69th Writers Guild of America Awards
award ceremony for screenwriting of 2016
The 69th Writers Guild of America Awards honor the best in film, television, radio and video-game writing of 2016. Winners were announced on February 19, 2017, at Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California. The nominations for Television, New Media, Radio, News and Promotional Writing were announced on December 5, 2016, while, the Theatrical and Documentary Screenplay nominees were announced on January 4, 2017, and the Videogame Writing nominees was announced on January 12, 2017.
The show was hosted by Patton Oswalt.
Nominees
Film
Television
Documentary
News
Radio
Promotional Writing
Videogaming Writing
References
5. †† indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay which in this case was nominated and won in Best Original Screenplay at WGA. † indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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