56th Writers Guild of America Awards
The 56th Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2004, honored the film and television best writers of 2003. Winners

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay
 American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Cold Mountain - Anthony Minghella 
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
Mystic River - Brian Helgeland 
Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

Best Original Screenplay
 Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
Bend It Like Beckham - Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges
Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight 
In America - Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan;
The Station Agent - Tom McCarthy

Television

Best Episodic Drama
 Day 2: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M - 24  - Evan Katz
Bounty - Law & Order - Michael S. Chernuchin
Loss - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
Abomination - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
Pilot - The O.C. - Josh Schwartz
Disaster Relief - The West Wing - Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt

Best Episodic Comedy
 No Sex, Please, We're Skittish - Frasier  - Bob Daily
Malcolm Films Reese - Malcolm in the Middle - Dan Kopelman
Day Care - Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy and Neil Thompson
A Woman's Right to Shoes - Sex and The City - Jenny Bicks

Best Animation Screenplay
 Godfellas - Futurama

Best Original Long Form Screenplay

Best Adapted Long Form Screenplay
 Out of the Ashes - Anne Meredith
Bastogne (Episode 6 of 2001 miniseries 'Band of Brothers')

References
WGA - Previous award winners

2003
2003 film awards
2003 television awards
Writ
2003 guild awards
2003 in American cinema
2003 in American television
February 2004 events in the United States