Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original
Awarded for	Outstanding Writing for a Long Form – Original
Country	United States
Presented by	Writers Guild of America
First awarded	1996 (for the programs released in 1995–1996 TV season)
Currently held by	Saints & Strangers (2015)
Official website	www.wga.org

The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the writers of the best long-form program not based on the previously published material of the season. It has been awarded since the 50th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1996.

Name History

• 1996–2007: Long Form – Original
• 2008–2010: Long Form – Original: Over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times
• 2011–present: Long Form – Original

Winners and nominees

The year indicates when each season aired. Single winner of the years is left unmarked while other winners are highlighted in gold.

1990s

Year	Winner(s)	Writer(s)	Network	Ref.
1996
	ER – "24 Hours"	Michael Crichton	Warner Bros. Television and NBC	[1]
1997
	Harvest of Fire	Richard Alfieri and Susan Nanus	Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and CBS	[2]
	Hidden in Silence	Stephanie Liss	Hearst Entertainment Productions and Lifetime
1998
	The Summer of Ben Tyler	Robert Inman	Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and CBS	[3]
1999
	Labor of Love	Nina Shengold	Ken Raskoff Productions and Lifetime	[4]

2000s

Year	Winner(s)	Writer(s)	Network	Ref.
2000
	Dash and Lilly	Jerry Ludwig	A&E and Granada Entertainment	[5]
2001
	Freedom Song	Phil Alden Robinson and Stanley Weiser	Turner Pages and TNT	[6]
	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal	Tina Andrews	Aerial Acts, Inc. and CBS
2002
	Conspiracy	Loring Mandel	HBO Films and HBO	[7]
2003
	The Gathering Storm	Hugh Whitemore and Larry Ramin	Scott Free Productions, HBO Films, and HBO	[8]
2004
	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Larry Gelbart	HBO	[9]
2005
	Something the Lord Made	Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell	HBO	[10]
2006
	Warm Springs	Margaret Nagle	HBO	[11]
2007
	Flight 93	Nevin Schreiner	A&E	[12]
2008
	Pandemic	Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel	Hallmark Channel	[13]
2009
	Recount	Danny Strong	HBO	[14]

2010s

Year	Winner and nominee(s)	Writer(s)	Network	Ref.
2010
	Georgia O’Keeffe	Michael Cristofer	Lifetime	[15]
2011
	The Special Relationship	Peter Morgan	HBO	[16]
2012
	Cinema Verite	David Seltzer	HBO	[17]
2013
	Hatfields & McCoys – "Part 2" + "Part 3"	Bill Kerby, Ted Mann, and Ronald Parker	History	[18]
	Hemingway & Gellhorn	Jerry Stahl and Barbara Turner	HBO
	Political Animals – "Pilot"	Greg Berlanti	USA
2014
	Deliverance Creek	Melissa Carter	Lifetime	[19]
	Return to Zero	Sean Hanish	Lifetime
2015
	Saints & Strangers	Seth Fisher, Walon Green, Chip Johannessen, and Eric Overmyer	Nat Geo	[20]
	American Horror Story: Hotel	Brad Falchuk, John J. Gray, Todd Kubrak, Crystal Liu, Ned Martel, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, and James Wong	Fox
	Flesh and Bone	Bronwyn Garrity, Jami O'Brien, Adam Rapp, Moira Walley-Beckett, and David Wiener	Starz
	Sons of Liberty	Stephen David, Kirk Ellis, and David C. White	History

References

1. "WGA Awards 1996". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
2. "WGA Awards 1997". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
3. "WGA Awards 1998". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
4. "WGA Awards 1999". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
5. "WGA Awards 2000". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
6. "WGA Awards 2001". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
7. "WGA Awards 2002". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
8. "WGA Awards 2003". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
9. "WGA Awards 2004". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
10. "WGA Awards 2005". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
11. "WGA Awards 2006". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
12. "WGA Awards 2007". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
13. "WGA Awards 2008". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
14. "WGA Awards 2009". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
15. "WGA Awards 2010". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
16. "WGA Awards 2011". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
17. "WGA Awards 2012". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
18. "WGA Awards 2013". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
19. "WGA Awards 2014". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
20. "WGA Awards 2015". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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