The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter is an annual award given by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The award is often referred to as an EDA as a tribute to AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin's mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin. EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism.
Winners "†" indicates Academy Award-winning screenplay. "‡" indicates Academy Award-nominated screenplay.
2000s YearScreenwriter(s)Film2007 Tamara Jenkins The SavagesDiablo Cody Juno Sarah Polley Away from HerAdrienne Shelly Waitress2008 Jenny Lumet Rachel Getting MarriedCourtney Hunt Frozen River Kelly Reichardt Wendy and Lucy2009 Jane Campion Bright StarNora Ephron Julie & Julia Rebecca Miller The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2010s YearScreenwriter(s)Film2010 Lisa Cholodenko The Kids Are All RightAndrea Arnold Fish TankSofia Coppola SomewhereDebra Granik Winter's BoneNicole Holofcener Please GiveLaeta Kalogridis Shutter Island2011 Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo BridesmaidsDiablo Cody Young AdultAbi Morgan The Iron LadyLynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear We Need to Talk About KevinDee Rees Pariah2012 Lucy Alibar (and Benh Zeitlin) Beasts of the Southern WildZoe Kazan Ruby SparksAva DuVernay Middle of NowhereSarah Polley Take This Waltz2013 Nicole Holofcener Enough SaidLake Bell In a World...Julie Delpy Before MidnightJennifer Lee FrozenSarah Polley Stories We Tell2014 Gillian Flynn Gone GirlJennifer Kent The BabadookGillian Robespierre Obvious Child2015 Emma Donoghue RoomMarielle Heller The Diary of a Teenage GirlPhyllis Nagy CarolAmy Schumer Trainwreck2016 Kelly Reichardt Certain WomenAndrea Arnold American HoneyRebecca Miller Maggie's PlanLorene Scafaria The MeddlerLaura Terruso Hello, My Name Is Doris2017 Greta Gerwig Lady BirdLiz Hannah and Josh Singer The PostDee Rees and Virgil Williams Mudbound
See also
List of media awards honoring women
References
External links Alliance of Women Film Journalists official website