Read the 2021 Writers Guild Awards Screenplay Nominees.

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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Judas and the Black Messiah
Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King
Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
https://d2bu9v0mnky9ur.cloudfront.net/academy2020/scripts/sxdTyWbSrntjatbm/jatm_2021_01_06.pdf

Palm Springs
Screenplay by Andy Siara
Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Palm-Springs-Screenplay.pdf

Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
https://focusfeaturesguilds2020.com/promising-young-woman/screenplay/Promising_Young_Woman.pdf

Sound of Metal
Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder
Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
https://d2detfmr8cx0ni.cloudfront.net/8/ef/7e028/3a21e/13c33/9d2fd/fca13/5496.pdf

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Written by Aaron Sorkin
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Trial-of-the-Chicago-7-Script.pdf

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
Based on Characters Created by Sacha Baron Cohen
https://d2detfmr8cx0ni.cloudfront.net/7/09/aa402/643dc/e72a8/a4547/5c1a8/ba4a.pdf

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Based on the Play Written by August Wilson
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20466712/ma-raineys-black-bottom-screenplay.pdf

News of the World
Screenplay by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies
Based upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles
https://universalpicturesawards.com/news-of-the-world/screenplay/news-of-the-world.pdf

One Night in Miami
Screenplay by Kemp Powers
Based on the Stage Play "One Night in Miami" by Kemp Powers
https://d2detfmr8cx0ni.cloudfront.net/6/73/5126f/d56aa/25a9d/7a686/987dd/e417.pdf

The White Tiger
Screenplay by Ramin Bahrani
Based on the Book "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/CRITICS_WGA_HFPA_FINAL-WT_121120_continuity-script_RB-2.pdf

These scripts were ineligible: https://www.goldderby.com/feature/wga-ineligible-1204033627

The 73rd annual dual-coast Writers Guild Awards will be held Sunday, March 21, in separate ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.