Award ceremony for writing of 2005
The 58th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on February 4, 2006, honored the best film and television writers of 2005.
Winners and nominees.
Film.
Adapted Screenplay.
 "Brokeback Mountain" – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Original Screenplay.
 "Crash" – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Documentary Screenplay.
 ' – Alex Gibney; based on the book "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron" by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
Television.
Dramatic Series.
 "Lost"  – J. J. Abrams, Kim Clements, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Paul Dini, Brent Fletcher, David Fury, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Jennifer Johnson, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, Lynne E. Litt, Monica Macer, Steven Maeda, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Janet Tamaro, Christian Taylor, Craig Wright
Comedy Series.
 "Curb Your Enthusiasm"  – Larry David
New Series.
 "Grey's Anatomy"  – Zoanne Clack, Ann Lewis Hamilton, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle G. Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman and Mark Wilding
Episodic Drama.
 "Autopsy" – "House" – Lawrence Kaplow
Episodic Comedy.
 "You Can't Miss the Bear (Pilot)" – "Weeds" – Jenji Kohan
Long Form – Adapted.
 "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"  – Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Long Form – Original.
 "Warm Springs"  – Margaret Nagle
Daytime Serials.
 "The Young and the Restless"  – Kay Alden, John F. Smith, Trent Jones, Jim Houghton, Sandra Weintraub, Chris Abbott, Joshua S. McCaffrey, Sara A. Bibel, Janice Ferri Esser, Natalie Minardi Slater, Eric Freiwald, Sally Sussman Morina