From a media release:
Every powerful show, movie or webseries comes from an equally powerful script — the work of talented screenwriters. The WGC Screenwriting Awards celebrate Canadian screenwriters and the scripts they write in a gala evening hosted this year by Gavin Crawford, writer, comedian, and host of CBC Radio’s Because News. Gavin’s long-time accomplice, screenwriter Kyle Tingley, is this year’s awards show writer.
In contention: scripts from shows, films, and webseries including Alias Grace (Sarah Polley), Cardinal (Aubrey Nealon), Mary Kills People (Tara Armstrong), Kim’s Convenience (Matt Kippen, Anita Kapila), Letterkenny (Jared Keeso & Jacob Tierney), Allure (Carlos & Jason Sanchez), The Hundred-Year-Old-Whale (Mark Leiren-Young), Spiral (Karen McClellan), The Bagel and Becky Show (Evan Thaler Hickey) and many others. Please see below for the complete list of categories and finalists.
CHILDREN’S
The Bagel and Becky Show, Season 1 “The 12 Quadrillion Days of Christmas”
Written by Evan Thaler Hickey
Mysticons, Season 1 “Heart of Gold”
Written by Elize Morgan
Mysticons, Season 1 “Sisters in Arms”
Written by Sean Jara
DOCUMENTARY
The Hundred-Year-Old Whale
Written by Mark Leiren-Young
The Road Forward
Written by Marie Clements
The Taming of the Queue
Written by Josh Freed
FEATURE FILM
Allure
Written by Carlos & Jason Sanchez
Entanglement
Written by Jason Filiatrault
Indian Horse
Written by Dennis Foon
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Written by Susan Coyne
MOW AND MINISERIES
Alias Grace “Part 5”
Written by Sarah Polley
Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew
Written by Susan Coyne
Bruno & Boots: This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall!
Written by Adam Barken & Mike McPhaden
Bruno & Boots: The Wizzle War
Written by Mike McPhaden
BEST SCRIPT FROM SEASON ONE
Anne, Season 1 “I Am No Bird, and No Net Ensnares Me”
Written by Moira Walley-Beckett
Bellevue, Season 1 “You Don’t Understand Me At All”
Written by Jane Maggs
Ghost Wars, Season 1 “Whatever Happened to Maggie Rennie”
Written by Rachel Langer
SHORTS AND WEBSERIES
The Drop In
Written by Naledi Jackson
Hotel Transylvania: “Who’s the Boss?”
Written by Mike D’Ascenzo
Spiral, Episode 101 “The Girl in the Dream”
Written by Karen McClellan
TV COMEDY
Kim’s Convenience, Season 2 “Business Award”
Written by Matt Kippen
Kim’s Convenience, Season 2 “Resting Place”
Written by Anita Kapila
Letterkenny, Season 2 “Relationships”
Written by Jared Keeso & Jacob Tierney
Still Standing, Season 3 “Fort McMurray”
Written by Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden and Steve Dylan
TV DRAMA
Cardinal, Season 1 “John Cardinal”
Written by Aubrey Nealon
Mary Kills People, Season 1 “Bloody Mary”
Written by Tara Armstrong
Pure, Season 1 “Ordination”
Written by Michael Amo
X Company, Season 3 “Promises”
Written by Nicolas Billon
TWEENS & TEENS
Degrassi: Next Class, Season 4 “#FactsOnly”
Written by Courtney Jane Walker
Degrassi: Next Class, Season 4 “#RollUpToTheClubLike”
Written by Matt Huether
Raising Expectations, Season 1 “Food Fight at the Algonquin”
Written by Barbara Haynes
The Stanley Dynamic, Season 2 “The Stanley Cheer”
Written by Matt Kippen
