Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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Evelyn F. Burkey Award
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The 2022 recipient: Dick Cavett
Country United States
Presented by Writers Guild of America, East
First awarded 1978 (1978)
Currently held by Dick Cavett
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The Evelyn F. Burkey Award (previously called the Evelyn F. Burkey Memorial Award) is an honorary award presented by the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE). While most WGA Awards are conferred by the WGA West, the Burkey Award is one of three WGA Awards for which the WGAE chooses winners.[2] The award is named for Evelyn F. Burkey, who helped found the WGAE in 1953 and served as its first executive director until she retired in 1972. Since the 30th Writers Guild of America Awards in 1978, WGAE has presented the Burkey Award annually, except for the following years when no award was presented: 2012–13, 2017–18, 2020–21, and 2023.

The award recognizes a person or organization "whose contributions have brought honor and dignity to writers everywhere."[1] According to WGAE President Michael Winship, the WGAE "has presented the Burkey Award to celebrate the achievements of leaders—in the arts or politics—who have advanced the causes of creativity and freedom of speech."[3] Unlike other WGA Awards, which focus on professional film and television writing, the Burkey Award can be won by people who are not WGA members. It has been won by political figures; for example, in 2004 the WGAE presented the award to John McCain, citing his opposition to FCC rule changes on the issue of media cross-ownership in the United States.[4]

Winners

1970s

Year Recipient(s) Ref.
1978 (30th) Fred Coe [2]
1979 (31st) Barbara Schultz [5]

1980s

Year Recipient(s) Ref.
1980 (32nd) Walter Cronkite [5]
1981 (33rd) Elmer Lower [5]
1982 (34th) Herman Brodkin [5]
1983 (35th) Alan Wagner [5]
1984 (36th) Leonard Wasser [5]
1985 (37th) Jerome B. Lurie [5]
1986 (38th) Athol Fugard and Lloyd Richards [5]
1987 (39th) Edwin Newman [5]
1988 (40th) Andy Rooney, Local 1101 and District 1 of the Communications Workers of America [5]
1989 (41st) Horton Foote [5]

1990s

Year Recipient(s) Ref.
1990 (42nd) Art Buchwald [5]
1991 (43rd) George Schaefer [5]
1992 (44th) Jacqueline Babbin [5]
1993 (45th) Arthur Miller [5]
1994 (46th) Joan Ganz Cooney [5]
1995 (47th) Dennis Potter [5]
1996 (48th) Ken Saro-Wiwa [5]
1997 (49th) Sidney Lumet [5]
1998 (50th) Judy Crichton [5]
1999 (51st) David Brown [5]

2000s

Year Recipient(s) Ref.
2000 (52nd) Václav Havel [5]
2001 (53rd) Tom Fontana [5]
2002 (54th) Colin Callender [5]
2003 (55th) Martin Scorsese [5]
2004 (56th) John McCain [4]
2005 (57th) Claire Labine [5]
2006 (58th) Museum of Television and Radio [5]
2007 (59th) Joan Didion [6]
2008 (60th) Walter Bernstein [7]
2009 (61st) Committee to Protect Journalists [5]

2010s

Year Recipient(s) Ref.
2010 (62nd) Edward Albee [5]
2011 (63rd) Archive of American Television [5]
2012 (64th) Not awarded [5]
2013 (65th) Not awarded [5]
2014 (66th) James Schamus [8]
2015 (67th) Norman Lear [9]
2016 (68th) Al Franken [10]
2017 (69th) Not awarded
2018 (70th) Not awarded
2019 (71st) Franklin Leonard [11]

2020s

Year Recipient(s) Ref.
2020 (72nd) Not awarded
2021 (73rd) Not awarded
2022 (74th) Dick Cavett [12]
2023 (75th) Not awarded

References

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