Honoring the greatest in their profession more than the past year, the WGA held its 2012 Writers Guild Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday evening (February 19).

With the Tinseltown tribute taking location at the Hollywood Palladium, the annual function was hosted by “New Girl” actress Zooey Deschanel and “Community” actor Joel McHale.

Among the stars turning up to present trophies had been “The Assist” co-stars Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, as nicely as “Twilight” hunk Jackson Rathbone, former “Friends” actress Lisa Kudrow, Brenda Robust and “Parks and Recreation” funny woman Amy Poehler.

With early triumphs such as “Contemporary Family members” as Finest Comedy Television Series and Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” as Best Original Screenplay, the full rundown of 2012 Writers Guild Awards winners is as follows:

SCREENPLAY NOMINEES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

50/50, Written by Will Reiser Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo &amp Kristen Wiig Universal Studios
WINNER: Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen Sony Photos Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy Story by Tom McCarthy &amp Joe Tiboni Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody Paramount Images

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER: The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon &amp Jim Rash Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts Columbia Images
The Aid, Screenplay by Tate Taylor Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett DreamWorks Pictures
Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Paramount Images
Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin Based on the book by Michael Lewis Columbia Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

WINNER: Greater This Planet, Written by Katie Galloway &amp Kelly Duane de la Vega Loteria Films
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Written by Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek Oscilloscope Images
Nostalgia for the Light, Written by Patricio Guzmán Icarus Films
Pina, Screenplay by Wim Wenders Sundance Selects
Position Amongst the Stars, Script by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich HBO Films
Senna, Written by Manish Pandey Producers Distribution Agency

Television NOMINEES

DRAMA SERIES

Boardwalk Empire, Written by Bathsheba Doran, Dave Flebotte, Gina Gionfriddo, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Itamar Moses, Margaret Nagle,Terence Winter HBO

WINNER: Breaking Poor,Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett AMC

Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss HBO

The Very good Wife, Written by Courtney Kemp Agboh, Meredith Averill, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Karen Hall, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Steve Lichtman, Matthew Montoya, Julia Wolfe CBS

Homeland,Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm Showtime

COMEDY SERIES

30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Hannibal Buress, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Jon Haller, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, John Riggi, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield NBC

Curb Your Enthusiasm,Written by Alec Berg, Larry David, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer HBO

Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K. FX

WINNER: Contemporary Household, Written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker ABC

Parks &amp Recreation, Written by Greg Daniels, Katie Dippold, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Emily Kapnek, Dave King, Greg Levine, Aisha Muharrar, Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Brian Rowe, Michael Schur, Mike Scully, Emily Spivey, Alan Yang, Harris Wittels NBC

NEW SERIES

Episodes,Written by David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik Showtime

Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss HBO

WINNER: Homeland, Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm Showtime

The Killing, Written by Linda Burstyn, Jeremy Doner, Soo Hugh, Dan Nowak, Nic Pizzolatto, Dawn Prestwich, Veena Sud, Nicole Yorkin, Aaron Zelman AMC

New Girl, Written by Nick Adams, Rachel Axler, Brett Baer, Donick Cary, Dave Finkel, Berkley Johnson, Josh Malmuth, Elizabeth Meriwether, J.J. Philbin, Joe Port, Luvh Rakhe, Joe Wiseman Fox

EPISODIC DRAMA

“A Harmful Maid” (Boardwalk Empire), Written by Itamar Moses HBO

“The Age of Reason” (Boardwalk Empire), Written by Bathsheba Doran HBO

WINNER (TIE): “Box Cutter” (Breaking Poor), Written by Vince Gilligan AMC

“End Times” (Breaking Bad), Written by Thomas Schnauz &amp Moira Walley-Beckett AMC

WINNER: (TIE) “The Excellent Soldier” (Homeland), Written by Henry Bromell Showtime

“Just Let Go” (Dexter), Written by Jace Richdale Showtime

EPISODIC COMEDY

WINNER: “Caught in the Act” (Modern day Family), Written by Steven Levitan &amp Jeffrey Richman ABC

“Goodbye Michael, Element 2” (The Workplace), Written by Greg Daniels NBC

“Mother’s Day” (Modern Loved ones), Written by Dan O’Shannon &amp Ilana Wernick ABC

“Object Impermanence” (Weeds), Written by Stephen Falk Showtime

“PDA” (The Office), Written by Robert Padnick NBC

“Queen of Jordan” (30 Rock), Written by Tracey Wigfield NBC

Lengthy FORM – ORIGINAL

WINNER: Cinema Verite, Written by David Seltzer HBO

Five, “Pearl,” Written by Deirdre O’Connor, “Charlotte,” Written by Stephen Godchaux, “Cheyanne,” Written by Howard Morris, “Lili,” Written by Jill Gordon, “Mia,” Written by Wendy West Lifetime

Lengthy FORM – ADAPTED

Mildred Pierce, Teleplay by Todd Haynes &amp Jon Raymond, Based on the novel by James M. Cain HBO

WINNER: Too Huge to Fail, Written by Peter Gould, Based on the book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin HBO

ANIMATION

“Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts” (The Simpsons), Written by Tim Extended Fox

“The Blue and the Gray” (The Simpsons), Written by Rob LaZebnik Fox

“Donnie Fatso” (The Simpsons), Written by Chris Cluess Fox

WINNER: “Homer the Father” (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen Fox

“Moonstruck” (Ben ten: Ultimate Alien), Written by Len Uhley Cartoon Network

“The Silence of the Clamps” (Futurama), Written by Eric Rogers Comedy Central

COMEDY / Variety – (Including Talk) SERIES

Conan, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney TBS

Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Writers: Leo Allen, Jon Benjamin Comedy Central

