78th Writers Guild of America Awards (2026)

Film
Best Original Screenplay
Sinners - Ryan Coogler
Black Bag - David Koepp
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - Mary Bronstein
Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Weapons - Zach Cregger
Best Adapted Screenplay
One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson; screen story by Paul Thomas Anderson; inspired by the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Bugonia - Will Tracy; based on the film Save the Green Planet by Jang Joon-hwan
Frankenstein - Guillermo del Toro; based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Hamnet - Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell; based on the novel by O'Farrell
Train Dreams - Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar; based on the novella by Denis Johnson
Best Documentary Screenplay
2000 Meters to Andriivka - Mstyslav Chernov
Becoming Led Zeppelin - Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty
White with Fear - Andrew Goldberg
Television
Drama Series
The Pitt (HBO Max) - Cynthia Adarkwa, Simran Baidwan, Valerie Chu, R. Scott Gemmill, Elyssa Gershman, Joe Sachs, Noah Wyle
Andor (Disney+) - Tom Bissell, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Beau Willimon
Pluribus (Apple TV) - Vera Blasi, Jenn Carroll, Vince Gilligan, Jonny Gomez, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock
Severance (Apple TV) - Adam Countee, Mohamad El Masri, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Anna Ouyang Moench, K.C. Perry, Megan Ritchie, Erin Wagoner, Beau Willimon, Wei-Ning Yu
The White Lotus (HBO Max) - Mike White
Comedy Series
The Studio (Apple TV) - Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen
Abbott Elementary (ABC) - Quinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Lizzy Darrell, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Chad Morton, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Rebekka Pesqueira, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubenstein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner
The Chair Company (HBO Max) - Zach Kanin, Gary Richardson, Tim Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, John Solomon
Hacks (HBO Max) - Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Law, Carolyn Lipka, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Bridget Parker, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky
The Rehearsal (HBO Max) - Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola
New Series
The Pitt (HBO Max) - Cynthia Adarkwa, Simran Baidwan, Valerie Chu, R. Scott Gemmill, Elyssa Gershman, Joe Sachs, Noah Wyle
The Chair Company (HBO Max) - Zach Kanin, Gary Richardson, Tim Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, John Solomon
Pluribus (Apple TV) - Vera Blasi, Jenn Carroll, Vince Gilligan, Jonny Gomez, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock
The Studio (Apple TV) - Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen
Task (HBO Max) - Brad Ingelsby & David Obzud
Limited Series
Dying for Sex (FX/Hulu) - Sheila Callaghan, Harris Danow, Madeleine George, Elizabeth Meriwether, Amelia Roper, Kim Rosenstock, Sasha Stewart, Sabrina Wu, Keisha Zollar
The Beast in Me (Netflix) - Howard Gordon, C.A. Johnson, Ali Liebegott, Daniel Pearle, Gabe Rotter, Erika Sheffer, Mike Skerrett
Black Rabbit (Netflix) - Zach Baylin, Sarah Gubbins, Kate Susman, Andrew Hinderaker, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Carlos Rios
Death by Lightning (Netflix) - Mike Makowsky
Sirens (Netflix) - Bekah Brunstetter, Dan LeFranc, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler
Episodic Drama
"7:00 A.M." - The Pitt (HBO Max) - R. Scott Gemmill
"A Still Small Voice" - Task (HBO Max) - Brad Ingelsby
"Charm Offensive" - Pluribus (Apple TV) - Jonny Gomez
"Execution" - The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) - Eric Tuchman
"Got Milk" - Pluribus (Apple TV) - Ariel Levine
"Reunion" - Forever (Netflix) - Mara Brock Akil
Episodic Comedy
"Prelude" - The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max) - John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley, Danny R. McBride
"A Call From God" - Mo (Netflix) - Mohammed Amer & Harris Danow
"Pilot's Code" - The Rehearsal (HBO Max) - Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola
"The Promotion" - The Studio (Apple TV) - Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Peter Huyck & Alex Gregory & Frida Perez
"The Sleazy Georgian" - Poker Face (Peacock) - Megan Amram
"Worms" - The Bear (FX/Hulu) - Ayo Edebiri & Lionel Boyce
TV & New Media Motion Pictures
Deep Cover (Prime Video) - Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow
The Best You Can (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) - Michael J. Weithorn
The Life List (Netflix) - Adam Brooks; based on the novel by Lori Nelson Spielman
Swiped (Hulu) - Bill Parker & Rachel Lee Goldenberg and Kim Caramele
Animation
"Shira Can’t Cook" - Long Story Short (Netflix) - Mehar Sethi
“Abe League of Their Moe” - The Simpsons (Fox) - Joel H. Cohen
"Don’t Worry, Be Hoopy" - Bob's Burgers (Fox) - Lindsey Stoddart
"It’s a Beef-derful Life" - The Great North (Fox) - Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin & Wendy Molyneux
"Parahormonal Activity" - The Simpsons (Fox) - Loni Steele Sosthand
"Scared Screenless" - Futurama (Hulu) - Bill Odenkirk