The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards on January 25, 2011, including the nominees for the “Best Original Screenplay” category. This award is given to honor the most outstanding screenplay that was written for a film released in 2010.http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/index.html  The nominees were Mike Leigh for Another Year; Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson for the screenplay for The Fighter (story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson); Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right; Christopher Nolan for Inception; and David Seidler for The King's Speech.http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html

The Academy Award for "Best Original Screenplay" was first awarded in 1928. It went to Ben Hecht for Underworld. Billy Wilder won the award twice, for Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment. Woody Allen has won twice as well, for Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters.  Other prominent winners include Francis Ford Coppola (Patton), Oliver Stone (Midnight Express), and Paddy Chayefsky (Network, The Hospital).http://www.filmsite.org/bestscreenplays2.html

Notable screenwriters who have been nominated but never been honored with the award include Ingmar Bergman, who was nominated for Wild Strawberries, Through a Glass Darkly, Autumn Sonata, and Fanny & Alexander, and Melvin Frank, who was nominated for The Road to Utopia, Knock on Wood, The Facts of Life, and A Touch of Class. The first woman to win the award was Francis Marion, who won in 1930 for The Big  House.  She won the award again in 1932 for The Champ. c

•  Another Year,  Mike Leigh
• The Fighter, screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception, Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right,  Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech, David Seidlerhttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html

• The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger, Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man, Joel & Ethan Coen
• Up, Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (screenplay and story) and Tom McCarthy (story)http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2010-2019/index.html

• Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
• Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
• Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
• Dustin Lance Black, Milk
• Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Doctor, Wall-Ehttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2010-2019/index.html

• Diablo Cody for Juno
• Nancy Oliver for Lars and the Real Girl
• Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
• Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird for Ratatouille
• Tamara Jenkins for The Savageshttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2010-2019/index.html