The Paul Selvin Award is a special award presented by the Writers Guild of America. It is given to the script that "best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere and to whose defense Paul Selvin [1] committed his professional life."[2] With the exception of 2007 in which no award was given, it has been presented annually since the 42nd Writers Guild of America Awards in 1990.[3] No writer has won more than one award.

Writers Guild of America Paul Selvin Award
CountryUnited States
Presented byWriters Guild of America
First awarded1990
Currently held byCord Jefferson for
American Fiction (2023)
Websitehttp://www.wga.org/

Winners

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Notes

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  • The year indicates when the film was released. The awards are presented the following year.

1980s

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Year Film Writer(s)
1989 (42nd) Roe vs. Wade Alison Cross

1990s

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Year Film Writer(s)
1990 (43rd) Heat Wave Michael Lazarou
1991 (44th) Separate But Equal (Miniseries, Episodes "Part I" and "Part II") George Stevens Jr.
1992 (45th) Guilty Until Proven Innocent Cynthia Whitcomb
1993 (46th) Dave Gary Ross
1994 (47th) Witness to the Execution Thomas Baum, Priscilla Prestwidge & Keith Pierce
1995 (48th) Picket Fences (Episode "Final Judgement") David E. Kelley
1996 (49th) The People vs. Larry Flynt Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
1997 (50th) Rosewood Gregory Poirier
1998 (51st) Blind Faith Frank Military
1999 (52nd) The Insider Eric Roth and Michael Mann

2000s

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Year Film Writer(s)
2000 (53rd) Quills Doug Wright
2001 (54th) For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Timothy J. Sexton
2002 (55th) The Matthew Shepard Story John Wierick and Jacob Krueger
2003 (56th) The Pentagon Papers Jason Horwitch
2004 (57th) The Simpsons (Episode "Fraudcast News") Don Payne
2005 (58th) Good Night, and Good Luck George Clooney and Grant Heslov
2006 (59th) No award given
2007 (60th) The Great Debaters Robert Eisele and Jeffrey Porro
2008 (61st) Milk Dustin Lance Black
2009 (62nd) Invictus Anthony Peckham

2010s

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Year Film Writer(s)
2010 (63rd) Fair Game Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth
2011 (64th) The Help Tate Taylor
2012 (65th) Lincoln Tony Kushner
2013 (66th) We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks Alex Gibney
2014 (67th) The Good Lie Margaret Nagle
2015 (68th) Trumbo John McNamara
2016 (69th) Confirmation Susannah Grant
2017 (70th) The Post Liz Hannah and Josh Singer
2018 (71st) Vice Adam McKay
2019 (72nd) Bombshell Charles Randolph

2020s

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Year Film Writer(s)
2020 (73rd) Judas and the Black Messiah Will Berson, Shaka King, and Kenny and Keith Lucas
2021 (74th) The Underground Railroad Barry Jenkins
2022 (75th) She Said Rebecca Lenkiewicz
2023 (76th) American Fiction Cord Jefferson

Types of winners

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The Paul Selvin Award has been awarded to various platforms of film and television. 21 theatrical films have received the award, along with 8 television films, 2 individual episodes of a television series, 2 miniseries, and 1 documentary.

References

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  1. ^ "Paul Phillip Selvin".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "The Paul Selvin Award". Writers Guild Awards. Retrieved 22 February 2019.