Greg David / TV, Eh?
The Writers Guild of Canada is pleased to announce this year’s WGC Screenwriting Awards finalists. These are the only awards in Canada to focus solely on screenwriting talent. Screenwriters’ scripts for Kim’s Convenience, Odd Squad, Letterkenny, X Company, Private Eyes, Wynonna Earp, 19-2, Degrassi: Next Class and more are up for awards.
The 2017 awards mark the return of a talented duo: Awards host, screenwriter, stand-up comedian, and actor Laurie Elliott, and awards show writer, screenwriter and stand-up comedian Terry McGurrin.
This year the WGC introduces a new category, Best Script from a Rookie Series. Other awards categories include: Children’s, Documentary, Feature Film, MOW and Miniseries, TV Comedy, TV Drama, and Tweens & Teens.
The WGC congratulates all of our awards finalists. Please see below for the full list of nominated screenwriters and scripts.
CHILDREN’S
Numb Chucks, Season 2 “The Chucks Get Stuck in a Hole”
Written by Josh Gal
Odd Squad, Season 2 “Drop Gadget Repeat”
Written by Tim McKeon
Odd Squad, Season 2 “Failure to Lunch”
Written by Mark De Angelis
DOCUMENTARY
Not Criminally Responsible: Wedding Secrets
Written by John Kastner
Quebec My Country Mon Pays
Written by John Walker
FEATURE FILM
ARQ
Written by Tony Elliott
Maudie
Written by Sherry White
Two Lovers and a Bear
Written by Kim Nguyen
MOW AND MINISERIES
Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool
Written by Adam Barken
Odd Squad: The Movie
Story by Mark De Angelis, Tim McKeon / Teleplay by Mark De Angelis, Tim McKeon, Adam Peltzman
Unclaimed
Written by Dennis Foon
BEST SCRIPT FROM A ROOKIE SERIES
Letterkenny, Season 1 “Ain’t No Reason to Get Excited”
Written by Jared Keeso & Jacob Tierney
Private Eyes, Season 1 “Family Jewels”
Written by Shelley Eriksen
Second Jen, Season 1 “Couch Surfing”
Written by Amanda Joy & Samantha Wan
Wynonna Earp, Season 1 “Bury Me With My Guns On”
Written by Alexandra Zarowny
TV COMEDY
Kim’s Convenience, Season 1 “Ddong Chim”
Written by Garry Campbell
Kim’s Convenience, Season 1 “Janet’s Photos”
Written by Ins Choi & Kevin White
Letterkenny, Season 1 “Super Soft Birthday”
Written by Jared Keeso & Jacob Tierney
TV DRAMA
19-2, Season 3 “Fall”
Written by Nikolijne Troubetzkoy
This Life, Season 2 “Destruction as Creation”
Written by Celeste Parr
X Company, Season 2 “August 19th”
Written by Stephanie Morgenstern & Mark Ellis
TWEENS & TEENS
Degrassi: Next Class, Season 2 “#CheckYourPrivilege”
Written by Cole Bastedo
Degrassi: Next Class, Season 1 “#TeamFollowBack”
Written by Ian MacIntyre
Degrassi: Next Class, Season 2 “#TurntUp”
Written by Courtney Jane Walker
Degrassi: Next Class, Season 1 “#YesMeansYes”
Written by Alejandro Alcoba