As previously reported, the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) announced nominations for “The 2025 Writers Guild Awards” on Wednesday, which includes the Daytime Drama category.
Competing this year are “Days of our Lives,” “General Hospital” and “The Young and the Restless,” while “The Bold and the Beautiful” did not submit for contention.
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With nominations based on written material aired during the 2024 calendar year, “Days of our Lives” is represented by head writer Ron Carlivati with writers Sonja Alarr, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan and Katherine D. Schock.
“Days of our Lives” has won the prestigious award for four consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), earning Carlivati his sixth win in the category overall having also won in 2015 and 2016 for his work as head writer of “General Hospital.”
As for material submitted by Carlivati and his team for consideration, they include episodes surrounding the death of Doug Williams (the late Bill Hayes), Soap Opera Network has confirmed.
The submitted episodes are as follows:
- Episode #1499 (Friday, November 29, 2024) – Salem learns of Doug’s passing.
- Episode #15000 (Monday, December 2, 2024) – Horton family reunions, Liz Chandler and Marie Horton come home. Family reminiscences of Doug.
- Episode #15001 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024) – Salem gathers to say goodbye to Doug.
Taking place on Saturday, February 15 from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City, “The 2025 Annual Writers Guild Awards,” will be streamed live starting at 4:30 p.m. PT on the Writers Guild of America West YouTube Channel (@writersguildwest).
For the full list of nominees in other categories, visit www.wga.org or www.wgaeast.org.