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{{WGA awards short description|works-year=2008}}
{{Infobox film awards
|number=61
|award=WGA Awards
|date=February 7, 2009
|organizer=[[Writers Guild of America, East]]<br>[[Writers Guild of America, West]]
|last=[[60th Writers Guild of America Awards|60th]]
|next=[[62nd Writers Guild of America Awards|62nd]]
}}

The '''61st [[Writers Guild of America Award]]s''' honored the best [[film writer|film]], [[television writer|television]], and [[video game writing|video game writers]] of 2008. Winners were announced on February 7, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1533 |title=Wga awards |access-date=2008-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128110416/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1533 |archive-date=2013-01-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Nominees==
Names in '''bold''' denote the winners.

===Film===

====Best Adapted Screenplay====
*''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' &ndash; [[Eric Roth]] (screenplay), Eric Roth and [[Robin Swicord]] (story); [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] (author)
*''[[The Dark Knight]]'' &ndash; [[Jonathan Nolan|Jonathan]] and [[Christopher Nolan]] (screenplay), Christopher Nolan and [[David S. Goyer]] (story); [[Bob Kane]] and [[Bill Finger]] (creators)
*''[[Doubt (2008 film)|Doubt]]'' &ndash; [[John Patrick Shanley]] (screenplay and playwright)
*''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]'' &ndash; [[Peter Morgan]] (screenplay and playwright)
*'''''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' &ndash; [[Simon Beaufoy]] (screenplay); [[Vikas Swarup]] (author)''' †

====Best Original Screenplay====
*''[[Burn After Reading]]''  &ndash; [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen and Ethan Coen]]
*'''''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]'' &ndash; [[Dustin Lance Black]]''' †
*''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]'' &ndash; [[Woody Allen]]
*''[[The Visitor (2007 drama film)|The Visitor]]'' &ndash; [[Tom McCarthy (director)|Tom McCarthy]]
*''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'' &ndash; [[Robert D. Siegel|Robert Siegel]]

====Best Documentary Feature Screenplay====
*''[[Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story]]'' - [[Stefan Forbes]] and Noland Walker
*''[[Chicago 10 (film)|Chicago 10]]'' - [[Brett Morgen]]
*''[[Fuel (film)|Fuel]]'' - Johnny O'Hara
*''[[Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson]]'' - [[Alex Gibney]]; from the words of [[Hunter S. Thompson]]
*'''''[[Waltz with Bashir]]'' - [[Ari Folman]]'''

===Television===

====Dramatic Series====
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|''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''
|[[Scott Buck]], [[Daniel Cerone]], [[Charles H. Eglee]], [[Drew Greenberg]], [[Adam E. Fierro]], [[Lauren Gussis]], [[Clyde Phillips (screenwriter)|Clyde Phillips]], [[Scott Reynolds (writer)|Scott Reynolds]], [[Melissa Rosenberg]], and [[Timothy Schlattman]]
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]''
|[[Bridget Carpenter]], [[Kerry Ehrin]], [[Brent Fletcher]], [[Jason Gavin (writer)|Jason Gavin]], [[Carter Harris]], [[Elizabeth Heldens]], [[David Hudgins]], [[Jason Katims]], [[Patrick Massett]], [[Aaron Rahsaan Thomas]], and [[John Zinman]]
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''
|[[Carlton Cuse]], [[Drew Goddard]], [[Adam Horowitz (screenwriter)|Adam Horowitz]], [[Christina M. Kim]], [[Edward Kitsis]], [[Damon Lindelof|Damon L. Lindelof]], [[Greggory Nations]], [[Kyle Pennington]], [[Elizabeth Sarnoff]], and [[Brian K. Vaughan]]
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|'''''[[Mad Men]]'''''
|'''[[Lisa Albert]], [[Jane Anderson]], [[Rick Cleveland]], [[David Isaacs (writer)|David Isaacs]], [[Andre Jacquemetton]], [[Maria Jacquemetton]], [[Marti Noxon]], [[Robin Veith]], and [[Matthew Weiner]]'''
|[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]
|-
|''[[The Wire (TV series)|The Wire]]''
|[[Ed Burns]], [[Chris Collins (writer)|Chris Collins]], [[Dennis Lehane]], [[David Mills (writer)|David Mills]], [[George Pelecanos]], [[Richard Price (writer)|Richard Price]], [[David Simon]], and [[William F. Zorzi]]
|[[HBO]]
|}

