The Writers Guild Awards

for the year ending December 31, 2005

Below are the nominees and winners for the 58th Annual Writers Guild Awards. The ceremony was held on Saturday, February 4, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and, simultaneously, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

Best Original Screenplay:

• Cinderella Man, Screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman, Story by Cliff Hollingsworth
• Crash, Screenplay by Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Story by Paul Haggis WINNER!
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Written by Judd Apatow and Steve Carell
• Good Night, and Good Luck., Written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov
• The Squid and the Whale, Written by Noah Baumbach

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Brokeback Mountain, Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Based on the Short Story by Annie Proulx WINNER!
• Capote, Screenplay by Dan Futterman, Based on the Book by Gerald Clarke
• The Constant Gardener, Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, Based on the Novel by John le Carré
• A History of Violence, Screenplay by Josh Olson, Based on the Graphic Novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke
• Syriana, Written by Stephen Gaghan, Based on the Book "See No Evil" by Robert Baer