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2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards Nominees

Congrats wgc awards nominees

Congratulations to the incredibly talented WGC members who have been selected as nominees for the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards! The announcement, which includes the complete list of nominees, is available here, and all nominees are also listed below.

The winners will be announced at the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards ceremony on Monday, April 28, 2025, at Koerner Hall in Toronto. More details are available here. (Tickets will go on sale February 14, 2025!)

Congratulations to all!

 

2025 WGC SCREENWRITING AWARDS NOMINEES

CHILDREN’S
Camp Snoopy, “Sally’s Tooth” | Written by Carly DeNure
Hamsters of Hamsterdale, “The Potato King” | Written by Madeleine Patton
Open Season: Call of Nature, “Cash Camp Pt 1 & 2” | Written by Mike Girard
Open Season: Call of Nature, “Squirrel Down” | Written by Joel Buxton 
Open Season: Call of Nature, “What a Chinook” | Written by Tom Berger
Zokie of Planet Ruby, “Los Muchos Amores de Earl” | Written by Dan Dillabough

 

COMEDY SERIES
Children Ruin Everything, “Bedtime” | Written by Andrew De Angelis
Don’t Even, “Skidmark, My Heart” | Written by Eva Thomas
Late Bloomer, “Heat Check” | Written by Lakna Edirisinghe
Late Bloomer, “The Turban” | Written by Jagjiwan Sohal
Late Bloomer, “Turn Down for What” | Written by Shebli Zarghami
Sort of, “Sort of Hospital Again” | Written by Tricia Fish

 

DRAMA SERIES
Allegiance, “8 x 6” | Written by Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern 
Allegiance, “The Legacy” | Written by Penny Gummerson
Allegiance, “Pilot” | Written by Anar Ali
Allegiance, “Safe Harbours” | Written by Anar Ali & Sarah Dodd
Murdoch Mysteries, “Rhapsody in Blood” | Written by Christina Ray
Wild Cards, “The Infinity Thief” | Written by Michael Konyves

 

DOCUMENTARY
Altona | Written by Heath Affolter, Nathan Affolter, Thomas Affolter, and Jon Affolter
Botanical Jungle, “Peony Extravaganza” | Written by Thomas Conway & Michael Sykora
Wilfred Buck | Written by Lisa Jackson

 

FEATURE FILM
The Invisibles | Story by Andrew Currie/Screenplay by Andrew Currie & Colin Aussant
Out Come the Wolves | Story by Joris Jarsky, Adam MacDonald, and Enuka Okuma/Screenplay by Enuka Okuma
Sharp Corner | Written by Jason Buxton
We Forgot to Break Up | Story by Pat Mills & Zoe Whittall/Screenplay by Noel Baker

 

MOW & MINISERIES
Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers | Written by Keri Ferencz
Guess Who | Written by Matt Wells, Ian Carpenter, and Aaron Martin 
Legend of the Lost Locket | Written by Michelle Ricci

 

PRESCHOOL
Dylan’s Playtime Adventures, “Dylan the Firefighter” | Written by Emer Connon
Go Togo, “Arctic Chill” | Written by Celeste Koon
Let’s Go, Bananas!, “Yelloween” | Written by Brandon Hackett
Let’s Go, Bananas!, “Papa the Daddy” | Written By Aaron Eves
Luna, Chip & Inkie Adventure Rangers Go, “Lights, Camera, Save Eagle Creek!” | Written by Shelley Hoffman & Robert Pincombe
Luna, Chip & Inkie Adventure Rangers Go, “Who’s Your Mama?” | Written by Tony Tran
Vida the Vet, “Kipp’s Dizzy Mystery” | Written by Gillian Pike

 

SHORT FILMS (UNDER 60 MINUTES)
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller – The Seven Ravens | Written by Simon Racioppa
Let Me In | Written by Joel Buxton
Memento Mori | Written by Emily Hurson & Andrew Moodie

 

SHORT SERIES (EPISODES UNDER 15 MINUTES)
Get Up Aisha, “Exercise” | Written by Nisha Khan, Rabiya Mansoor, and Marushka Almeida
Near or Far, “The Phone Call” | Written by Duana Taha
Nesting, “Money” | Written by Rosa Laborde
Space Janitors, “Clones War” | Written by Brendan Halloran
Stories from my Gay Grandparents, “Dodging Balls” | Written by Perrie Voss & Scott Farley

 

TWEEN & TEENS
Davey & Jonesie’s Locker, “Orange is the New Snack” | Written by Evany Rosen
Media Stamped, “What’s in a Frame?” | Written by Nicole Stamp
Popularity Papers, “Let’s Sick Together” | Written by JP Larocque & Vivian Lin 
Popularity Papers, “Odds Squads” | Written by Kyah Green & Vivian Lin 
Popularity Papers, “The Wonderful Wizard of Mapleview Part 2” | Written by Vivian Lin

 

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