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**The writing categories the Academy gave out have gone through numerous changes throughout the years, so many in fact that they could not all be listed on the award pages themselves. As a result I have created a time line showing the changes in categories. It should be noted that while at different times credit for story was separate from the screenplay awards, and other times it was a combined award, but on this site we will only be recognizing the screenwriters for simplicity purposes.**

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2009

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Neill Blomkamp and 
Terri Tatchell
for
District 9 (2009)
Nick Hornby
for
An Education (2009)
Jesse Armstrong, 
Simon Blackwell, 
Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
for
In The Loop (2009)
Geoffrey Fletcher
for
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009)
Jason Reitman and 
Sheldon Turner
for
Up In The Air (2009)


2008

Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
for
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
John Patrick Shanley
for
Doubt (2008)
Peter Morgan
for
Frost/Nixon (2008)
David Hare
for
The Reader (2008)
Simon Beaufoy
for
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)


2007

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Christopher Hampton
for
Atonement (2007)
Sarah Polley
for
Away From Her (2007)
Ronald Harwood
for
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
for
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Paul Thomas Anderson
for
There Will Be Blood (2007)


2006

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Sacha Baron Cohen,
Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips
for
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (2006)
Alfonso Cuaron,
Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
for
Children Of Men (2006)
William Monahan
for
The Departed (2006)
Tom Field and Tom Perrotta
for
Little Children (2006)
Patrick Marber
for
Notes On A Scandal (2006)


2005

Larry McMurtry and 
Diana Ossana
for
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Dan Futterman
for
Capote (2005)
Jeffrey Caine
for
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Josh Olson
for
A History Of Violence (2005)
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
for
Munich (2005)


2004


2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

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1997

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1990

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1963

1962
**NOTE** - Originally only Robert Bolt was given a nomination for writing Lawrence Of Arabia. Michael Wilson had not received credit for his work on the script as at the time he was blacklisted in Hollywood. On 09/26/95 The Board Of Governors of The Academy Awards voted to restore his name to the record books and include him with the nomination.

1961

1960
**NOTE** - Originally the writers credited for Inherit The Wind were Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith. This was because Nedrick Young was blacklisted during this period and had to use Nathan E. Douglas as a pseudonym. At the request of his widow The Academy decided to restore his real name to the records on 06/22/93.

1959

1958

1957
**NOTE** - Originally only Pierre Boulle received official screen credit for adapting his French novel, although it was commonly known throughout Hollywood that Michael Wilson and Carl Forman actually adapted the screenplay, but could not receive credit as they were blacklisted. On 12/11/84 The Board Of Governors of The Academy Awards voted to restore Michael Wilson and Carl Forman's names to the record books and include them with the nomination.

1956
**NOTE** - Friendly Persuasion was not an official nomination. Michael Wilson's contract had a clause that if he had not cleared his name from the blacklist before release of any of his films the studio and the right to remove his name from the credits of the film. Since at the several of the contracts were floating around Hollywood, The Academy decided to create a bi-law stating that if a film was nominated and there was no one who could be credited for the work then the entire nomination would be removed for consideration. That year Friendly Persuasion was nominated in this category and since no one was officially given credit for the screenplay it omitted for final consideration leaving only 4 nominees for the category. The bi-law was short lived and was withdrawn in 1959, and on 12/10/02 The Board Of Governors of The Academy Awards voted to restore Michael Wilson and Friendly Persuasions to the record books and include them with the other nominees.

1955
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story and Screenplay" which was exclusivly for original work. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1954
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story and Screenplay" which was exclusivly for original work. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1953
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story and Screenplay" which was exclusivly for original work. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1952
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story and Screenplay" which was exclusivly for original work. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1951
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story and Screenplay" which was exclusivly for original work. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1950
**NOTE** - Originally the credit for Broken Arrow was attributed to Michael Blankfort who served as a front for Albert Maltz. On 07/09/93 the Academy voted to restore Albert Maltz's name to the record books.
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story and Screenplay" which was exclusivly for original work. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1949
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story and Screenplay" which was exclusivly for original work. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1948
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story" which was exclusivly for original work but in this year there was no award for original screenplay. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1947

1946

1945

1944

1943

1942

1941

1940

1939
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story" which was exclusivly for original work but in this year there was no award for original screenplay. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1938
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story" which was exclusivly for original work but in this year there was no award for original screenplay. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1937
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story" which was exclusivly for original work but in this year there was no award for original screenplay. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1936
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story" which was exclusivly for original work but in this year there was no award for original screenplay. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1935
**NOTE** - In this year they announced the winner along with 2nd and 3rd place recipients.
**NOTE** - Dudley Nichols refused to accept his Oscar for undisclosed reasons, however by 1949 he was in possesion of his statue.
**NOTE** - The nomination for Casey Robinson was not considered an official nomination as he was a write-in vote.
**NOTE** - There was not a specific category for adapted screenplays in this year. The nominees listed above were nominees from the category called "Screenplay". While adapted and original could be nominated in this category, there is a category called "Best Story" which was exclusivly for original work but in this year there was no award for original screenplay. As a result the majority of nominees were for adapted screenplays however, all the nominees are displayed here.

1934
**NOTE** - In this year they announced the winner along with 2nd and 3rd place recipients.

1932/1933
**NOTE** - In this year they announced the winner along with 2nd and 3rd place recipients.

1931/1932

1930/1931



1929/1930

**NOTE** - There was only 1 general category called "Best Writing" in this year, however I have listed the same winners and nominees under both the "Adapted" and "Original" lists since there was only one category.
**NOTE** - According to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Science, no nominees were officially announced this year, only the winners were unveiled, however according to their internal files all of the films listed above were under consideration. In addition only the screenplay itself was announced, not the writers involved, however they are listed above.

1928/1929
**NOTE** - There was only 1 general category called "Best Writing" in this year, however I have listed the same winners and nominees under both the "Adapted" and "Original" lists since there was only one category.
**NOTE** - According to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Science, no nominees were officially announced this year, only the winners were unveiled, however according to their internal files all of the films listed above were under consideration. In addition only the screenplay itself was announced, not the writers involved, however they are listed above.
**NOTE** - During this time the person, not the movie was nomintaed for their work for the entire year. However, for unknown reasons Hans Kraly was only recognised as the winner for his work on The Patriot.

1927-1928
**NOTE** - Charles Chaplin won a special award this year for The Circus. A letter to Chaplin explains the award: "The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing 'The Circus.' The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself."
**NOTE** - During this time the person, not the movie was nomintaed for their work for the entire year.

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