Recently applauding the (SWA) Screen writers association for initiating the SWA Awards for the first time in the history of cinema, eminent film writer and poet Javed Akhtar tweeted, `Screen writers association popularly known as SWA has launched an annual award for all the categories of writing. Who can be a better judge of writings than the writers themselves?`

Screenwriters Association (SWA), the Indian Guild of screenwriters and lyricists has announced SWA Awards on the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee year in 2020. The only awards in India dedicated entirely to screenwriters and lyricists of Hindi Feature Films, Television Shows and Web series. Judged by a jury of eminent screenwriters, these awards will be the most coveted and prestigious awards for writers in India, much like the awards of other prestigious international writers' guilds and literary organisations.

The first SWA Award 2020 ceremony will be held on September 27, 2020 online.