====Comedy Series====
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
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! width="120"|Title !! Writers !! width="80"|Network
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|'''''[[30 Rock]]'''''
|'''[[Jack Burditt]], [[Kay Cannon]], [[Robert Carlock]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Donald Glover]], [[Andrew Guest]], [[Matt Hubbard]], Jon Pollack, [[John Riggi]], [[Tami Sagher]], and [[Ron Weiner]]'''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]''
|[[Doug Ellin]], [[Jeremy Miller]], [[Ally Musika]], [[Steve Pink]], and [[Rob Weiss]]
|[[HBO]]
|-
|''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''
|[[Steve Carell]], [[Jennifer Celotta]], [[Greg Daniels]], [[Lee Eisenberg]], [[Brent Forrester]], Dan Goor [http://conanofthenight.com/writers/goor.html], [[Charlie Grandy]] [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334946/], [[Mindy Kaling]], [[Ryan Koh]], [[Lester Lewis]], [[Paul Lieberstein]], [[Warren Lieberstein]] [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509426/], [[B. J. Novak]], [[Michael Schur]], [[Aaron Shure]], [[Gene Stupnitsky]], and [[Halsted Sullivan]]
|NBC
|-
|''[[The Simpsons]]''
|[[J. Stewart Burns]], [[Daniel Chun]], [[Joel H. Cohen]], [[Kevin Curran (writer)|Kevin Curran]], [[John Frink]], [[Tom Gammill]], [[Stephanie Gillis]], [[Dan Greaney]], [[Reid Harrison]], [[Al Jean]], [[Billy Kimball]], [[Tim Long]], [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]], [[Bill Odenkirk]], [[Carolyn Omine]], [[Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne]], [[Michael Price (writer)|Michael Price]], [[Max Pross]], [[Mike Reiss]], [[Mike Scully]], [[Matt Selman]], [[Matt Warburton]], [[Jeff Westbrook]], [[Marc Wilmore]], and William Wright
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
|[[Roberto Benabib]], Mark A. Burley, [[Ron Fitzgerald]], David Holstein, [[Rolin Jones]], Brendan Kelly, [[Jenji Kohan]], [[Victoria Morrow]], and Matthew Salsberg
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|}

====New Series====
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
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|''[[Breaking Bad]]''
|[[Vince Gilligan]], [[Peter Gould]], [[Patty Lin]], and [[George Mastras]]
|[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]
|-
|''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
|[[J. J. Abrams]], [[Jason Cahill]], [[Julia Cho]], [[David H. Goodman]], [[Felicia Henderson]], [[Brad Caleb Kane]], [[Alex Kurtzman]], [[Darin Morgan]], [[J. R. Orci]], [[Roberto Orci]], [[Jeff Pinkner]], and [[Zack Whedon]]
|Fox
|-
|'''''[[In Treatment (U.S. TV series)|In Treatment]]'''''
|'''[[Rodrigo García (director)|Rodrigo García]], Bryan Goluboff, [[Davey Holmes]], William Meritt Johnson, [[Amy Lippman]], and Sarah Treem'''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|''[[Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)|Life On Mars]]''
|[[Josh Appelbaum]], [[Andre Nemec]], [[Scott Rosenberg]], Becky Hartman Edwards, [[David Wilcox (screenwriter)|David Wilcox]], Adele Lim, Bryan Oh, [[Tracy McMillan]], Sonny Postiglione, Phil M. Rosenberg, and Meredith Averill
|ABC
|-
|''[[True Blood]]''
|[[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]], [[Brian Buckner]], [[Raelle Tucker]], [[Alexander Woo]], [[Nancy Oliver]], and [[Chris Offutt]]
|HBO
|-
|}

