2024 Writers Guild Awards After Oscars, on April 14 After Writers Strike – The Hollywood Reporter
The Writers Guild of America’s 2024 WGA Awards have been pushed out of the Oscar season, the guild announced on Wednesday, in a surprising move that was ostensibly made to allow guild members greater time to submit work following the guild’s recently resolved months-long strike against the AMPTP.
The WGA Awards, even in normal times, are only tangentially connected to the rest of the awards season — unlike the other major guilds, their awards only consider work made under WGA terms, thereby disqualifying many indie and international productions. But the fact that the guild is moving its 76th annual ceremony to April 14, more than a month after the 2024 Oscars, which will be held on March 10, further disincentivizes studio lobbying of the guild and talent attendance at its awards, sources in those camps tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Here is the new timeline for the 2023-2024 WGA Awards season.
2023
NOVEMBER
Wed. Nov. 1 Submissions Open in ALL Categories: Screenplays (Original, Adapted, Documentary), Series (Drama, Comedy, Limited, New), TV-Radio/Audio-New Media Scripts and Paul Selvin Award (WGAW)
DECEMBER
Fri. Dec. 22 Deadline for submissions: Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited);
TV-Radio/Audio-New Media Scripts and Paul Selvin Award (WGAW)
2024
JANUARY
Mon. Jan. 22 Preliminary Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited) and Screenplay (Original and Adapted) online voting begins
FEBRUARY
Fri. Feb. 9 Deadline for Preliminary Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited) and Screenplay (Original and Adapted)
Wed. Feb. 21 Screenplay (Original, Adapted, Documentary) and Television, New Media, News, Radio/Audio, and Promotional Writing Nominations Announced
Fri. Feb. 23 Final Series & Screenplay online voting begins
MARCH
Thur. Mar. 7 Beyond Words: Writers Guild Awards-nominated screenwriters panel
Fri. Mar. 8 Deadline for Final Series & Screenplay online voting
TBA “And the Nominees Are…” Writers Guild Awards nominees panel
APRIL
Sun. April. 14 2024 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS (76TH Annual)
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
TV-Radio/Audio-New Media Script Submissions
Submission deadline: 5 p.m. (PT) on Friday, December 22, 2023
Drama, Comedy, Limited and New Series
Submission deadline: 5 p.m. (PT) on Friday, December 22, 2023
Paul Selvin Award
Submission deadline: 5 p.m. (PT) on Friday, December 22, 2023
Original and Adapted Screenplay
Submission deadline: 5 p.m. (PT) on Friday, December 22, 2023
Documentary Screenplay
Submission deadline: 5 p.m. (PT) on Friday, December 22, 2023
For specific questions about the Writers Guild Awards submissions process, including which category to submit your program in, please contact WGAW Senior Awards Administrator Jennifer Burt at 323-782-4569 or email: [email protected].
AWARDS ELIGIBILITY PERIODS
TV & New Media eligibility period: First broadcast or exhibited between Jan. 1, 2023 and Dec. 31, 2023
News & TV Documentary categories only (6A, 6B, 7A, 7B, 10, 11, 12, 16): First broadcast or exhibited between Nov. 1, 2022 and Oct. 31, 2023
Theatrical Screenplay eligibility period: Exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles for one week between Jan. 1, 2023 – Dec. 31, 2023
Documentary Screenplays: Exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles or New York for one week between Jan. 1, 2023 – Dec. 31, 2023