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

2014 (66th)

• We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks- Alex Gibney

1. http://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/awards/selvinform14.pdf