Sunday
March 5, 2023

Special Achievement Awards

PAUL SELVIN AWARD

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz has been named recipient of 2023 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her adapted screenplay She Said.

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The Paul Selvin Award is presented 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 those whose defense Paul Selvin committed his professional life.

The Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award

The Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award is given to that member of the Animation Writers Caucus and/or the Guild who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, has advanced the literature of animation in film and/or television through the years and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the animation writer. 

Jean Renoir Award

The Jean Renoir Award is given to “that international writer who has advanced the literature of motion pictures through the years and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of screenwriter.”