The winners of the 2018 Writers’ Guild Awards were announced this week.
The Awards recognise achievement in writing for film, television, radio, theatre, comedy, books and videogames.
In addition, there is an award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing which this year went to Caryl Churchill whose career has spanned more than 60 years. Her credits include Serious Money, Cloud Nine and Top Girls.
Churchill is one of nine female winners.
The list of winners is:
- Outstanding Contribution to Writing - Caryl Churchill
- Best Online Comedy - Showreel for One Word or Less Parts by Marek Larwood
- Best Long Running TV Series - Holby City, Series 19, Episode 2 Rocket Man by Peter Mattessi
- Best Writing in a Video Game - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice by Tameem Antoniades and Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe
- Best Children’s TV Episode - Counterfeit Cat: Room of Panic by Tim Bain
- Best Radio Comedy - Australian Trilogy: A Day In October by Sarah Kendall
- Best Long Form TV Drama - Taboo by Chips Hardy, Steven Knight, Ben Hervey, Emily Ballou
- Best First Novel - The Bureau of Second Chances by Sheena Kalayil
- Best First Screenplay - Under the Shadow by Babak Anvari
- Best Radio Drama - The Things We Never Said by Ming Ho
- Best Play for Young Audiences - How to Be a Kid by Sarah McDonald-Hughes
- Best Play - The Children by Lucy Kirkwood
- Best Screenplay - Miss Sloane by Jonathan Perera
- Best TV Situation Comedy - Inside No. 9: The Bill by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton
- Best Short Form TV Drama - The Witness for the Prosecution by Sarah Phelps