movement Rises in China
  • Drama — Larry Bambrick, Flashpoint: "Shockwave"
  • Movies & Miniseries — Bruce Smith, '
  • Shorts & Webseries — Patrick Tarr, '
  • Showrunner Award — Mark McKinney
  • Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Barbara Samuels
  • Writers Block Award — Chuck Lazer

2013

  • Animation — Dan Williams and Lienne Sawatsky, Sidekick: "I, Sidebot"
  • Children & Youth — John May and Suzanne Bolch, How to Be Indie: "How to Make a Christmas Miracle"
  • Comedy — Kim Coghill, Less Than Kind: "Jerk Chicken"
  • Documentary — Mitch Miyagawa, A Sorry State
  • Drama — Martin Gero, The L.A. Complex: "Down in L.A."
  • Movies & Miniseries — Andrew Wreggitt, The Phantoms
  • Shorts & Webseries — Julie Strassman-Cohn and Jill Golick, Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library: "#Creepy"
  • Showrunner Award — Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern
  • Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Adam Garnet Jones, Wild Medicine
  • Writers Block Award — Anne-Marie Perrotta, Simon Racioppa, Lienne Sawatsky

2014

  • Animation — Hollis Ludlow-Carroll, Almost Naked Animals: "The Rotation Situation"
  • Children & Youth — Lisa Hunter, Finding Stuff Out: "Babies and Families" and Cole Bastedo, Mr. Young: "Mr. Love Letter"
  • Comedy — Marvin Kaye and Chris Sheasgreen, Less Than Kind: "I'm Only Nineteen"
  • Documentary — Barry Stevens, Sector Sarajevo
  • Drama — Will Pascoe, Orphan Black: "Variations Under Domestication"
  • Movies & Miniseries — Elan Mastai, The F Word
  • Shorts & Webseries — Jill Golick and Julie Strassman, Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library: "The Final Clue"
  • Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Susin Nielsen
  • Showrunner Award — Peter Mitchell
  • Writers Block Award — Maureen Parker

2015

  • Animation — Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott, Fangbone!: "The Warbrute of Friendship"
  • Children & Youth — Melody Fox, ': "Mrs. Worthington"
  • Comedy — Andrew De Angelis, Mr. D: "Old School"
  • Documentary — Michael McNamara, The Cholesterol Question
  • Drama — Tony Elliott, Orphan Black: "Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est"
  • Movies & Miniseries — Nicolas Billon, Elephant Song
  • Shorts & Webseries — Jason Leaver, Out with Dad: "Outed"
  • Showrunner Award — Bruce Smith
  • Sondra Kelly Award — Alison Lea Bingeman
  • Writers Block Award — Denis McGrath

2016

2017

2018

2019

  • Best New Series Script — Daegan Fryklind, ': "Presidio"
  • Children's — Josh Sager, Jerome Simpson, Wishfart: "I Wear This Hat Ironically"
  • Comedy — Rupinder Gill, Schitt's Creek: "RIP Moira Rose"
  • Documentary — Michael McNamara, Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit
  • Drama — Sarah Dodd, Cardinal: Blackfly Season: "Red"
  • Feature Film — Jeremy Boxen, 22 Chaser
  • MOW & Miniseries — Tim McKeon, '
  • Shorts & Webseries — Alex Epstein and Lisa Hunter, We’ve Come to the End of Our Time
  • Tweens & Teens — Cole Bastedo, Star Falls: "The Picnic Auction"
  • Sondra Kelly Award — Jinder Oujla-Chalmers
  • Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Pat Holden, Mirsada and Amir Kahnamouee, Harbour House
  • Showrunner Award — Emily Andras
  • McGrath Service Award — Bruce Smith

2020

  • Children — Mark Steinberg, ': "Better Know Your Mavis"
  • Comedy — Jann Arden and Jennica Harper, Jann: "The Big House"
  • Documentary — Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke and Teresa MacInnes, Conviction
  • Drama Series — Noelle Carbone, Coroner: "All's Well"
  • Feature Film — Laura Phillips, Sweetness in the Belly
  • MOW & Miniseries — David Elver and Andrea Stevens, Thicker Than Water
  • Preschool — J. J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Amish Patel, Dino Dana: "Dino Prints"
  • Shorts & Webseries — Fab Filippo, Save Me: "Birdie's End"
  • Tweens & Teens — Emma Campbell, Creeped Out: "The Takedown"
  • Sondra Kelly Award — Cynthia Knight
  • Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Nathalie Younglai
  • Showrunner Award — Dennis Heaton

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

See also

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