Recent news from the Writers Guild of America, West and Writers Guild of America East, including Congressional hearings on net neutrality and First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces campaign.

The WGA and the AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. Seeking to avoid another crippling strike, negotiations were concluded in just two weeks. The agreement still has to be ratified by membership, so expect the debate to continue for the next several weeks.

On Saturday, March 5, IFP (Independent Filmmaker Project) presented a conference in New York City called “Script to Screen” – with the support of partners, the Writers Guild of America East, Festology and the Nantucket Film Festival. Although there is a lot of information and discussion on the Internet, events like this one are especially helpful for networking. If you’re lucky, you can connect with someone who can move your career in a positive direction.

Comcast’s controversial takeover of NBC-Universal was approved by the FCC on January 18, 2011. The merger of the cable giant with one of the biggest content providers in the world has aroused grave concern in many of Hollywood’s guilds and unions.

On Saturday, February 5, the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing were announced. Script Magazine would like to congratulate all the winners and nominees for their great work last year. Kudos to a great year in entertainment! The following is the complete list of winners…

The WGA Awards juggernaut rolls on.

WGA Videogame Writing Award nominations; WGA New Media Writing Award nominations; Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Writing recipient and the Valentine Davies Award recipients.

Here’s the full list of the 2011 WGA Award nominees for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen. What do you think of the nominations? Who got snubbed? Who deserves it? Who doesn’t?

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2010 season to be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, in Los Angeles and New York.