The Writers Guild of Canada honored its members April 9 at This is London, a nightclub in downtown Toronto. The 5th Annual Top Ten Awards ceremony was a fast-moving, jam-packed, stand-up affair hosted by Cathy Jones of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. The CBC series Made in Canada and DaVinci’s Inquest were big winners, claiming two awards each.

The Top Ten Awards honor excellence in screenwriting in the range of work produced under the WGC’s jurisdiction: feature films, MOWs, dramatic series, children’s and youth programming, documentaries, comedy and radio drama. Twenty-six finalists were selected from more than 150 entries by a panel of guild members, then a WGC special jury selected the winners.

The winners are:

* DaVinci’s Inquest ‘It’s a Bad Corner’ – writers: Frank Borg, Alan DiFiore, Chris Haddock, Esta Spalding

* DaVinci’s Inquest ‘The Lottery’ – writers: Alan DiFiore, Chris Haddock, Esta Spalding

* Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story – writer: Rob Forsyth

* Made in Canada ‘Damacles, What a Doll’ – writer: Rick Mercer

* Made in Canada ‘Life in the Woods’- writer: Ed Riche

* Our Hero ‘The Shallow Issue’ – writers: Suzanne Bolch, John May

* The Outer Limits ‘Simon Says’ – writer: Scott Lee Peters

* Scorn – writer: Andrew Rai Berzins

* Stardom – writers: Denys Arcand, J. Jacob Potashnik

* Village of Idiots ‘Calm Before the Storm’ – writer: John Lazarus *

-www.writersguildofcanada.com