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
† indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.