WGAW’s 2024 Writers Guild Awards ceremony was hosted by Primetime Emmy and NAACP Image Award-winning actor-comedian Niecy Nash-Betts (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, When They See Us). Presenters ...

New York, NY – Members of the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) at Sesame Workshop voted unanimously, with 100% participation, to authorize a strike if ...

New York, NY – Members of the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) at Sesame Workshop and management reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year ...

Los Angeles – Former Writers Guild of America West Senior Executive Jane Nefeldt died on April 16 in Hermosa Beach, CA, at age 71. Nefeldt joined the Guild in 1972 in the Operations Department, rose ...

Series creator Julian Fellowes' lavish period piece is also a pace-driven soap opera, set on a spectacular estate out in the English countryside of Yorkshire, home of the aristocratic Crawleys and ...

1. "Created by" Credit Determination. The WGA-determined "Created by" credit also determines the writer's eligibility for separated rights in a series. The "Created by" credit on a series is not ...

Over the past decade, deregulation and the growing dominance of streaming video have laid the groundwork for a media landscape where just three companies—Disney, Amazon, and Netflix—are poised to be ...

The Board of Directors will consider requests from individuals or companies to be removed from the Strike/Unfair List. In such cases, the Board will examine the facts and circumstances concerning the ...

The MBA is the collective bargaining agreement that covers most of the work done by WGA writers. If you have questions regarding the application or interpretation of its provisions, contact the ...

The history of the Writers Guild of America is one of a continuous struggle to expand and defend the creative rights and compensation of writers. Changes in the entertainment industry, often driven by ...

The mission of the TV Writer Access Project (“Project”) is to identify and provide increased access to Mid-Level WGAW members from groups that have been historically underemployed in television. The ...

The WGAW's Inclusion and Equity Department works with producers, studio and network executives, and writers to increase employment opportunities and the availability of writing assignments for writers ...