2009 Canadian Screenwriter Awards

More than 600 people helped celebrate Canada's screenwriters at the 2009 WGC Screenwriting Awards.

And the Awards went to...

ANIMATION

Ricky Sprocket, Showbiz Boy “The Perfect Family”

Written by Shane Simmons

CHILDREN & PRESCHOOL

Captain Flamingo “Comic Slip”

Written by Christin Simms

DOCUMENTARY

Passage

Documentary Script Written by John Walker

EPISODIC ½ hour

Corner Gas “Full Load”

Written by Brent Butt

EPISODIC 1 hour

Flashpoint “Who’s George?”

Written by Adam Barken

FEATURE FILM

Blindness

Screenplay by Don McKellar

MOW & MINISERIES

Mayerthorpe

Written by Andrew Wreggitt

RADIO DRAMA

Afghanada “The Lotus Eater - Part 1 of 3”

Written by Greg Spottiswood

SHORT FILM

Awkward

Written by Kellie Ann Benz

VARIETY

This Hour Has 22 Minutes XVI “Episode 1”

Head Writer: Jennifer Whalen / Written by Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen, Albert Howell, Tim McAuliffe, Dean Jenkinson, Geri Hall, Nathan Fielder

YOUTH

The Latest Buzz “The Gala Issue”

Written by Brent Piaskoski

WGC Special Awards:

The WGC Showrunner Award – Mark Farrell (Corner Gas, 22 Minutes)

The Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize  - Cold Rush by Riley Adams

The WGC Writers Block Award – Karen Walton (Ginger Snaps, Ink Canada)

The WGC Screenwriting Awards is grateful to all of its 2009 sponsors:

Supporting Sponsors

Platinum

Gold

CBC

Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)

Green and Chercover, Barristers & Solicitors

Shaftesbury Films

Temple Street Productions Inc.