Canadian screenwriting awards
TheWGC Screenwriting Awards (previouslyCanadian Screenwriting Awards ) are administered by theWriters Guild of Canada , and are awarded to the best script for afeature film ,television orradio project produced within the Guild's jurisdiction, written by a guild member in good standing, and broadcast or released in North America or screened at a Canadian film festival for the first time in the previous year.[ 1]
In addition to the film, television and radio categories, special awards presented by the WGC include the Sondra Kelly Award for projects written by women, the Denis McGrath Service Award for distinguished contributions to the organization, and the Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize for the best unproduced new screenplay. In 2025, the program also took over administration of theMargaret Collier Award , a lifetime achievement award for television writing previously presented by theAcademy of Canadian Cinema and Television under theGemini Awards and theCanadian Screen Awards .[ 2]
Children & Preschool — Mary Crawford and Alan Templeton,King [ 3] Comedy & Variety —Brent Butt andPaul Mather ,Corner Gas [ 3] Documentary — Robert Duncan,Woodward's: The Competition [ 3] Drama, Half-Hour —Susin Nielsen ,Robson Arms [ 3] Drama, One Hour —Susan Coyne ,Bob Martin andMark McKinney ,Slings & Arrows [ 3] Feature Film — Wil Zmak,The Dark Hours [ 3] Radio Drama —Jason Sherman ,Graf : "Episode 1"[ 3] Youth — Jeff Biederman,Life with Derek [ 3] Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Josh Miller[ 3] Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Jason Hreno,Two Mountains [ 3] Writers Block Award — Fred Yackman[ 3] Children & Preschool — Kate Barris,If the World Were a Village [ 4] Comedy & Variety —Brent Butt and Kevin White,Corner Gas [ 4] Documentary —Barry Stevens ,The Bomber's Dream [ 4] Drama, Half-Hour — Laura Kosterski,Naked Josh [ 4] Drama, One Hour —Susan Coyne ,Bob Martin andMark McKinney ,Slings & Arrows [ 4] Feature Film —Sarah Polley ,Away from Her [ 4] MOW & Miniseries — John W. Doyle and Lisa Porter,Above and Beyond [ 4] Radio Drama — Andrew Moodie, Greg Nelson,Adam Pettle andJason Sherman ,Afghanada [ 4] Youth — Brent Piaskoski,Naturally Sadie [ 4] Showrunner Award — Brad White[ 4] Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize —Ryan Redford ,Bone [ 4] Writers Block Award — Sondra Kelly,Sugith Varughese [ 4] Children & Preschool —Kenn Scott ,Iggy Arbuckle [ 5] Documentary — Barri Cohen,Toxic Trespass [ 5] Drama Series, Half-Hour —Mark Farrell and Robert Sheridan,Corner Gas [ 5] Drama Series, One Hour —Denis McGrath andRobert Wertheimer ,Across the River to Motor City [ 5] Feature Film — Travis McDonald,Normal [ 5] MOW or Miniseries — Ian Weir,Dragon Boys [ 5] Radio Drama —Jason Sherman ,Adam Pettle and Greg Nelson,Afghanada [ 5] Variety — Kevin White,Mark Critch ,Irwin Barker ,Gavin Crawford ,Gary Pearson ,Jennifer Whalen ,Carolyn Taylor ,Albert Howell ,Dave Nystrom ,Geri Hall ,Todd Allen andTim McAuliffe ,This Hour Has 22 Minutes [ 5] Youth — Brent Piaskoski,Naturally Sadie [ 5] WGC Showrunner Award — Peter Mohan[ 5] Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Tony Elliott,Stranger Than You [ 5] Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Allan Magee[ 5] WGC Writers Block Award — Jack Blum, Jeremy Hole and Ann MacNaughton[ 5] Animation — Shane Simmons,Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy [ 6] Children & Preschool — Christin Simms,Captain Flamingo [ 6] Documentary —John Walker ,Passage [ 6] Episodic, Half-Hour —Brent Butt ,Corner Gas [ 6] Episodic, One Hour — Adam Barken,Flashpoint [ 6] Feature Film —Don McKellar ,Blindness [ 6] MOW & Miniseries —Andrew Wreggitt ,Mayerthorpe [ 6] Radio Drama —Greg Spottiswood ,Afghanada [ 6] Short Film — Kellie Ann Benz,Awkward [ 6] Variety —Mark Critch ,Gavin Crawford , Kyle Tingley,Jennifer Whalen ,Albert Howell ,Tim McAuliffe , Dean Jenkinson,Geri