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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.
2021 WGC Award Winners

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

Daniel Levy
Comedy Series
Schitt’s Creek, “Happy Ending”

Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden, Steve Dylan
Documentary
Still Standing, “Rankin Inlet”

MIchelle Latimer, Tony Elliott, Penny Gummerson
Drama Series
Trickster, "Ep. 105"

Tracey Deer & Meredith Vuchnich
Feature Film
Beans

Becky Southwell & Dylan Neal
MOW & Miniseries
Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day

J.J. Johnson
Preschool
Dino Dana, “The Sound of Dinosaurs”

Simone Swan & The Affolter Brothers
Shorts & Webseries
Time to Fly

Joseph Mallozzi & R.T. Thorne
Tweens & Teens
Utopia Falls, “The World is Yours”
2020 WGC Award Winners

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

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

Nance Ackerman & Ariella Pahlke & Teresa MacInnes
Documentary
Conviction

Noelle Carbone
Drama Series
Coroner, “All’s Well”

Laura Phillips
Feature Film
Sweetness in the Belly

David Elver & Andrea Stevens
MOW & Miniseries
Thicker Than Water

J.J. Johnson & Christin Simms & Amish Patel
Preschool
Dino Dana, “Dino Prints”

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

Emma Campbell
Tweens & Teens
Creeped Out, “The Takedown”