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WGC Screenwriting Awards

Every powerful show, movie and web series requires an equally powerful script crafted by a skillful, innovative writer. Writers Guild of Canada members are those writers.

On Monday, May 13, 2024, hundreds gathered at Koerner Hall in Toronto to celebrate their talents at the 28th annual WGC Screenwriting Awards. 

We will be back again next year!

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2024 Winners!

The winners of the 28th annual WGC Screenwriting Awards were announced on May 13 at Koerner Hall in Toronto. The gala was hosted by the hilarious and multi-talented Jessica Holmes. Hundreds of Guild members, industry professionals, friends and family got together to celebrate the Canadian screenwriters behind the programming and films that audiences enjoy in Canada and around the world.

THE WINNERS

CHILDREN’S
Pinecone and Pony, “Hero Soup” | Written by Lienne Sawatsky

COMEDY SERIES
Workin' Moms, “It's Five O'Clock Somewhere” | Written by Enuka Okuma 

DRAMA SERIES
Little Bird, “Bineshi Kwe” | Written by Zoe Hopkins

FEATURE FILM
Irena's Vow | Written by Dan Gordon

The Burning Season | Written by Jonas Chernick & Diana Frances

MOW & MINISERIES
Bones of Crows, “To Be Here” | Written by Marie Clements

PRESCHOOL
Superbuns, “The Sweet Sound of Christmas” | Written by Suzanne Bolch & John May

SHORTS
I Will Bury You, “Depression” | Written by Ravi Steve Khajuria

TWEENS & TEENS
Popularity Papers, “Pain in the Bat Mitzvah” | Written by Jeff Detsky

SONDRA KELLY AWARD
Meredith Vuchnich 

ALEX BARRIS MENTORSHIP AWARD
Ben Joseph

DENIS McGRATH AWARD FOR SERVICE TO THE WGC
Alex Levine

SHOWRUNNER AWARD
Mark Haroun

Congratulations to all! Read the winners announcement. 
(The finalists are listed here.)

Our 2024 Host

Jessica Holmes

Jessica Holmes, Comedian & Mental Health Speaker 

You may know Jessica Holmes from The Holmes Show, Royal Canadian Air Farce or The Communist’s Daughter. As a comedian she has opened for Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld and Oprah Winfrey. She wrote the memoir Depression The Comedy and joined the Bell Let’s Talk team as a Celebrity Ambassador in 2018. She has become one of Canada’s most requested speakers for her funny mental health keynotes.

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2024 WGC Award Winners
Lienne Sawatsky
Lienne Sawatsky

Children’s
Pinecone and Pony, “Hero Soup”

Enuka Okuma
Enuka Okuma

Comedy Series
Workin' Moms, “It's Five O'Clock Somewhere”

Zoe Hopkins
Zoe Hopkins

Drama Series
Little Bird, “Bineshi Kwe”

Dan Gordon
Dan Gordon

Feature Film
Irena's Vow

Jonas Chernick
Jonas Chernick

Feature Film
The Burning Season

 

Diana Frances
Diana Frances

Feature Film
The Burning Season

Marie Clements
Marie Clements

MOW and Miniseries
Bones of Crows, “To Be Here”

Suzanne Bolch and John May
Suzanne Bolch & John May

Preschool
Superbuns, “The Sweet Sound of Christmas”

Ravi Steve Khajuria
Ravi Steve Khajuria

Shorts
I Will Bury You, “Depression”

Jeff Detsky
Jeff Detsky

Tweens and Teens
Popularity Papers, “Pain in the Bat Mitzvah”

Meredith Vuchnich
Meredith Vuchnich

Sondra Kelly Award

Ben Joseph
Ben Joseph

Alex Barris Mentorship Award

Alex Levine
Alex Levine

Denis McGrath Award for Service to the WGC

Mark Haroun
Mark Haroun

Showrunner Award

2023 WGC Award Winners
Christine Mitchell
Christine Mitchell

Children’s

The Guava Juice Show, “Adventure 9000”

kurt
Kurt Smeaton

Comedy Series
Children Ruin Everything, “Road Trips”

Jason
Jason Sherman

Documentary
My Tree

Marsha Greene
Marsha Greene

Drama Series
The Porter, “Episode 104”  

Clement
Clement Virgo

Feature Film
Brother 

Elver
David Elver

MOW & Miniseries
Written in the Stars

Ben Joseph
Ben Joseph

Preschool
Dino Ranch, “Wings Over Dino Ranch”

Mike
Mike D’Ascenzo

Preschool
Dino Ranch, “Wings Over Dino Ranch”

Darrin Rose
Darrin Rose

Shorts & Web Series
Second Life

veronika
Veronika Paz

Tweens & Teens
Astrid & Lilly Save the World, “One Rib” 

Adrian
Adrian Morphy

Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize
for The 300 Year Old Man

Laura Good
Laura Good

The Sondra Kelly Award

Susin
Susin Nielsen

WGC Showrunner Award

2022 WGC Award Winners
Michael
Michael McGowan

Feature
All My Puny Sorrows

LE
Lakna Edilima

Children's
Odd Squad Mobile Unit
"H2 Oh No"

JP
James Phillips

MOW & Mini Series
As Gouda As It Gets

Michael F
Michael Foulke

Preschool
Elinor Wonders Why, “Olive’s Tree”

MP
Maddi Patton

Shorts
My Pride: The Series, “Fire” 

Bilal and Fab
Bilal Baig & Fab Filippo

Comedy Series
Sort Of, "Sort of Gone"

Amanda Joy
Amanda Joy

Tweens & Teens
The Parker Andersons I Amelia Parker, “Joy”

Pretty Hard cases
Tassie Cameron & Sherry White

Drama
Pretty Hard Cases, “Bananas”