TORONTO — With the 2020 Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) Screenwriting Awards cancelled due to Covid-19, this year’s award winners were announced Monday night in a virtual presentation on the Guild’s YouTube channel, hosted by Canadian comedian and actor Gavin Crawford (pictured).
Winners of 2020’s top screenwriting prizes include Jann Arden and Jennica Harper in the comedy series category (Jann, “The Big House”), Noelle Carbone for best drama series writing (Coroner, “All’s Well”), Laura Phillips for best feature film screenplay (Sweetness in the Belly), and Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke and Teresa MacInnes for their documentary screenwriting work (Conviction).
WGC special awards were also presented, with the WGC Showrunner Award going to Dennis Heaton, the Sondra Kelly Award to Cynthia Knight, and the Alex Barris Mentorship Award to Nathalie Younglai.
The full list of winners of the 2020 WGC Screenwriting Awards can be found here. This year’s winners will be officially celebrated at next year’s ceremony, scheduled for April 26, 2021 in Toronto.
To watch Crawford’s presentation of the 2020 awards on WGC’s YouTube channel, please click here.
A digital program, listing all of the nominations, nominees and special awards winners, can be downloaded from the WGC’s website here.
