WGA Videogame Writing Awards
The Writers Guild of America West and East are calling for submissions for their second annual Videogame Writing Awards.
Developed and driven by the Guilds’ Videogame Writers Caucus “to encourage storytelling excellence in videogames, to improve the status of writers, and to begin to encourage uniform standards within the gaming industry,” the Videogame Writing Award recognises the essential creative contributions made by videogame writers.
As writers are rapidly becoming more central players in this medium, the Guilds are working to bring more videogame projects under their jurisdiction to ensure writers receive the benefits of a WGA contract.
In February, Dead Head Fred (screenshot below), written by Dave Ellis and Adam Cogan, took home the WGA’s first Videogame Writing Award. Other videogames nominated in 2007 included World in Conflict, The Simpson Game, The Witcher, and Crash of the Titans.
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain also have a Videogame category in our annual writing awards - the shortlists for which will be announced next month.
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