74th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 74th Writers Guild of America Awards were held on March 20, 2022, to honor the best writing in film, television and radio of 2021. The nominees for television and radio were announced on January 13, 2022, while the nominees for the film categories were announced on January 27, 2022.[1][2][3]

74th WGA Awards
DateMarch 20, 2022
Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America West

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and in bold.[4]

Film
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Documentary Screenplay
  • Exposing Muybridge – Marc Shaffer
    • Becoming Cousteau – Mark Monroe & Pax Wasserman
    • Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres – Suzanne Joe Kai

Television
Drama Series
Comedy Series
New Series
Long Form – Original
Long Form – Adapted
Short Form New Media – Adapted
Animation
Episodic Drama
Episodic Comedy
Comedy/Variety – Talk Series
Comedy/Variety – Specials
  • Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns (TBS) – Head Writers: Kristen Bartlett, Mike Drucker; Writers: Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Mike Drucker, Miles Kahn, Chris Thompson, Holly Walker, Allison Silverman; Writing Supervised by Joe Grossman, Sahar Rizvi; Special Material by Michael Rhoa
Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series
Quiz and Audience Participation
  • Baking It (Peacock) – Writers: Neil Casey, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Niccole Thurman
    • Capital One College Bowl (NBC) – Head Writer: Scott Saltzburg; Writers: Rosemarie DiSalvo, Ryan Hopak, Jon Macks, Karissa Noel, Todd Sachs, Doug Shaffer, Grant Taylor, Bennett Webber
    • The Chase (ABC) – Head Writer: David Levinson Wilk; Writers: Erik Agard, Eliza Bayne, Kyle Beakley, Megan Broussard, Robert King, Amy Ozols, Bobby Patton, Ellen Teitel, Ari Yolkut
    • Jeopardy! (Syndicated) – Writers: Michael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Mike Richards, Billy Wisse
Daytime Drama
  • Days of Our Lives (NBC) – Head Writer: Ron Carlivati; Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock, Elizabeth Snyder
    • General Hospital (ABC) – Head Writers: Chris Van Etten, Dan O’Connor; Associate Head Writer: Anna T. Cascio; Writers: Barbara Bloom, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Shannon Peace, David Rupel, Lisa Seidman, Scott Sickles
    • The Young and the Restless (CBS) – Head Writer: Amanda L. Beall; Writers: Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Sara A. Bibel, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Christopher Dunn, Sara Endsley, Janice Ferri Esser, Marin Gazzaniga, Lynn Martin, Natalie Minardi Slater, Teresa Zimmerman

Children's
Children's Script – Episodic, Long form and Specials

Documentary
Documentary Script – Current Events
  • "The Healthcare Divide" – FRONTLINE (PBS) – Written by Rick Young
    • "The Jihadist" – FRONTLINE (PBS) – Written by Martin Smith & Marcela Gaviria
Documentary Script – Other than Current Events

News
News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
  • "The Unequal Recession" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young
    • "Against All Enemies" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young
    • "Democracy Lost" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Written by Oriana Zill de Granados, Sharyn Alfonsi
News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "Handcuffed to the Truth" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young
    • "The Fall of Kandahar" – Vice News Tonight (Vice on TV) – Written by Amel Guettatfi, Ben C. Solomon
    • "Unpacking How Child Welfare and Foster Care Fails Black Children" – Unpack That (The Root) – Written by Joel Kahn, Felice León
    • "The Unstudied Link Between the COVID Vaccine and Periods" – Vice News Tonight (Vice on TV) – Written by Caitlin Bladt
    • “Woman in Motion: Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols and The Transformation of NASA” (CBS Saturday Morning), Written by Daniel Elias, Michelle Miller; CBS News
Digital News
  • "Men's Rights Asians: Think This Is Their Moment" (Slate) – Written by Aaron Mak
    • "An Oral History of the Longest-Ever Broadway Shutdown" (Slate) – Written by Madeline Ducharme
    • "Knives Out: Why 'Hacks' Works" (The Ringer) – Written by Katie Baker
    • "We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us" (Slate) – Written by Christina Cauterucci
    • "What if the Unorthodox Arizona Audit Declares Trump Won?" (Slate) – Written by Jeremy Stahl

Radio
Radio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
  • "Surfside Condo Collapse (CBS World News Roundup Late Edition)" (CBS News Radio) – Written by Kathleen M. Biggins
    • "Silence the Mics: Tributes to Some Famous Broadcasters" (CBS Radio) – Written by Gail Lee
    • "World News This Week – Week of August 16, 2021" (ABC Audio) – Written by Robert Hawley
    • "World News This Week – Week of January 8, 2021" (ABC Audio) – Written by Joy Piazza
    • "World News This Week – Week of September 3, 2021" (ABC Audio) – Written by Joan B. Harris
Radio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "The Tasmanian Devil Tattoo (Decoder Ring)" (Slate Podcast) – Written by Benjamin Frisch
    • "When the Culture War Comes for Your Job (What Next)" (Slate Podcast) – Written by Mary Harris
Radio News Script – Documentary
  • "One Year: 1977 'The Miracle Cure'" (Slate Podcast) – Written by Evan Chung
    • "Our Year (What Next)" (Slate Podcast) – Written by Mary Harris
    • "That Seattle Muzak Sound (Decoder Ring)" (Slate Podcast) – Written by Benjamin Frisch
    • "Who Killed the Segway? (Decoder Ring)" (Slate Podcast) – Written by Dan Kois

Promotional writing
On-Air Promotion – Television or Radio
  • "Celebrating Powerful Female Leads: Trailers for The Equalizer & Why Women Kill" (CBS) – Written by Molly Neylan
    • "CSI: Vegas Trailers" (CBS) – Written by Erial Tompkins

References
  1. Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2022). "WGA Awards TV Nominations: 'Yellowjackets', 'Hacks', 'Loki', 'Only Murders In The Building' Join Usual Suspects On List". Deadline. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  2. Schneider, Michael (January 13, 2022). "Writers Guild Unveils 2022 WGA TV Award Nominees: 'Yellowjackets,' 'Hacks,' 'Reservation Dogs,' 'Only Murders in the Building' and More". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  3. Davies, Clayton (January 27, 2022). "2022 WGA Awards Nominations: 'CODA', 'Don't Look Up' and 'Dune' Contending in the Screenplay Categories". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. Lewis, Hilary (March 20, 2022). "WGA Awards: CODA, Don't Look Up Win Best Adapted, Original Screenplays". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
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