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Barry Jenkins and Tarell McCraney won the original screenplay
award for "Moonlight," a drama about a young black Miami man's
life and struggle to forge an identity.
Eric Heisserer took the Writers Guild of America's prize for
adapted screenplay for the science fiction film "Arrival," based
on a short story by Ted Chiang.
Both films are nominated for the best picture Oscar, which will
be handed out at a gala ceremony in Hollywood on Feb. 26. The
writers for both films are also Oscar-nominated, but will
compete against each other in the adapted screenplay category
after the Oscars decided the "Moonlight" script was an
adaptation of a McCraney play.
"Command and Control" won for best documentary screenplay.
Among television honors, "The Americans" won the Writers Guild
prize for drama series, while "Atlanta" took the award for best
comedy series as well as for best new series.
The Writers Guild is an industry group representing film,
television, radio and other media writers.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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