Hall andNathan Fielder ,This Hour Has 22 Minutes [ 6] Youth — Brent Piaskoski,The Latest Buzz [ 6] Showrunner Award —Mark Farrell [ 6] Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Riley Adams,Cold Rush [ 6] Writers Block Award —Karen Walton [ 6] Animation — Shelley Scarrow,Total Drama Action [ 7] Children & Preschool — Kate Barris,Max & Ruby [ 7] Documentary — Robert Lower,The Royal Winnipeg Ballet: 40 Years of One Night Stands [ 7] Episodic, Half-Hour — Garry Campbell,Less Than Kind [ 7] Episodic, One Hour — Robert C. Cooper,Stargate Universe [ 7] Feature Film —Jacob Tierney ,The Trotsky [ 7] MOW & Miniseries —John Krizanc ,The Summit [ 7] Radio Drama — Barbara Samuels,Afghanada [ 7] Short Subject — Jessie Gabe,Being Erica [ 7] Variety — Ed Macdonald,Mark Critch ,Gavin Crawford , Kyle Tingley,Albert Howell , Dean Jenkinson, Joanne O’Sullivan, Tara Doyle, Erik van Wyck, Mike Allison and Joey Case,This Hour Has 22 Minutes [ 7] Youth — Anita Kapila,How to Be Indie [ 7] Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Peter Mitchell[ 7] Showrunner Award —Heather Conkie [ 7] Writers Block Award — Rebecca Schechter[ 7] Animation — Dan Williams and Lienne Sawatsky,Sidekick [ 10] Children & Youth — John May and Suzanne Bolch,How to Be Indie [ 10] Comedy — Kim Coghill,Less Than Kind [ 10] Documentary — Mitch Miyagawa,A Sorry State [ 10] Drama — Martin Gero,The L.A. Complex [ 10] Movies & Miniseries —Andrew Wreggitt ,The Phantoms [ 10] Shorts & Webseries — Julie Strassman-Cohn and Jill Golick,Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library [ 10] Showrunner Award —Mark Ellis ,Stephanie Morgenstern [ 10] Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize —Adam Garnet Jones ,Wild Medicine [ 10] Writers Block Award — Anne-Marie Perrotta, Simon Racioppa, Lienne Sawatsky[ 10] Children — Evan Thaler Hickey,Numb Chucks [ 13] Comedy — Amanda Walsh,Schitt's Creek [ 13] Documentary —Josh Freed ,Deluged by Data [ 13] Drama — Russ Cochrane,Orphan Black [ 13] Feature Film — James Kee, Sarah Larsen, Doug Taylor andPascal Trottier ,A Christmas Horror Story [ 13] MOW & Miniseries —Clement Virgo andLawrence Hill ,The Book of Negroes [ 13] Shorts & Webseries —Michael Konyves ,Goldfish [ 13] Tweens & Teens —Jennica Harper ,Some Assembly Required [ 13] Showrunner Award — Frank van Keeken[ 13] Sondra Kelly Award — Penny Gummerson[ 13] Writers Block Award — Peter Mohan[ 13] Alex Barris Mentorship Award — Clive Endersby[ 13] Best New Series Script —Moira Walley-Beckett ,Anne with an E [ 15] Children's — Sean Jara,Mysticons [ 15] Comedy —Jared Keeso andJacob Tierney ,Letterkenny [ 15] Documentary —Mark Leiren-Young ,The Hundred-Year-Old Whale [ 15] Drama —Aubrey Nealon ,Cardinal [ 15] Feature Film — Jason Filiatrault,Entanglement [ 15] MOW & Miniseries —Sarah Polley ,Alias Grace [ 15] Shorts & Webseries — Karen McClellan,Spiral : "The Girl in the Dream"[ 15] Tweens & Teens — Matt Kippen,The Stanley Dynamic [ 15] Showrunner Award —Michael MacLennan [ 15] Alex Barris Mentorship Award —Sherry White [ 15] Sondra Kelly Award — Sarah Dodd[ 15] Best New Series Script — Daegan Fryklind,The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco [ 16] Children's — Josh Sager, Jerome Simpson,Wishfart [ 16] Comedy —Rupinder Gill ,Schitt's Creek [ 16] Documentary — Michael McNamara,Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit [ 16] Drama — Sarah Dodd,Cardinal: Blackfly Season [ 16] Feature Film — Jeremy Boxen,22 Chaser [ 16] MOW & Miniseries —Tim McKeon ,Odd Squad: World Turned Odd [ 16] Shorts & Webseries — Alex Epstein and Lisa Hunter,We’ve Come to the End of Our Time [ 16] Tweens & Teens — Cole Bastedo,Star Falls [ 16] Sondra Kelly Award — Jinder Oujla-Chalmers[ 16] Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Pat Holden,Mirsada and Amir Kahnamouee,Harbour House [ 16] Showrunner Award —Emily Andras [ 16] McGrath Service Award — Bruce Smith[ 16] Children — Mark Steinberg,Hotel Transylvania: The Series [ 17] Comedy —Jann Arden andJennica Harper ,Jann [ 17] Documentary — Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke and Teresa MacInnes,Conviction [ 17] Drama Series — Noelle Carbone,Coroner [ 17] Feature Film — Laura Phillips,Sweetness in the Belly [ 17] MOW & Miniseries — David Elver and Andrea Stevens,Thicker Than Water [ 17] Preschool —J. J. Johnson , Christin Simms and Amish Patel,Dino Dana [ 17] Shorts & Webseries —Fab Filippo ,Save Me [ 17] Tweens & Teens — Emma Campbell,Creeped Out [ 17] Sondra Kelly Award — Cynthia Knight[ 17] Alex Barris Mentorship Award —Nathalie Younglai [ 17] Showrunner Award —Dennis Heaton [ 17] Children — Mark De Angelis,Odd Squad Mobile Unit [ 18] Comedy —Daniel Levy ,Schitt's Creek Happy Ending "[ 18] Documentary —Jonny Harris ,Fraser Young ,Graham Chittenden andSteve Dylan ,Still Standing [ 18] Drama —Michelle Latimer , Tony Elliott and Penny Gummerson,Trickster [ 18] Feature Film —Tracey Deer andMeredith Vuchnich ,Beans [ 18] MOW & Miniseries — Becky Southwell and Dylan Neal,Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day [ 18] Preschool —J. J. Johnson ,Dino Dana [ 18] Shorts & Webseries — Simone Swan andThe Affolter Brothers ,Try to Fly [ 18] Tweens & Teens — Joseph Mallozzi andR. T. Thorne ,Utopia Falls [ 18] Sondra Kelly Award —Kate Hewlett [ 18] Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize — Travis McDonald,Magnificent [ 18] Showrunner Award —Morwyn Brebner [ 18] Children's — Christine Mitchell,The Guava Juice Show : "Adventure 9000"[ 20] Comedy —Kurt Smeaton ,Children Ruin Everything [ 20] Documentary —Jason Sherman ,My Tree [ 20] Drama —Marsha Greene ,The Porter [ 20] Feature Film —Clement Virgo ,Brother [ 20] MOW & Miniseries — David Elver,Written in the Stars [ 20] Preschool — Ben Joseph and Mike D'Ascenzo,Dino Ranch [ 20] Shorts & Webseries —Darrin Rose ,Second Life [ 20] Tweens & Teens — Veronika Paz,Astrid and Lilly Save the World [ 20] Sondra Kelly Award — Laura Good[ 20] Jim Burt Award — Adrian Morphy,The 300 Year Old Man [ 20] Showrunner Award —Susin Nielsen [ 20] Children's — Mike Girard,Open Season: Call of Nature [ 22] Comedy — Jagjiwan Sohal,Late Bloomer [ 22] Drama —Michael Konyves ,Wild Cards [ 22] Documentary —Heath Affolter ,Nathan Affolter ,Thomas Affolter andJon Affolter ,Altona [ 22] Feature Film —Jason Buxton ,Sharp Corner [ 22] MOW & Miniseries — Keri Ferencz,Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers [ 22] Preschool — Shelley Hoffman and Robert Pincombe,Luna, Chip & Inkie Adventure Rangers Go : “Lights, Camera, Save Eagle Creek!”[ 22] Short Films — Joel Buxton,Let Me In [ 22] Webseries — Brendan Halloran,Space Janitors [ 22] Tweens & Teens —Evany Rosen ,Davey & Jonesie's Locker [ 22] Sondra Kelly Award — Leah Johnston[ 22] Jim Burt Award — Faisal Lutchmedial[ 22] Showrunner Award — Matt Schiller[ 22] Margaret Collier Award —Andrew Wreggitt [ 2] ^ Wheeler, Brad (April 26, 2017)."Letterkenny, X Company among WGC Screenwriting Awards winners" .The Globe and Mail ^a b Nicholas Sokic,"Andrew Wreggit to receive WGC’s Margaret Collier Award" .Playback ^a b c d e f g h i j k "Screenwriting award winners" .Playback ^a b c d e f g h i j k l "Away from Her, Afghanada earn scriptwriting awards" .CBC News , April 24, 2007.^a b c d e f g h i j k l m Etan Vlessing,"Writers hand awards to Corner Gas, Motor City" .Playback ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Corner Gas, 22 Minutes pick up TV screenwriting honours" .CBC News , April 20, 2009.^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Diane Wild,"WGC Screenwriting Award winners announced" .TV, eh? , April 19, 2010. ^a b c d e f g h i j "Konyves wins screenwriting award for Barney's Version" .CBC News , April 11, 2011.^a b c d e f g h i j Danielle Ng See Quan,"Scribes exchange pens for prizes at WGC Screenwriting Awards" .Playback ^a b c d e f g h i j Danielle Ng See Quan,"LTK, L.A. 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