Paul Selvin Award
The Paul Selvin Award is a special award presented by the Writers Guild of America. It is to be given "to that member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere and to whose defense Paul Selvin committed his professional life." [1]
1990 (42nd)
- Roe vs. Wade — Alison Cross
1991 (43rd)
- Heat Wave — Michael Lazarou
1992 (44th)
- Separate but Equal — George Stevens Jr.
1993 (45th)
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent — Cynthia Whitcomb
1994 (46th)
- Dave — Gary Ross
1995 (47th)
- Witness to the Execution — Teleplay by Thomas Baum; Story by Keith Pierce & Priscilla Prestwidge and Thomas Baum
1996 (48th)
- Picket Fences: "Final Judgment" & "Without Mercy" — David E. Kelley
1997 (49th)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt — Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
1998 (50th)
- Rosewood — Gregory Poirier
1999 (51st)
- Blind Faith — Frank Military
2000 (52nd)
- The Insider — Written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann; Based on the Article 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' by Marie Brenner
2001 (53rd)
- Quills — Screenplay by Doug Wright; Based on his play
2002 (54th)
- For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story — Timothy J. Sexton
2003 (55th)
- The Matthew Shepard Story — John Wierick & Jacob Krueger
2004 (56th)
- The Pentagon Papers — Jason Horwitch
2005 (57th)
- The Simpsons: "Fraudcast News" — Don Payne
2006 (58th)
- Good Night, And Good Luck — George Clooney & Grant Heslov
2008 (60th)
- The Great Debaters — Screenplay by Robert Eisele Story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro (as Jeffrey D. Porro)
2009 (61st)
- Milk — Dustin Lance Black
2010 (62nd)
- Invictus — Screenplay by Anthony Peckham; Based on the book 'Playing the Enemy' by John Carlin
2011 (63rd)
- Fair Game — Screenplay by Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth; Based on the books The Politics of Truth by Joseph Wilson and Fair Game by Valerie Plame
2012 (64th)
- The Help — Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett
2013 (65th)
- Lincoln — Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part upon the book 'Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln' by Doris Kearns Goodwin