56th Writers Guild of America Awards

Winners

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Cold Mountain - Anthony Minghella
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh †
• Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
• Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

Best Original Screenplay

• Bend It Like Beckham - Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges
• Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight
• In America - Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan;
• The Station Agent - Tom McCarthy

Television

Best Episodic Drama

• Bounty - Law & Order - Michael S. Chernuchin
• Loss - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
• Abomination - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
• Pilot - The O.C. - Josh Schwartz
• Disaster Relief - The West Wing - Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt

Best Episodic Comedy

• Malcolm Films Reese - Malcolm in the Middle - Dan Kopelman
• Day Care - Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy and Neil Thompson
• A Woman's Right to Shoes - Sex and the City - Jenny Bicks

Best Animation Screenplay

Best Adapted Long Form Screenplay