56th Writers Guild of America Awards (2004)

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay

	American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
	Cold Mountain - Anthony Minghella
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
	Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
	Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

Best Original Screenplay

	Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
	Bend It Like Beckham - Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges
	Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight
	In America - Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan;
	The Station Agent - Tom McCarthy

Television

Best Episodic Drama

	Day 2: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M - 24 - Evan Katz
	Bounty - Law & Order - Michael S. Chernuchin
	Loss - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
	Abomination - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
	Pilot - The O.C. - Josh Schwartz
	Disaster Relief - The West Wing - Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt

Best Episodic Comedy

	No Sex, Please, We're Skittish - Frasier - Bob Daily
	Malcolm Films Reese - Malcolm in the Middle - Dan Kopelman
	Day Care - Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy and Neil Thompson
	A Woman's Right to Shoes - Sex and the City - Jenny Bicks

Best Original Long Form Screenplay

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself - Larry Gelbart

Best Adapted Long Form Screenplay

Out of the Ashes - Anne Meredith Bastogne

Best Animation Screenplay

The Simpsons - Matt Selman For The Dad Who Knew Too Little (2003)