TORONTO – Scripts from TV series Cardinal and Schitt’s Creek were among the winners Monday at the Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards in Toronto.
Winners of the night’s top prizes included Sarah Dodd (Cardinal: Blackfly Season), Daegan Fryklind (The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco), Rupinder Gill (Schitt’s Creek) and Michael McNamara (Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit).
WGC special awards were also presented at the gala, with the WGC Showrunner Award going to Emily Andras (pictured), the McGrath Service Award to Bruce Smith, the Sondra Kelly Award to Jinder Oujla-Chalmers, and the Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize awarded to both Pat Holden for Mirsada and Amir Kahnamouee for Harbour House.
Other 2019 winners include:
Children’s
– Wishfart “I Wear This Hat Ironically,” written by Josh Sager & Jerome Simpson
Feature Film
– 22 Chaser, written by Jeremy Boxen
MOW & Miniseries
– Odd Squad: World Turned Odd, written by Tim McKeon
Shorts & Webseries
– We’ve Come to the End of Our Time, written by Alex Epstein & Lisa Hunter
Tweens & Teens
– Star Falls “The Picnic Auction,” written by Cole Bastedo
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) represents more than 2,300 professional English-language screenwriters across Canada.
