Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter is an annual award given by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The award is often referred to as an EDA as a tribute to AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin's mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin. EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism.

Winners

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2000s

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Year Screenwriter(s) Film Ref.
2007 Tamara Jenkins The Savages [1]
Diablo Cody Juno [2]
Sarah Polley Away from Her
Adrienne Shelly Waitress
2008 Jenny Lumet Rachel Getting Married [3]
Courtney Hunt Frozen River [4]
Kelly Reichardt Wendy and Lucy
2009 Jane Campion Bright Star [5]
Nora Ephron Julie & Julia [6]
Rebecca Miller The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2010s

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Year Screenwriter(s) Film Ref.
2010 Lisa Cholodenko The Kids Are All Right [7]
Andrea Arnold Fish Tank [8]
Sofia Coppola Somewhere
Debra Granik Winter's Bone
Nicole Holofcener Please Give
Laeta Kalogridis Shutter Island
2011 Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo Bridesmaids [9]
Diablo Cody Young Adult [10]
Abi Morgan The Iron Lady
Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dee Rees Pariah
2012 Lucy Alibar (and Benh Zeitlin) Beasts of the Southern Wild [11]
Zoe Kazan Ruby Sparks [12]
Ava DuVernay Middle of Nowhere
Sarah Polley Take This Waltz
2013 Nicole Holofcener Enough Said [13]
Lake Bell In a World... [14]
Julie Delpy Before Midnight
Jennifer Lee Frozen
Sarah Polley Stories We Tell
2014 Gillian Flynn Gone Girl [15]
Jennifer Kent The Babadook [16]
Gillian Robespierre Obvious Child
2015 Emma Donoghue Room [17]
Marielle Heller The Diary of a Teenage Girl [18]
Phyllis Nagy Carol
Amy Schumer Trainwreck
2016 Kelly Reichardt Certain Women [19]
Andrea Arnold American Honey [20]
Rebecca Miller Maggie's Plan
Lorene Scafaria The Meddler
Laura Terruso Hello, My Name Is Doris
2017 Greta Gerwig Lady Bird [21]
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer The Post [22]
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams Mudbound

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2007 EDA Awards". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ "2007 EDA Awards Nominees Announced". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "2008 EDA Awards Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ "2008 EDA Awards Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ "2009 EDA Awards Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ "2009 EDA Awards Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ^ "2010 EDA Awards Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. ^ "2010 EDA Awards Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  9. ^ "2011 EDA Awards Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  10. ^ "2011 EDA Awards Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  11. ^ "2012 EDA Award Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  12. ^ "2012 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  13. ^ "2013 EDA Award Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  14. ^ "2013 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  15. ^ "2014 EDA Award Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. 31 July 2017.
  16. ^ "2014 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  17. ^ "2015 EDA Award Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  18. ^ "2015 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  19. ^ "2016 AWFJ EDA Award Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  20. ^ "2016 AWFJ EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  21. ^ "2017 EDA Award Winners – Alliance of Women Film Journalists". Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
  22. ^ "2017 AWFJ EDA Award Nominees – Alliance of Women Film Journalists". Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
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