"the simpsons" has won twelve writers guild of america awards. the animation category was introduced in 2003, and although the "futurama" episode "godfellas" won it in 2003, "the simpsons" began to dominate the category, winning the award from 2004 to 2010 and 2012 to 2015, receiving a total of 57 nominations in the category. in 2008, three of the series' writers received a nomination for video game writing. in 2009, the writers received their first nomination in the comedy series category. in 2011, the show's writers received two nominations in the category, and lost the award to "futurama"'s "the oprisoner of benda". in 2012 the show received four nominations, and joel h. cohen won his second wga award for "homer the father". in 2013 the show received three nominations, and jeff westbrook won his third wga award for "ned 'n' edna's blend agenda". in 2014 the show received three nominations and joel h. cohen won his third wga award for "a test before trying". in 2015 brian kelley won for "brick like me". in 2019 stephanie gillis won for “bart’s not dead”. in 2005 don payne won the paul selvin award for "fraudcast news".