Screenwriters for Crave’s Late Bloomer (Pier 21 Films) and CBC’s Wild Cards (Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures, Piller/Segan) were among those recognized at last night’s 29th annual Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) Awards at Toronto’s Koerner Hall hosted by Andrew Phung (Run the Burbs, pictured left) and Jonathan Langdon (Open Season: Call of Nature, pictured right).

Jagjiwan Sohal won in the comedy series category for Late Bloomer‘s “The Turban, and Michael Konyves won in the drama counterpart for Wild Cards‘ “The Infinity Thief.”

In the children’s category, Mike Girard was recognized for Open Season: Call of Nature‘s “Cash Camp Pt. 1 and 2.”

Heath Affolter, Nathan Affolter, Thomas Affolter and Jon Affolter won in the documentary category for Altona (Foreshadow Films, Langer Films), which they also directed.

In the feature film category, Jason Buxton won for writing Sharp Corner (Alcina Pictures, Shut Up and Colour Pictures, Workhorse Pictures) which he also directed. Buxton also took home the honours in the short films category for Let Me In, co-directed with Charles M. Smith.

Shelley Hoffman and Robert Pincombe were recognized in the preschool category for the Luna, Chip & Inkie Adventure Rangers Go episode “Lights, Camera, Save Eagle Creek!” on Knowledge Network.

Keri Ferencz won the MOW and miniseries category for her writing on Hallmark Channel’s Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers (Front Street Pictures).

Brendan Halloran won in the short series category, for writing the “Clones War” episode of the webseries Space Janitors (Space Mop) on YouTube.

Evany Rosen took home the honour in the tweens and teens category for the “Orange is the New Snack” episode of Prime Video and Hulu’s Davey & Jonesie’s Locker (Marblemedia).

Special honours were also given out, including to Leah Johnston who received the Sondra Kelly Award, which provides a mid-career female-identifying screenwriter with $5,000 to research and develop a self-initiated project. Johnston intends to continue work on the second draft of her feature Shopaholic, a WGC spokesperson told Playback Daily. The satirical drama follows a woman with an out-of-control shopping addiction that is threatening to destroy her life.

Faisal Lutchmedial was awarded the Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize for Through the Eyes of an Ibis. The prize is given to the best unproduced long-form script, selected by a jury. In total it is worth $5,000 – a $3,000 cash prize, and $2,000 for a jury-approved story editor to further develop the winner’s script.

Matt Schiller was recognized with the Showrunner Award. Andrew Wreggit was previously announced as the recipient of the Margaret Collier Award, which recognizes a Canadian writer with a significant body of work in film and television.

Image courtesy of the Writers Guild of Canada