The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have announced the 2025 Writers Guild Awards winners.

The awards honor outstanding achievement in screenwriting, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2023. Winners are being honored tonight at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards dual coast ceremonies at the Edison Ballroom in New York City and The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills (Los Angeles) on Saturday, February 15, 2025. Joel Kim Booster is hosting the WGA West ceremony while Roy Wood Jr. is taking care of matters at the WGA East ceremony.

Previously announced honorary award recipients include:

• Scott Frank — Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement
• Bill Lawrence — Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence
• Kathy McGee – Richard B. Jablow Award
• Vince Gilligan – Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement
• David Lynch – Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
• RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Paul Sevlin Award

In what is probably going to be a surprise to most, the biggest film awards of the night were announced very early. This is in part because of the BAFTA Awards taking place this weekend in London. A number of feature film screenplays were declared ineligible for the 2025 Writers Guild Awards. We’ll see what, if any impact this has on the Oscars in March. But as of now, it’s looking like Sean Baker is going to have himself a big night on Oscar Sunday.

SCREENPLAY

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Anora, Written by Sean Baker; NEON

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Nickel Boys, Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Based on the Book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY: Jim Henson: Idea Man, Written by Mark Monroe; Imagine Documentaries

TELEVISION, STREAMING, AND NEWS

DRAMA SERIES: Shōgun, Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu

COMEDY SERIES: Hacks, Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Guy Branum, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Law, Carol Leifer, Carolyn Lipka, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky; HBO | Max

NEW SERIES: Shōgun, Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu

LIMITED SERIES: The Penguin, Written by Vladimir Cvetko, Breannah Gibson, Erika L. Johnson, Lauren LeFranc, Corina Maritescu, Megan Martin, John McCutcheon, Shaye Ogbonna, Nick Towne, Noelle Valdivia, Kira Snyder; HBO | Max

TV & STREAMING MOTION PICTURES: The Great Lillian Hall, Written by Elisabeth Seldes Annacone; HBO | Max

ANIMATION: “Saving Favorite Drive-In” (Bob’s Burgers), Written by Katie Crown; Fox

EPISODIC DRAMA: “Anjin” (Shōgun), Written for Television by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks; FX/Hulu

EPISODIC COMEDY: “Bulletproof” (Hacks), Written by Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky; HBO | Max

COMEDY/VARIETY SERIES – TALK OR SKETCH: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Senior Writers Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali Writers Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford; HBO | Max

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS: Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, Written by Nikki Glaser; HBO | Max

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Pop Culture Jeopardy!, Writers Marcus Brown, Buzzy Cohen, Michael Davies, Chip Dornell, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Traci Mack, Amy Ozols, Louis Virtel, Billy Wisse; Amazon Prime

DAYTIME DRAMA: The Young and the Restless, Head Writer Amanda L. Beall Writers Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Marin Gazzaniga, Lindsay Harrison, Marla Kanelos, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips, Dave Ryan; CBS/Paramount+

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS: “Welcome to Spiderwick” (The Spiderwick Chronicles), Written by Aron Eli Coleite; Roku Channel

SHORT FORM STREAMING: Die Hart 3: Hart to Kill, Written by Tripper Clancy; Roku Channel

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT: “Part One: Inferno to Paradise” (Dante), Written by Ric Burns and Riccardo Bruscagli; PBS

NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT: “Willie Mays Tribute” (CBS Newspath), Written by Gerald Mazza; CBS News

NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY: “The Resistance” (60 Minutes), Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News

DIGITAL NEWS: “What Is Hamas Thinking Now?”, Written by Akbar Shahid Ahmed; HuffPost

RADIO/AUDIO

RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY: “Art on Trial” (One Year: 1990), Written by Evan Chung; Slate

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT: “Passages: Three Women Who Made A Difference”, Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY: “Charles Osgood Remembered”, Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio

PROMOTIONAL WRITING

ON-AIR PROMOTION: “LC Voting Ads”, Written by Desireena Almoradie, Angad Bhalla; YouTube

The 2025 Writers Guild Awards are being held in dual coast ceremonies on February 15, 2025.

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