Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter
# Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter is an annual award given by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The award is often referred to as an EDA as a tribute to AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin's mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin. EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism.

## Winners

* "†" indicates Academy Award-winning screenplay.
* "‡" indicates Academy Award-nominated screenplay.

### 2000s

| Year | Screenwriter(s) | Film |
| - | - | - |
| 2007 | Tamara Jenkins | The Savages |
| 2007 | Diablo Cody | Juno |
| 2007 | Sarah Polley | Away from Her |
| 2007 | Adrienne Shelly | Waitress |
| 2008 | Jenny Lumet | Rachel Getting Married |
| 2008 | Courtney Hunt | Frozen River |
| 2008 | Kelly Reichardt | Wendy and Lucy |
| 2009 | Jane Campion | Bright Star |
| 2009 | Nora Ephron | Julie & Julia |
| 2009 | Rebecca Miller | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee |

### 2010s

| Year | Screenwriter(s) | Film |
| - | - | - |
| 2010 | Lisa Cholodenko | The Kids Are All Right |
| 2010 | Andrea Arnold | Fish Tank |
| 2010 | Sofia Coppola | Somewhere |
| 2010 | Debra Granik | Winter's Bone |
| 2010 | Nicole Holofcener | Please Give |
| 2010 | Laeta Kalogridis | Shutter Island |
| 2011 | Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo | Bridesmaids |
| 2011 | Diablo Cody | Young Adult |
| 2011 | Abi Morgan | The Iron Lady |
| 2011 | Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear | We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| 2011 | Dee Rees | Pariah |
| 2012 | Lucy Alibar (and Benh Zeitlin) | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| 2012 | Zoe Kazan | Ruby Sparks |
| 2012 | Ava DuVernay | Middle of Nowhere |
| 2012 | Sarah Polley | Take This Waltz |
| 2013 | Nicole Holofcener | Enough Said |
| 2013 | Lake Bell | In a World... |
| 2013 | Julie Delpy | Before Midnight |
| 2013 | Jennifer Lee | Frozen |
| 2013 | Sarah Polley | Stories We Tell |
| 2014 | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl |
| 2014 | Jennifer Kent | The Babadook |
| 2014 | Gillian Robespierre | Obvious Child |
| 2015 | Emma Donoghue | Room |
| 2015 | Marielle Heller | The Diary of a Teenage Girl |
| 2015 | Phyllis Nagy | Carol |
| 2015 | Amy Schumer | Trainwreck |
| 2016 | Kelly Reichardt | Certain Women |
| 2016 | Andrea Arnold | American Honey |
| 2016 | Rebecca Miller | Maggie's Plan |
| 2016 | Lorene Scafaria | The Meddler |
| 2016 | Laura Terruso | Hello, My Name Is Doris |
| 2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird |
| 2017 | Liz Hannah and Josh Singer | The Post |
| 2017 | Dee Rees and Virgil Williams | Mudbound |
