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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”