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Canadian Screenwriter

Summer 2021 issue

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WGC’s 2023 Comedy, Drama and Teen/Tween Winners (Oct. 27, 2023)

In this episode of Writers Talking Screen - The Podcast, WGC Screenwriting Awards (2023) winners Kurt Smeaton (CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING), Marsha Greene (THE PORTER), and Veronika Paz (ASTRID & LILLY SAVE THE WORLD) talk to Amanda Joy (AMELIA PARKER) about how to handle rejection (and success), the state of the industry, tips for moving up from a script coordinator position to a staffed writer, and what NOT to do in a job interview.

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Canadian Screenwriter

2021 WGC Award Winners
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Mark De Angelis

Children’s
Odd Squad Mobile Unit, “Slow Your Roll” 

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Daniel Levy

Comedy Series
Schitt’s Creek, “Happy Ending”

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Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden, Steve Dylan

Documentary
Still Standing, “Rankin Inlet”  

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MIchelle Latimer, Tony Elliott, Penny Gummerson

Drama Series
Trickster, "Ep. 105" 

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Tracey Deer & Meredith Vuchnich

Feature Film
Beans

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Becky Southwell & Dylan Neal

MOW & Miniseries
Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day

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J.J. Johnson

Preschool
Dino Dana, “The Sound of Dinosaurs” 

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Simone Swan & The Affolter Brothers

Shorts & Webseries
Time to Fly

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Joseph Mallozzi & R.T. Thorne

Tweens & Teens
Utopia Falls, “The World is Yours”

2020 WGC Award Winners
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Mark Steinberg

Children's
Hotel Transylvania: The Series, “Better Know Your Mavis” 

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Jann Arden & Jennica Harper

Comedy Series
JANN, “The Big House”
Story by Jann Arden & Jennica Harper, Teleplay by Jennica Harper
 

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Nance Ackerman & Ariella Pahlke & Teresa MacInnes

Documentary
Conviction

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Noelle Carbone

Drama Series
Coroner, “All’s Well”

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Laura Phillips

Feature Film
Sweetness in the Belly

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David Elver & Andrea Stevens

MOW & Miniseries
Thicker Than Water

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J.J. Johnson & Christin Simms & Amish Patel

Preschool
Dino Dana, “Dino Prints”

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Fabrizio Filippo

Shorts & Webseries
Save Me, “Birdie’s End”

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Emma Campbell

Tweens & Teens
Creeped Out, “The Takedown”