WGA Award goes to INCEPTION

"Inception" has registered its first solid win in the major awards race : the Writer's Guild Award for Original Screenplay. It's also the first time Christopher Nolan has received any significant recognition, having been nominated several times in the past for Guild awards. The competition for Nolan will be tougher at the Oscars as "The King's Speech", awards favourite so far, was denied a nomination at the WGA, because of its strict rules. The Adapted Screenplay Award went to Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network". The full list of winners after the jump :

2011 AWARDS WINNERS 

SCREEN WINNERS 

• ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY : Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan
  
  

• ADAPTED SCREENPLAY : The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich;
  
  

• DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY : Inside Job, Written by Charles Ferguson; Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt;
  
  

TELEVISION WINNERS

• DRAMA SERIES : Mad Men, Written by Jonathan Abrahams, Lisa Albert, Keith Huff, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tracy McMillan, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner; AMC
  
  

• COMEDY SERIES : Modern Family, Written by Jerry Collins, Paul Corrigan, Alex Herschlag, Abraham Higginbotham, Elaine Ko, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC
  
  

• NEW SERIES : Boardwalk Empire, Written by Meg Jackson, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Margaret Nagle, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms, Terence Winter; HBO
  
  

• EPISODIC DRAMA : “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” (Mad Men), Written by Erin Levy; AMC
  
  

• EPISODIC COMEDY : “When It Rains, It Pours” (30 Rock), Written by Robert Carlock; NBC
  
  

• LONG FORM – ORIGINAL : The Special Relationship, Written by Peter Morgan; HBO
  
  

• LONG FORM – ADAPTATION : The Pacific, “Part Eight,” Written by Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford, Based in part on the books Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie and With The Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge with additional material from Red Blood, Black Sand by Chuck Tatum and China Marine by Eugene B. Sledge; HBO
  
  

• ANIMATION : “The Prisoner of Benda” (Futurama), Written by Ken Keeler; Comedy Central
  
  

• COMEDY / VARIETY : The Colbert Report, Writers: Barry Julien, Dan Guterman, Eric Drysdale, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Jay Katsir, Max Werner, Meredith Scardino, Michael Brumm, Opus Moreschi, Peter Gwinn, Rich Dahm, Rob Dubbin, Scott Sherman, Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Peter Grosz, Paul Dinello; Comedy Central
  
  

• COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS : National Memorial Day Concert 2010, Written by Joan Meyerson; PBS
  
  

• DAYTIME DRAMA : As the World Turns, Written by Susan Dansby, Lucky Gold, Janet Iacobuzio, Penelope Koechl, David Kreizman, Leah Laiman, David A. Levinson, Leslie Nipkow, Jean Passanante, Gordon Rayfield, David Smilow; CBS
  
  

• CHILDREN'S EPISODIC & SPECIALS : “Happy Ha-Ha Holidays” (Imagination Movers), Written by Michael G. Stern, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Scott Gray; Disney Channel
  
  

• CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL : Avalon High, Teleplay by Julie Sherman Wolfe and Amy Talkington, Based on the novel by Meg Cabot; Disney Channel
  
  

• DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS : “Flying Cheap” (Frontline), Written by Rick Young; PBS
  
  

• DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS : “Wyatt Earp” (American Experience), Written by Rob Rapley; PBS
  
  

• NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT :“Sunday Morning Almanac” (CBS Sunday Morning), Written by Thomas A. Harris; CBS News
  
  

• NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY : “Resurrecting Eden” (60 Minutes), Written by Jenny Dubin; CBS
  
  

RADIO WINNERS

• DOCUMENTARY : 2009 Year in Review, Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
  
  

• NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING : CBS World News Roundup, Written by Paul Farry; CBS Radio News
  
  

• NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY : “Passages,” Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
  
  

PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION WINNERS

• ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION) : CSI Promos, Written by Anne de Vega; CBS
  
  

• TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION : “Sunday Morning, By Design” (CBS Sunday Morning), Graphic Designer Bob Pook, Graphic Artist Diane Robinson; CBS News
  
  

VIDEOGAME WRITING WINNER : Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Story by Patrice Desilets, Jeffrey Yohalem, Corey May; Lead Script Writer: Jeffrey Yohalem; Script Writers: Ethan Petty, Nicholas Grimwood, Matt Turner; Ubisoft

NEW MEDIA WRITING WINNERS

• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING – ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA : “The Real Thing,” ”Identity Crisis,” “Girl Talk,” ”Naming Things,” “Curtain Up” (Anyone But Me), Written by Susan Miller, Tina Cesa Ward; www.AnyoneButMeSeries.com
  
  

• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING – DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA : “Strip Pong,” “Tear Jerks,” “Brainstorm,” (Frank vs. Lutz), Written by Jon Haller; 30 Rock New Media, www.nbc.com