56th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 56th Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2004, honored the film and television best writers of 2003.

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

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 Adapted Long Form Screenplay
 Out of the Ashes - Anne Meredith Bastogne (Episode 6 of 2001 miniseries 'Band of Brothers')