Meredith Post is an American television writer. When

Douglas Marland Douglas Marland (born Marland Messner; May 5, 1934 – March 6, 1993) was an American writer, known for his work as the head writer of several soap operas. Career Marland began his career as an actor, appearing on the Irna Phillips series ''The B ...

died in 1993, she was in the running to become

head writer A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits. In fictional comedy o ...

of ATWT. That title went to

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and

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Positions held

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...

'' *Writer (1983–1997) ''

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'' *Writer (1997–2001)

Awards and nominations

Post has been nominated for six

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awards, in the category Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, for her work on ''

'' and ''

''. She was nominated from 1986 to 1999. She also won the 2000

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

in the Daytime Serials category, for her work on DOOL.

External links

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