“Days of Our Lives” (NBC) wins the 2021 Writers Guild Award for Daytime Drama, presented by Dominique Fishback.
Days of Our Lives, Head Writer: Ron Carlivati, Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock, Elizabeth Snyder; NBC
The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, documentary, new media, news, radio, and promotional categories. The 2021 Writers Guild Awards (73rd Annual) were presented during a virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 21, 2021.
The 2021 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony was hosted by actor-writer-producer Kal Penn (Clarice). Presenters included: Academy Award-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning actor Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), Academy Award-nominated, WGA-nominated, and Golden Globe-winning writer-actor-producer Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), WGAE Walter Bernstein Award for Social Justice recipient and Emmy-nominated writer-correspondent Jelani Cobb (Frontline), Adweek and Streamy Award-winning comedian-writer Sarah Cooper (How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings), Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress and Grammy-nominated singer Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Grammy-winning and NAACP Image Award-nominated actor Daveed Diggs (The Good Lord Bird), Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-nominated writer-producer Ava DuVernay (When They See Us), Primetime Emmy Award-winning and WGA-nominated writer-late night host Jimmy Fallon (The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon), Black Reel and NAACP Image Award-nominated actress and playwright Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah), WGA and SAG Award-nominated writer-actor Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso), WGA-winning and Primetime Emmy-nominated writer-actor Ryan O’Connell (Special), Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami), Primetime Emmy and WGA-nominated writer-late night host Amber Ruffin (The Amber Ruffin Show), Daytime Emmy-nominated and People’s Choice Award-winning writer-late night host Lilly Singh (A Little Late with Lilly Singh), and Daytime Emmy Award-nominated writer-podcaster Baratunde Thurston (How to be with Baratunde).
The 2021 Writers Guild Awards team this year includes Co-Executive Producers Bonnie Datt and Karen Harris, Associate Producer Shannon Walker, and Head Writer Ann Cohen, along with Writers Bill Scheft, Don Hooper, Timothy Michael Cooper, Shelly Goldstein, Zoe Marshall, Andrea Whipple, and Kaja Martin. Directed by Heather Arnson, The Writers Guild Awards 2021 is Executive Produced by Broadway Virtual. Spearheaded by Executive Producer Jim Kierstead and Creative Director Heather Arnson, Broadway Virtual is an all-inclusive one-stop-shop for virtual production, direction, design, management, and promotion to effectively create quality virtual programming that elevates quality and exceeds expectations. The company’s Technical Director, Asad Javed, and Production Manager, Claudia Marino round out the core team. Graphic design, branding, and social media promotion is provided by Rachel | Media.
The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, news (broadcast and digital), radio/audio, and promotional categories. The 2021 Writers Guild Awards (73rd Annual) will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2021. For more information about the 2021 Writers Guild Awards, please visit www.wga.org or www.wgaeast.org.
For more information about the 2021 Writers Guild Awards, please visit: awards.wga.org or wgaeast.org/awards.
