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Evelyn F. Burkey Award
The 2022 recipient: Dick Cavett
Awarded for	"contributions have brought honor and dignity to writers everywhere"
Country	United States
Presented by	Writers Guild of America, East
First awarded	1978 (1978)
Currently held by	Dick Cavett

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. 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." 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." 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.

Winners

1970s

1980s

1990s

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2010s

2020s

References

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• Writers Guild of America Awards
• Awards established in 1978
• 1978 establishments in the United States