Los premios WGA se conceden desde 1933 por el Gremio de Escritores de América (Writers Guild of America), que se divide en dos secciones (Este y Oeste) y que también funciona como sindicato.
Este año los nominados en las categorías de Cine y Televisión son los siguientes:
CINE
Nominados a mejor guion original
- “The Big Sick”, Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
- “Get Out”, Jordan Peele
- “I, Tonya”, Steven Rogers
- “Lady Bird”, Greta Gerwig
- “The Shape of Water”, Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor
- “Call Me by Your Name”, James Ivory
- “The Disaster Artist”, Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
- “Logan”, Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
- “Molly's Game”, Aaron Sorkin
- “Mudbound”, Virgil Williams & Dee Rees
- “Betting on Zero”, Theodore Braun
- “Jane”, Brett Morgen
- “No Stone Unturned”, Alex Gibney
- “Oklahoma City”, Barak Goodman
TELEVISIÓN
Nominados a mejor guion de serie dramática
- “The Americans”, Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson
- “Better Call Saul”, Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Jonathan Glatzer, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith
- “Game of Thrones”, David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, D.B. Weiss
- “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman
- “Stranger Things”, Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Kate Trefry
- “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, Larry David, Jon Hayman, Justin Hurwitz, Jeff Schaffer
- “GLOW”, Kristoffer Diaz, Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Carly Mensch, Emma Rathbone, Sascha Rothchild, Rachel Shukert
- “Master of None”, Aniz Adam Ansari, Aziz Ansari, Andrew Blitz, Zoe Jarman, Cord Jefferson, Sarah Peters, Sarah Schneider, Michael Schur, Leila Strachan, Gene Stupnitsky, Lakshmi Sundaram, Lena Waithe, Jason Woliner, Alan Yang
- “Silicon Valley”, Alec Berg, Shawn Boxe, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, Andrew Law, Rachele Lynn, Dan O’Keefe, Meghan Pleticha, Chris Provenzano, Clay Tarver, Graham Wagner, Aaron Zelman
- “Veep”, Gabrielle Allan, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Jennifer Crittenden, Alex Gregory, Steve Hely, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Dan Mintz, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith
- “American Vandal”, Seth Cohen, Lauren Herstik, Dan Lagana, Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus, Jessica Meyer, Dan Perrault, Amy Pocha, Mike Rosolio, Tony Yacenda
- “The Deuce”, Megan Abbott, Marc Henry Johnson, Lisa Lutz, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, Will Ralston, David Simon, Chris Yakaitis
- “GLOW”, Kristoffer Diaz, Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Carly Mensch, Emma Rathbone, Sascha Rothchild, Rachel Shukert
- “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman
- “Ozark”, Whit Anderson, Bill Dubuque, Ryan Farley, Alyson Feltes, Paul Kolsby, Chris Mundy, Mark Williams, Ning Zhou, Martin Zimmerman
- “The Book of Nora” (The Leftovers), Tom Perrotta & Damon Lindelof
- “Chicanery” (Better Call Saul), Gordon Smith
- “The Heart Attack is the Best Way” (Good Behavior), Chad Hodge
- “Homecoming” (The OA), Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij
- “Slip” (Better Call Saul), Heather Marion
- “The Soviet Division” (The Americans), Joe Weisberg & Joel Fields
- “The Burglary” (Grace and Frankie), Brendan McCarthy & David Budin
- “Intervention” (The Carmichael Show), Willie Hunter
- “Judge” (Veep), Ted Cohen
- “Rosario’s Quinceanera” (Will & Grace), Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally
- “The Verdict”, Jeff Astrof