RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes have been named recipients of WGAW’s 2025 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of their writing of Nickel Boys.

*Writers Guild Awards show clip use for media rebroadcast is limited to a total of ten minutes maximum length. 2025 WGA show highlights on WGAW’s YouTube Channel 2025 WGA show highlights on WGAE’s ...

Los Angeles – Iconic screenwriter and director David Lynch—writer of Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Mulholland Drive (2001), and more—has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of ...

Los Angeles – Multiple Primetime Emmy- and Writers Guild Award-winning film and television writer, director, and producer Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) has been named the recipient ...

Los Angeles – WGAW is excited to announce that standup comedian, writer, and actor Joel Kim Booster will be hosting the 2025 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, ...

The MBA is the collective bargaining agreement that covers most of the work done by WGA writers. If you have questions regarding the application or interpretation of its provisions, contact the ...

The Board of Directors will consider requests from individuals or companies to be removed from the Strike/Unfair List. In such cases, the Board will examine the facts and circumstances concerning the ...

Are you frustrated by company business affairs reps that take too long to draft a long form contract? Do you find terms included in the company's draft of a contract that you didn't negotiate, expect ...

The WGAW’s Political Department advocates on public policy issues of direct concern to writers and the Guild and also oversees contributions to the WGAW PAC. Our goal is to educate and organize broad ...

If you are currently displaced by the fires and need financial assistance, WGAW Good & Welfare emergency assistance loans are available. In this time of crisis, the Guild will expedite this assistance ...

The MBA requires that studios pay writers within seven days, whether that’s commencement of writing, delivery of a writing step, or your weekly services. After seven days, late payments accrue ...