Press Room
2019
March 18
WGA Issues New Report - "Agencies For Sale"
A new report from the WGA sheds light on how the $3 billion in investments into Hollywood’s largest talent agencies, William Morris Endeavor and Creative Artists Agency, is upending Hollywood talent representation.
March 04
Writers Guild of America West Announces 2019 TV Writer Access Project Honorees
The WGAW has announced its 2019 TV Writer Access Project honorees: 21 diverse writers whose work has been cited by a committee of high-level writers and showrunners in Comedy (Half-Hour) and Drama (One-Hour) script categories.
February 17
2019 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced Tonight
The WGAW and the WGAE tonight announced the winners of the 2019 Writers Guild Awards.
February 04
Presenters Talent Line-Up Announced for 2019 Writers Guild Awards West Coast Show
The WGAW has announced its initial talent line-up of presenters scheduled to appear at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony
January 31
Vice Screenwriter-Director Adam McKay to Receive WGAW’s 2019 Paul Selvin Award
Acclaimed screenwriter-director Adam McKay is set to receive the 2019 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in writing for his audacious and subversively comic film Vice.
January 28
French Filmmaker Agnès Varda to Receive WGAW’s 2019 Jean Renoir Award for International Screenwriting Achievement
French filmmaker Agnès Varda, whose innovative, unconventional films helped define France’s New Wave cinema, has been named the recipient of the WGAW’s 2019 Jean Renoir Award.
January 16
Orange Is the New Black and Weeds Creator Jenji Kohan to Receive WGAW’s 2019 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement
Television series creator-showrunner Jenji Kohan has been named the recipient of the WGAW’s 2019 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement.
January 13
Writers Walk the Walk with UTLA
In support of the striking members of UTLA, WGAW has adopted Hancock Park Elementary School as its picket line location.
January 09
Screenwriters Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel to Receive 2019 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Veteran comedy screenwriting partners Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel have been named the recipients of the 2019 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
January 07
2019 Writers Guild Awards Screenplay and Videogame Writing Nominations Announced
The WGAW and the WGAE have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting and videogame writing during 2018.