Paula Cwikly

Paula Cwikly is an American soap opera writer for the Daytime television serial The Young and the Restless. She was NBC Daytime's director of daytime programming.

She is a 1982 graduate of the University of Dayton.

Career
As the World Turns
 * Associate Head Writer: Fall 2003 - March 2, 2005, August 5, 2005 - January 6, 2006

Days of Our Lives
 * Co-Head Writer (with Peter Brash): March 29, 2002 - March 6, 2003
 * Co-Head Writer (with Jeanne Marie Ford): April 2025 - present
 * Associate Head Writer: 2000 - March 28, 2002, March 6, 2003 - September 3, 2003

Sunset Beach
 * Writer: 1998 - 1999

The Young and the Restless
 * Breakdown Writer: January 4, 2008 – 2012
 * Associate Head Writer: August 7, 2006 - August 3, 2007

Awards and nominations

 * Daytime Emmy Awards
 * Nominated for Best Writing; As The World Turns, 2004-06
 * Winner for Best Writing; As The World Turns, 2005


 * Writers Guild of America Award
 * Nomination for 2006 Season, The Young And The Restless); 2005 Season; As The World Turns; 2001 Season; Days of our Lives