====Episodic Drama====
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|"[[Don't Ever Change (House)|Don't Ever Change]]"
|''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
|[[Doris Egan]] & [[Leonard Dick]]
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|"Double Booked"
|''[[Burn Notice]]''
|[[Craig O'Neill]] & Jason Tracey
|[[USA (TV network)|USA]]
|-
|"[[Gray Matter (Breaking Bad)|Gray Matter]]"
|''[[Breaking Bad]]''
|[[Patty Lin]]
|[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]
|-
|'''"[[Pilot (Breaking Bad)|Pilot]]"'''
|'''''Breaking Bad'''''
|'''[[Vince Gilligan]]'''
|AMC
|-
|"Pilot"
|''[[Eli Stone]]''
|[[Greg Berlanti]] & [[Marc Guggenheim]]
|ABC
|-
|"There's Something About Harry"
|''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''
|[[Scott Reynolds (writer)|Scott Reynolds]]
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|}

====Episodic Comedy====
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
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! width="120"|Title !! width="120"|Series !! Writers !! width="80"|Network
|-
|"[[Believe in the Stars]]"
|''[[30 Rock]]''
|[[Robert Carlock]]
|[[NBC]]
|-
|"[[Cooter (30 Rock)|Cooter]]"
|''30 Rock''
|[[Tina Fey]]
|NBC
|-
|"[[Crime Aid]]"
|''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]''
|[[Charlie Grandy]]
|NBC
|-
|"[[Crush'd]]"
|''Ugly Betty''
|[[Tracy Poust]] & [[Jon Kinnally]]
|ABC
|-
|'''"[[Succession (30 Rock)|Succession]]"'''
|'''''30 Rock'''''
|'''[[Andrew Guest]] & [[John Riggi]]'''
|NBC
|-
|"Vote for This and I Promise to Do Something Crazy at the Emmys"
|''[[My Name Is Earl]]''
|[[Greg Garcia (producer)|Greg Garcia]]
|NBC
|-
|}

====Long Form - Original====
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|''[[An American Crime]]''
|[[Tommy O'Haver]] & Irene Turner
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|[[Pilot (Fringe)|Pilot (''Fringe'')]]
|[[J. J. Abrams]], [[Alex Kurtzman]] & [[Roberto Orci]]
|Fox
|-
|'''''[[Recount (film)|Recount]]'''''
|'''[[Danny Strong]]'''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|}

====Long Form - Adaptation====
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! width="200"|Title !! Writers !! width="80"|Network
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|''[[Generation Kill (TV series)|Generation Kill]]''
|"Stay Frosty" - Teleplay by [[Ed Burns]], Story by [[David Simon]] & Ed Burns, Based on the book by [[Evan Wright]]<br>
"Bomb in the Garden" - Teleplay by David Simon, Story by David Simon & Ed Burns, Based on the book by Evan Wright
|[[HBO]]
|-
|'''''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'''''
|"Join or Die" & "Independence" - Teleplay by '''Kirk Ellis'''; Based on the [[John Adams (book)|book]] by [[David McCullough]])
|HBO
|-
|''[[The Memory Keeper's Daughter]]''
|Teleplay by [[John Pielmeier]]; Based on the book by [[Kim Edwards]]
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
|}

====Animation====
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
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! width="120"|Title !! width="120"|Series !! Writers !! width="80"|Network
|-
|'''"[[Apocalypse Cow]]"'''
|'''''[[The Simpsons]]'''''
|'''[[Jeff Westbrook]]'''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|"[[The Debarted]]"
|''The Simpsons''
|[[Joel H. Cohen]]
|FOX
|-
|"[[E Pluribus Wiggum]]"
|''The Simpsons''
|[[Michael Price (writer)|Michael Price]]
|FOX
|-
|"[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]"
|''The Simpsons''
|[[Tim Long]]
|FOX
|-
|"Life: A Loser's Manual"
|''[[King of the Hill]]''
|[[Dan McGrath]]
|FOX
|-
|"Strangeness on a Train"
|''King of the Hill''
|[[Jim Dauterive]]
|FOX
|}

====Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series====
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|-
|''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''
|Writers [[Mike Sweeney (writer)|Mike Sweeney]], [[Chris Albers]], [[Jose Arroyo (writer)|Jose Arroyo]], [[Dan Cronin (writer)|Dan Cronin]], [[Kevin Dorff]], [[Daniel J. Goor]], [[Michael Gordon (writer)|Michael Gordon]], [[Berkley Johnson]], [[Brian Kiley]], [[Michael Koman]], [[Brian McCann (actor)|Brian McCann]], [[Guy Nicolucci]], [[Conan O'Brien]], Matt O'Brien, [[Robert Smigel]], [[Brian Stack (comedian)|Brian Stack]], and [[Andrew Weinberg]]
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''
|Head Writers [[Eric Stangel]], [[Justin Stangel]], Writers [[Michael Barrie]], [[Jim Mulholland]], [[Steve Young (writer)|Steve Young]], [[Tom Ruprecht]], [[Lee Ellenberg]], Matt Roberts, [[Jeremy Weiner]], [[Joe Grossman]], [[Bill Scheft]], [[Bob Borden]], [[Frank Sebastiano]], and [[David Letterman]]
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]''
|Written by [[Scott Carter (writer)|Scott Carter]], [[Adam Felber]], [[Matt Gunn]], [[Brian Jacobsmeyer]], [[Jay Jaroch]], [[Chris Kelly (TV writer)|Chris Kelly]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Billy Martin]], and [[Danny Vermont]]
|[[HBO]]
|-
|'''''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''''
|'''Head Writers [[Seth Meyers]], [[Paula Pell]], [[Andrew Steele (writer)|Andrew Steele]], Writers [[Doug Abeles]], [[James Anderson (American writer)|James Anderson]], [[Alex Baze]], [[Jim Downey (comedian)|James Downey]], [[Charlie Grandy]], [[Steve Higgins]], [[Colin Jost]], [[Erik Kenward]], [[Rob Klein]], [[John Lutz]], [[Lorne Michaels]], [[John Mulaney]], [[Simon Rich]], [[Marika Sawyer]], [[Akiva Schaffer]], [[Robert Smigel]], [[John Solomon (writer)|John Solomon]], [[Emily Spivey]], [[Kent Sublette]], [[Jorma Taccone]], [[Bryan Tucker]], Additional Sketches by [[Robert Carlock]]'''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[The Colbert Report]]''
|Head Writers [[Allison Silverman]], [[Tom Purcell]], and [[Rich Dahm]], Writers [[Bryan Adams]], [[Michael Brumm]], [[Stephen Colbert]], [[Rob Dubbin]], [[Glenn Eichler]], [[Peter Grosz]], [[Peter Gwinn]], [[Barry Julien]], [[Laura Krafft]], [[Jay Katsir]], [[Frank Lesser]], and [[Meredith Scardino]]
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
|Head Writer [[Steve Bodow]], Writers [[Rory Albanese]], [[Rachel Axler]], [[Kevin Bleyer]], [[Rich Blomquist]], [[Tim Carvell]], [[Wyatt Cenac]], [[J.R. Havlan]], [[DJ Javerbaum]], [[Rob Kutner]], Josh Lieb, [[Sam Means]], [[John Oliver (comedian)|John Oliver]], [[Jason Ross (writer)|Jason Ross]] and [[Jon Stewart]]
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|}

====Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials====

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|[[24th Independent Spirit Awards|2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards]]
|'''Written by [[Billy Kimball]], [[Aaron Lee]], [[Jennifer Celotta]], and [[Rainn Wilson]]'''
|IFC/AMC
|-
|Jimmy Kimmel's Big Night of Stars
|Written by [[Jimmy Kimmel]], [[Gary Greenberg]], [[Molly McNearney]], [[Bryan Paulk]], [[Ned Rice]], [[Jon Bines]], [[Will Burke]], [[Richard G. Rosner|Rick Rosner]], Jake Lentz, [[Sal Iacono]], and [[Tony Barbieri]]
|ABC
|}

====Daytime Serials====

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|'''''[[As the World Turns]]'''''
|'''Written by [[Jean Passanante]], [[Leah Laiman]], [[Courtney Simon]], [[Lisa Connor]], [[David A. Levinson]], [[Peter Brash]], [[Richard Culliton]], [[Susan Dansby]], [[Cheryl Davis]], and [[Leslie Nipkow]]'''
|[[CBS Daytime]]
|-
|''[[One Life to Live]]''
|Written by [[Ron Carlivati]], [[Carolyn Culliton]], [[Elizabeth Page (screenwriter)|Elizabeth Page]], [[Aida Croal]], [[Shelly Altman]], [[Janet Iacobuzio]], [[Chris Van Etten]], [[Anna Theresa Cascio]]
|[[ABC Daytime]]
|}