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Head Writer: AD Miles, Writers: David Angelo, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Jeremy Bronson, Mike DiCenzo, Jimmy Fallon, John Haskell, Eric Ledgin, Dan Opsal, Amy Ozols, Gavin Purcell, Diallo Riddle, Jon Rineman, Bashir Salahuddin, Justin Shanes, Michael Shoemaker, Jen Statsky, CJ Toledano NBC

True Time with Bill Maher,Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Amani Redd HBO

Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Heather Anne Campbell, Matt Craig, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Tom Flanigan, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Jonathan Krisel, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Michael Patrick O’Brien, Paula Pell, Simon Wealthy, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker NBC

WINNER: The Colbert Report, Writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Wealthy Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner Comedy Central

The Day-to-day Show with Jon Stewart,Writers: Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Sam Signifies, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart Comedy Central

COMEDY / Selection – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

WINNER: After the Academy Awards, Head Writers: Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, John N. Huss, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonathan Kimmel, Jacob Lentz, Danny Ricker, Richard G. Rosner ABC

The Kennedy Center Honors,Written by Lewis Friedman, Sara Lukinson, Michael Stevens, George Stevens, Jr. CBS

DAYTIME DRAMA

All My Young children,Written by Jeff Beldner, Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Lisa K. Connor, Chris Dunn, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, David Kreizman, Dave Ryan, Donna Swajeski, Rebecca Taylor, Addie Walsh ABC

WINNER: Common Hospital, Written by Meg Bennett, Nathan Fissell, David Goldschmid, Robert Guza, Jr., Karen Harris, Elizabeth Korte, Mary Sue Cost, Michele Val Jean, Susan Wald, Tracey Thomson ABC

The Young and the Restless,Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Michael Montgomery, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Sarah Smith, Sandra Weintraub, Chris Whitesell, Teresa Zimmerman CBS

CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC &amp SPECIALS

“The Excellent Birds Club” (Sesame Street), Written by Joseph Mazzarino PBS

WINNER: “Hero of the Shadows” (Supah Ninjas), Written by Leo Chu, Eric S. Garcia Nickelodeon

“iLost My Mind” (iCarly), Written by Dan Schneider, Matt Fleckenstein Nickelodeon

“Luther Turns 4” (Zeke and Luther), Written by Devin Bunje, Nick Stanton Disney XD

“Oh, Brother” (The Troop), Written by Max Burnett Nickelodeon

“The Prince Frog” (Imagination Movers), Written by Jennifer Heftler, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Vivien Mejia, Michael G. Stern Disney Channel

NEW MEDIA NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA

WINNER: “Episode 1,” “Episode 2,” “Episode four,” “Episode 5,” “Episode 6” (Aim High), Written by Heath Corson &amp Richie Keen cambio.com/aim-high

“Episode 2.1: Employment,” “Episode two.two: Clientele,” “Episode 2.3: Individual Property,” “Episode two.4: The American Dream,” “Episode two.five: Debt Ceiling” (Downsized), Written by Daryn Strauss downsizedthewebseries.com

“Episode 3.1: The Return,” “Episode three.five: The Testosterone,” “Episode 3.6: The Advice,” “Episode 3.7: The Date” (Jack in a Box), Written by Michael Cyril Creighton jackinaboxsite.com

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA

“Soft Served!,” “Iced!,” “Rokered!” (Jack Donaghy: Executive Superhero), 30 Rock, Written by Tom Ceraulo nbc.com

“Raiden,” “Kitana and Mileena,” “Johnny Cage” (Mortal Kombat: Legacy), Written by Todd Helbing &amp Aaron Helbing machinima.com

“Pay Phone,” “Jax Meets His Second Son,” “Tara &amp Piney,” “Mexican Basketball” (Sons of Anarchy), Written by Kurt Sutter &amp Gladys Rodriguez FXnetworks.com

WINNER: “A New Day,” “Family Matters,” “Neighborly Advice,” “Step Mom,” “Everything Dies” (The Walking Dead), Teleplay by John Esposito, Story by John Esposito and Greg Nicotero amc.com

VIDEOGAME NOMINEES

VIDEOGAME WRITING

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations,Story by Alexandre Amancio, Jean Guesdon, Corey May possibly, Darby McDevitt Multiplayer Story by Stéphane Blais, Richard Farrese, Jeffrey Yohalem Lead Script Writer Darby McDevitt Script Writers Richard Farrese, Nicholas Grimwood, Corey May possibly, Jeffrey Yohalem Greek and Turkish Ambient Dialogue Writer Vincenzo Beretta Ubisoft

Batman: Arkham City,Lead Narrative Designer Paul Crocker Story Written by Paul Dini, Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Brink, Lead Writer Edward “Bongoboy” Stern Bethesda Softworks

Mortal Kombat, Story by John Vogel, Brian Chard, Dominic Cianciolo, Alexander Barrentine, Jon Greenberg Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

WINNER: Uncharted three: Drake’s Deception, Written by Amy Hennig Sony Computer Entertainment

RADIO NOMINEES

DOCUMENTARY

2010 Year in Assessment, Written by Gail Lee CBS Radio News

NEWS – Routinely SCHEDULED OR BREAKING REPORT

Portraits of a Terrorist: Who is Osama Bin Laden?, Written by Gail Lee CBS Radio News

NEWS – Analysis, Function OR COMMENTARY

Justice in a Time of Terror,Written by Andrew Cohen &amp Rob Mank CBS Radio News

So Several Goodbyes, Written by Gail Lee CBS Radio News

PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION NOMINEES

ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR Television)

“Fairytale” (Right now Show), Written by Carol M. Sullivan NBC News

Tv GRAPHIC ANIMATION

“CBS News Animations” (CBS News), Graphic Animation by David Rosen CBS News

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