Celebrating the Kohinoor of content – The Screenwriter: The SWA Awards 2021 announced

The Screenwriters Association has announced the upcoming, Second Edition of the SWA Awards, to celebrate the Kohinoor of content, the Screenwriter.  If you are a writer or lyricist of a TV Show or Web Series that aired in 2020, Mediabrief.com encourage you to apply for SWA Awards 2021 and tell your other writer-friends about it too.

The Screenwriters Association’s SWA Awards 2021 is the only awards in India dedicated exclusively to screenwriters and  lyricists of Hindi feature films, television shows
and web series

All Feature Films released in 2020 will be automatically nominated for the award in the feature film categories, whereas TV Shows, Web Series writers and Lyricists
will have to submit their entries online

Started in 2020 on the SWA’s Diamond Jubilee year, and judged by a jury of eminent screenwriters, SWA Awards 2021 aims to be the most coveted and prestigious awards for writers in India, on a par with the screenwriting awards instituted by international writers guilds across the world.

Hindi Feature Films, TV Shows, Web Series and Songs released or aired in the year 2020 will be eligible for the competition. All Feature Films released in 2020 will be automatically nominated for the award in the feature film categories, whereas TV Shows, Web Series writers and Lyricists will have to submit their entries online. The application process will continue till 15 February 2021.

 For more details and submitting your entries please click here  

Last date for submission of application: 15^th February 2021 (till midnight)

Click here for the Award Ceremony – 27^th June 2021

SWA Awards 2021 will be given in 15 categories.

FEATURE FILMS:

1. Best Story
2. Best Screenplay
3. Best Dialogue
4. Best Debut Writer

TV SERIES – DRAMA:

1. Best Story
2. Best Screenplay
3. Best Dialogue

TV SERIES – COMEDY:

1. Best Story
2. Best Screenplay
3. Best Dialogue

WEB SERIES

1. Best Script for Web Series- Original Drama
2. Best Script for Web Series- Original Comedy
3. Best Script for Web Series- Adaptation (Based on Book / Novel / Play)

LYRICS

1. Feature Films: Best Lyrics
2. TV Series/ Web Series: Best Lyrics.