Award season appears to be as never-ending as the snow, as the Writer’s Guild of Canada announced its nominees for the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards on Monday.

CBC reports that two episodes of “Corner Gas” made the cut for the half-hour drama series category, as did an episode of “Robson Arms.”

The Writer’s Guild doesn’t just honour film and television; the CBC radio drama “Afghanada” scored three nominations.

The ceremony will take place in Toronto on April 14, and will be hosted by Gavin Crawford of “This Hour Has 22 Minutes.”

Other nominations include:

Documentary: China’s Sexual Revolution (Miro Cernetig, Josh Freed); Dubai: Miracle or Mirage? (Ted Remerowski); Jonestown: Paradise Lost (Jason Sherman); Toxic Trespass (Barri Cohen).

One-hour drama: “Happy Birthday Mr. President” from Across the River to Motor City (Denis McGrath, Robert Wertheimer); “What Lies Beneath” from Durham County (Laurie Finstad Knizhnik); “Down But Not Out” from Intelligence (Chris Haddock); “Pilot Episode” from Sabbatical (Peter Mitchell).

Feature film: Normal (Travis McDonald); Poor Boy’s Game (Chaz Thorne, Clement Virgo); The Green Chain (Mark Leiren-Young); The Stone Angel (Kari Skogland).

Movie of the week or miniseries: Dragon Boys (Ian Weir); Shades of Black (Andrew Wreggitt); The Robber Bride (Tassie Cameron).

Children or preschool: “Max Invader, Scourge of the Universe” from Captain Flamingo (Suzanne Bolch, John May); “Everybody Was Tofu Fighting” from Captain Flamingo (Vera Santamaria); “Electricity” from Dinosapien (Thérèse Beaupré); “Petition Impossible” from Iggy Arbuckle (Kenn Scott); “Yam Ween” from Ruby Gloom (Carolyn Bennett).

Youth: “In or Out of Africa” from Naturally Sadie (Brent Piaskoski); “Blackout” from renegadepress.com (Sara Snow); “The Third Wheel” from renegadepress.com (Jordan Wheeler).






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