====Children's====

=====Episodic & Specials=====
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|"Elmo's Christmas Countdown"
|''[[Sesame Workshop]]''
|Written by [[Joey Mazzarino]]
|ABC
|-
|"Spencer's 18th Birthday"
|''[[South of Nowhere]]''
|Written by [[Arika Lisanne Mittman]]
|The N
|-
|"The Un-Party"
|''[[Imagination Movers]]''
|Written by [[Scott C. Gray]] & [[Rick Gitelson]]
|Disney Channel
|}

=====Long Form or Special=====
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|"Polar Bears"
|''[[List of The Naked Brothers Band episodes|The Naked Brothers Band]]''
|Written by [[Polly Draper]]
|Nickelodeon
|}

====Documentary====

=====Current events=====
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|"Bush's War: Part One"
|''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]''
|Written by [[Michael Kirk]]
|PBS
|-
|colspan=2|''Depression: Out of the Shadows''
|Written by [[Larkin McPhee]]
|PBS
|-
|"Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial"
|''[[Nova (American TV series)|NOVA]]''
|Written by [[Joseph McMaster]]
|PBS
|-
|"Rules of Engagement"
|''Frontline''
|Written by [[Arun Rath]]
|PBS
|-
|"The Medicated Child"
|''Frontline''
|Written by [[Marcela Gaviria]]
|PBS
|}

=====Other than current events=====
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|colspan=2|''Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency''
|Written by [[Carl Byker]]
|PBS
|-
|"Kit Carson"
|''[[American Experience]]''
|Written by [[Michelle Ferrari]]
|PBS 
|-
|"Secrets of the Parthenon"
|''[[Nova (American TV series)|NOVA]]''
|Written by [[Gary Glassman]]
|PBS
|-
|Episode Two: "The Best of Times, The Worst of Times (1924-1945),"
|''[[The Jewish Americans]]''
|Written by [[David Grubin]]
|PBS
|-
|colspan=2|''The Truth about Cancer''
|Written by Linda Garmon
|PBS
|}

====News====

=====Regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report=====
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|colspan=2|''ABC Weekend News''
|[[Joel Siegel]], [[Karen Mooney]], and [[David Muir]]
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|"Up to the Minute"
|''[[CBS News]]''
|[[Matt Nelko]]
|[[CBS]]
|}

=====Analysis, feature, or commentary=====
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|"Exonerated"
|''[[60 Minutes]]''
|[[Tom Anderson]] and [[Jenny Dubin]]
|[[CBS]]
|-
|"Show Me the Love: Amazing Pen Pal Connection"
|''[[Good Morning America]]''
|[[Raquel Hecker]]
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|"The Warren Buffett Challenge: Are the Rich Taxed Enough?"
|''Good Morning America''
|[[Lisa Ferri]]
|ABC
|-
|"Yankee Stadium and the New Gilded Age"
|''[[Bill Moyers Journal]]''
|[[Bill Moyers]] & [[Michael Winship]]
|[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]
|}

=== Video games ===

==== Videogame Writing ====
*'''''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]'' - [[Haden Blackman]], Shawn Pitman, John Stafford and Cameron Suey'''
*''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'' - Writer Haris Orkin, story producer Mical Pedriana
*''[[Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!]]'' - Writing Keith Nemitz, additional writing Adrianne Ambrose
*''[[Fallout 3]]'' - Lead Writer Emil Pagliarulo, quest writing Erik J. Caponi, Brian Chapin, Jon Paul Duvall, Kurt Kuhlmann, Alan Nanes, [[Bruce Nesmith]] and Fred Zeleny, additional quest writing Nate Ellis, William Killeen, Mark Nelson and Justin McSweeney
*''[[Tomb Raider: Underworld]]'' - Story Eric Lindstrom and Toby Gard, screenplay Eric Lindstrom

==Paul Selwin Civil Rights Award==
* [[Dustin Lance Black]], "to the member whose script best embodies the spirit of constitutional and civil rights and liberties."

==References==
{{reflist}} 

2. † indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.

==External links==
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE4B809T20081209]
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