Screenwriters Association
The Screenwriters Association (formerly Film Writers' Association) is a labour union based in Mumbai, India. Members are authors, novelists, playwrights, and journalists who work in films, TV, and digital media. Members of SWA can register their scripts, screenplays and lyrics with the organisation, and seek recourse in case of a dispute. SWA has a legal officer on board and the dispute settlement committee handles cases pertaining to writers' rights regarding credit and payments. The Screenwriters Association is an autonomous body, for the writers and by the writers. On September 27, 2020 the Screenwriters Association held its first ever  award ceremony, for writers, by writers. The SWA Awards 2020 announced winners in 15 categories, out of 16 categories at an online award ceremony. The list of winners are as below: TV SHOWS 1. TV Comedy- Best Story: Nitin Keswani for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 2. TV Comedy- Best Dialogues: Bhavna vyas for Baavle Utaavle 3. TV Comedy- Best Screenplay: Aatish Kapadia for Bhakharwadi (TV series) 4. TV Drama- Best Story: No Award 5. TV Drama- Best Dialogues: Preeti Mamgain for Mere Dad Ki Dulhan 6. TV Drama- Best Screenplay: Kartick Sitaraman for Mere Dad Ki Dulhan WEB SERIES  7. Web Series- Best Original Drama: Richie Mehta & Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh for Delhi Crime 8. Web Series-Best Original Comedy: Devika Bhagat & Ishita Moitra for Four More Shots Please! 9. Web Series- Best Adaptation: Dhruv Narang, Nihit Bhave, Pooja Tolani and Varun Grover (writer) for Sacred Games (TV series) – Season2 LYRICS 10. TV/Web- Best Lyrics: Zama Habib for the song Ek Chup Tum, Ek Chup Main from the show Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein 11. Feature Films-Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for the song Teri Mitti from the film Kesari (2019 film) FEATURE FILMS 12. Best Gender Sensitive Script: Ivan Ayr  & Kislay for Soni 13. Feature Films- Best Debut Writer: Ivan Ayr & Kislay for Soni (film) 14. Feature Films- Best Dialogues: Vijay Maurya for Gully Boy 15. Feature Films- Best Story: Anubhav Sinha & Gaurav Solanki for Article 15 (film) 16. Feature Films- Best Screenplay: Anubhav Sinha & Gaurav Solanki for Article 15 The online award ceremony also included stand-up comic acts by Aatish Kapadia and Varun Grover (writer), an illusion act by mentalist Akshay Laxman, a lyrical jugalbandi between lyricists Shellee & Hussain Hydari and two musical performances – one by Rekha Bhardwaj on a song written by Gulzar, and a song composed  and sung by Vishal Bhardwaj. The Jury members for the various jury panels were eminent screenwriters themselves: Feature Films Jury : Ashok Mishra, Atul Tiwari, Juhi Chaturvedi, Saket Chaudhary, Urmi Juvekar, Vijay Krishna Acharya and Vinay Shukla Gender Sensitive Jury : Apurva Asrani, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Leena Yadav Television Jury : Anand Mahendroo, Ajai Sinha, Kamlesh Pandey, Liliput Faruqui, Manjul Sinha, Purnendu Shekhar and Sanjay Upadhyay Lyrics Jury : Amit Khanna, Ila Arun, Kausar Munir, Mayur Puri and Panchhi Jalonvi Web Jury: Jury for Web Series – Original Comedy: Reshu Nath, Shiv Subramaniam and Juhi Shekhar Jury for Web Series – Original Drama: Suhail Tatari , Ruchi Narain and Sweksha Bhagat Jury for Web Series – Adaptation: Anuraadha Tewari, Anuya Jakatdar and Ketki Pandit The SWA Awards Committee 2020 was headed by SWA President Robin Bhatt, Gen Secretary Sunil Salgia and EC member Anjum Rajabali. The Chairperson was Sridhar Rangayan and Convener was Richa Singh Gautam.