The 70th
Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best in film, television, radio and video-game writing of 2017. Winners were announced on February 11, 2018 at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel
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Beverly Hills
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, California and the Edison Ballroom, New York City, New York. The nominations for Television, New Media, Radio, News and Promotional Writing were announced on December 7, 2017, the Theatrical and Documentary Screenplay nominees were announced on January 4, 2018, and the Videogame Writing nominees were announced on January 11, 2018.
The West Coast show was hosted by
Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...
and the East Coast show was hosted by
Amber Ruffin
Amber Mildred Ruffin (born January 9, 1979) is an American comedian. She hosts her own late-night talk show titled ''The Amber Ruffin Show'' on NBC and Peacock. She has been a writer for '' Late Night with Seth Meyers'' since 2014. When she joine ...
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Nominees
Film
Television
Documentary
News
Radio
Promotional Writing
Videogaming Writing
References
External links
Official Site
{{WGA Awards Chron
2017
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2017 film awards
2017 in American cinema
2017 in American television
2017 television awards
2017 guild awards
2017 awards in the United States
February 2018 events in the United States