Paula Cwikly is an American

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

writer for the

Daytime television Daytime is a block of television programming taking place during the late-morning and afternoon on weekdays. Daytime programming is typically scheduled to air between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., following the early morning da ...

serial ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...

''. She was NBC Daytime's director of daytime programming. She is a 1982 graduate of the

University of Dayton The University of Dayton (UD) is a private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The univ ...

.Batz, Bob (4 April 1998)
UD GRAD MAKES MOST OF NBC'S DAYTIME
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Dayton Daily News The ''Dayton Daily News'' (''DDN'') is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc., a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately ...

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Career

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 s ...

'' *Associate Head Writer: Fall 2003 - March 2, 2005, August 5, 2005 - January 6, 2006 '' Days of Our Lives'' * Co-Head Writer: March 29, 2002 - March 6, 2003 *Associate Head Writer: 2000 - March 28, 2002, March 6, 2003 - September 3, 2003 '' Sunset Beach'' *Writer: 1998 - 1999 ''

'' *Breakdown Writer: January 4, 2008 – 2012 *Associate Head Writer: August 7, 2006 - August 3, 2007

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (N ...

:*Nominated for Best Writing; As The World Turns, 2004-06 :*Winner for Best Writing; As The World Turns, 2005 * Writers Guild of America Award :*Nomination for 2006 Season, The Young And The Restless); 2005 Season; As The World Turns; 2001 Season; Days of our Lives

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