And the 2013 WGC Screenwriting Award winners are...

TORONTO – The TV series The L.A. Complex and Less Than Kind were among the winners Monday at the Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards.

More than 700 revelers from the film, TV and digital media industry came together for the WGC’s 17th annual gala presentation to congratulate the finalists and cheer the winners.

The co-creators of Flashpoint, Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, were recognized with the WGC Showrunner Award for their work on the series, which ended last year after five seasons.

Screenwriters Anne-Marie Perrotta, Simon Racioppa and Lienne Sawatsky received the WGC Writers Block Award for assisting the WGC at the bargaining table in obtaining minimum fees for animation writing.

The 2013 WGC Screenwriting Awards show was hosted by standup-up comedian and actor Ryan Belleville, and written by Bob Kerr of 22 Minutes.

And the 2013 winners are:

Animation	Sidekick “I, Sidebot” Written by Dan Williams & Lienne Sawatsky
Children & Youth	How To Be Indie “How To Make a Christmas Miracle” Written by John May & Suzanne Bolch
Documentary	A Sorry State Written by Mitch Miyagawa
Movies & Miniseries	The Phantoms Written by Andrew Wreggitt
Shorts & Webseries	Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library “#Creepy” Written by Julie Strassman-Cohn & Jill Golick
TV Comedy	Less Than Kind “Jerk Chicken” Written by Kim Coghill
TV Drama	The L.A. Complex “Down in L.A.” Written by Martin Gero
SPECIAL AWARDS
WGC Showrunner Award	Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern (Flashpoint)
The Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize	Wild Medicine by Adam Garnet Jones
Writers Block Award	Anne-Marie Perrotta, Simon Racioppa & Lienne Sawatsky

The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) represents more than 2,100 professional English-language screenwriters across Canada.