Preliminary voting to determine nominees for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay began on Tues., December 4. The deadline for preliminary voting in these categories is Wed., Jan. 2, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EST. Click here to cast your ballot.

The 2013 Writers Guild Awards will be held on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. 

The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation awards categories.

TV Eligibility Period:
Long Form, Episodic, Animation, and Children’s script categories:
First broadcast between Dec 1, 2011 and Nov 30, 2012
All other script categories:
First broadcast between Oct 1, 2011 and Sep 30, 2012

Screen Eligibility Period:
Exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles for one week during 2012

Documentary Screenplays:
Exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles or New York for one week during 2012

Videogame Eligibility Period:
Originally released between Dec 1, 2011 and Nov 30, 2012

New Media Eligibility Period:
First exhibited on a new media platform between Dec 1, 2011 and Nov 30, 2012

2012
OCTOBER

Fri. Oct 12                 Deadline for submissions: TV-Radio, Promotional, and Graphic Art and Graphic Animation

Fri. Oct 12                 Deadline for submissions: Drama, Comedy, and New TV Series

Tues. Oct 23             Preliminary TV Series online voting begins


NOVEMBER

Fri. Nov 16                 Deadline for submissions: Theatrical and Documentary Screenplays

Fri. Nov 16                 Deadline for submissions: New Media Writing

Tues. Nov 27            Deadline for Preliminary TV Series online voting

Fri. Nov 30                 Deadline for submissions: Videogame Writing


DECEMBER

Tues. Dec 4               Preliminary Screenplay online voting begins

Thurs. Dec 6              Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation nominees announced

Mon. Dec 31              Theatrical eligibility period ends (Original, Adapted, and Documentary Screenplays)


2013
JANUARY

Wed. Jan 2                Deadline for Preliminary Screenplay online voting

Thurs. Jan 3              Theatrical and Documentary Screenplay nominees announced

Fri. Jan 4                   Final Screenplay and TV Series online voting begins

Wed. Jan 16              New Media and Videogame Writing nominees announced

Fri. Jan 25                 Deadline for Final Screenplay and TV Series online voting

FEBRUARY

Mon. Feb 11              Deadline for reservations and ticket sales for 2013 WGA NY ceremony

Sun. Feb 17              2013 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS (65th Annual)

New York:                 B.B. King Blues Club

Los Angeles:            JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE


For more information about the 2013 Writers Guild Awards submission process, guidelines, and official entry forms, please visit www.wgaeast.org or www.wga.org.

For media inquiries about the 2013 Writers Guild Awards New York show, please contact Jay Strell at Sunshine Sachs at (212) 691-2800 or email: strell@sunshinesachs.com.

For media inquiries about the 2013 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show, please contact Gregg Mitchell in the WGAW Communications Department at: (323) 782-4651 or email: gmitchell@wga.org.

The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) are labor unions representing writers in motion pictures, television, cable, digital media, and broadcast news. The Guilds negotiate and administer contracts that protect the creative and economic rights of their members; conduct programs, seminars, and events on issues of interest to writers; and present writers’ views to various bodies of government. For more information on the Writers Guild of America, East, visit www.wgaeast.org. For more information on the Writers Guild of America, West, visit www.wga.org.