The American Screenwriters Association (ASA) announced the nominees for the 2006 Discover Screenwriting Award. The award honors a writer who, perhaps for the first time, had his or her screenplay produced into a feature film or movie for television, which received wide distribution or broadcast, and, in the opinion of our Board of Directors and members, reflects the highest levels of artistic achievement in screenwriting.

The five nominees were voted on by professional members of the American Screenwriters Association and its Board of Directors from an original slate of fifteen nominated writers. The nominees are:

Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Russell Gewirtz, Inside Man
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Peter Morgan, The Queen
Jason Reitman, Thank You for Smoking

Prior recipients include Dan Futterman for Capote, Paul Haggis for Million Dollar Baby, Antwone Fisher for Antwone Fisher, Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Milo Addica for Monster's Ball.

The final results will be announced in mid-January 2007 and a presentation of the award will follow.