Download the 2021 Writers Guild Awards Nominated Screenplays

Download the 2021 Writers Guild Awards Nominated Screenplays

The 73rd annual dual-coast Writers Guild Awards will be held Sunday, March 21, in separate ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
These two sites explain (in excruciating detail) why certain scripts were ineligible for WGA recognition:
Gold Derby
Awards Daily
Click the titles below and download the scripts you find interesting - these links will expire soon! Enjoy!
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King
Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
Screenplay by Andy Siara
Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Sound of Metal
Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder
Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Written by Aaron Sorkin
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
Based on Characters Created by Sacha Baron Cohen
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Based on the Play Written by August Wilson
News of the World
Screenplay by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies
Based upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles
One Night in Miami
Screenplay by Kemp Powers
Based on the Stage Play "One Night in Miami" by Kemp Powers
The White Tiger
Screenplay by Ramin Bahrani
Based on the Book "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga
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About the Author

Alan C. Baird
Playwright, Screenwriter, Author, Filmmaker
Alan enjoys referring to himself in the third person, and was inordinately pleased when ABC-TV's "Max Headroom" series purchased his debut student film, widely hailed as "the most uncommercial piece of ____ in Michigan State's history." Born down east, he now lives just a stone's throw from Phoenix....