{"id":3149,"date":"2018-02-26T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/26\/announcing-wgc-screenwriting-awards-finalists\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T20:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:00:05","slug":"announcing-wgc-screenwriting-awards-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/26\/announcing-wgc-screenwriting-awards-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing WGC Screenwriting Awards Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Writers Guild of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 22nd annual\u00a0 WGC Screenwriting Awards. The awards celebrate Canadian screenwriters and the scripts they write in a gala evening hosted by Gavin Crawford, writer, comedian, and host of CBC Radio\u2019s\u00a0<em>Because News<\/em>. Gavin\u2019s long-time accomplice, screenwriter Kyle Tingley, is this year\u2019s awards show writer. This year&#8217;s awards are held on April 30, at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Please continue reading to see the complete list of finalists. Many thanks to our generous sponsors. And congratulations to our finalists!<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>FEATURE FILM<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Allure<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Written by Carlos &amp; Jason Sanchez<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>Entanglement<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Written by Jason Filiatrault<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Indian Horse<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Written by Dennis Foon<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>The Man Who Invented Christmas<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Written by Susan Coyne<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>TV COMEDY<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em>, Season 2 \u201cBusiness Award\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Written by Matt Kippen<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em>, Season 2 \u201cResting Place\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Written by Anita Kapila<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Letterkenny<\/em>, Season 2 \u201cRelationships\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Written by Jared Keeso &amp; Jacob Tierney<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Still Standing<\/em>, Season 3 \u201cFort McMurray\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Written by Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden and Steve Dylan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Writers Guild of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 22nd annual\u00a0 WGC Screenwriting Awards. The awards celebrate Canadian screenwriters and the scripts they write in a gala evening hosted by Gavin Crawford, writer, comedian, and host of CBC Radio\u2019s\u00a0Because News. Gavin\u2019s long-time accomplice, screenwriter Kyle Tingley, is this year\u2019s awards show &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/26\/announcing-wgc-screenwriting-awards-finalists\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Announcing WGC Screenwriting Awards Finalists - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/26\/announcing-wgc-screenwriting-awards-finalists\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Announcing WGC Screenwriting Awards Finalists - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Writers Guild of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 22nd annual\u00a0 WGC Screenwriting Awards. 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