On Saturday, Feb. 26, the USC Libraries will honor the year’s most accomplished adaptations of the written word—and everyone can follow along at home. The 34th-annual Scripter Award ceremony, held online this year, will stream live at scripter.usc.edu beginning at 7:30 p.m. PST.

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Clockwise from top left: The Power of the Dog, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Passing, The Underground Railroad, The Lost Daughter, Dune (Photo: Business Wire)

The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film title:

• Screenwriters Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve, for “Dune” based on the novel by Frank Herbert
• Maggie Gyllenhaal for “The Lost Daughter” based on the novel by Elena Ferrante
• Rebecca Hall for “Passing” based on the novel by Nella Larsen
• Screenwriter Jane Campion and author Thomas Savage for “The Power of the Dog”
• Screenwriter Joel Coen and playwright William Shakespeare for “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

The finalist writers for episodic series are, in alphabetical order by series title:

• Danny Strong, for the episode “The People vs. Purdue Pharma,” from “Dopesick,” based on the nonfiction book “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America,” by Beth Macy
• Molly Smith Metzler for the episode “Dollar Store,” from “Maid,” based on the memoir “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive” by Stephanie Land
• Patrick Somerville for the episode “Wheel of Fire,” from “Station Eleven,” based on the novel by Emily St. John Mandel
• Barry Jenkins for the episode “Indiana Winter” from “The Underground Railroad,” based on the novel by Colson Whitehead
• Jac Schaeffer for the episode “Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience,” from “WandaVision” based on Marvel Comics characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

The winners will be announced at the ceremony, which will also honor writer-director Barry Jenkins with the presentation of the Literary Achievement Award. Jenkins, a nominee this year for “The Underground Railroad,” previously won the 2017 Scripter for “Moonlight” and was a finalist in 2019 for “If Beale Street Could Talk.”

For more information about the Scripter Awards, email scripter@usc.edu or visit scripter.usc.edu.

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