| 2021 WGSA MUSE AWARDS | |||
| SEMI-FINALISTS | |||
| Feature Film Scripts | Television Scripts | ||
| Adelle Gascoyne | Muti | Dean Ravell, Stephen Nagel, Garth Wicomb | For Your Amusement |
| Albert Maritz | The boy behind the wardrobe | Jacques Du Rand | Kamer 6 |
| Hanneke Schutte | Drummies | Johann Smith | Apokalips |
| Jessica Naidoo | Me in the mix | Judi K Stewart | The Guestlodge |
| John Visser | Animal Princess | Khalid EL-Jelailati | Tribal Lands |
| Kurt Ellis | In The Midst of Wolves | Kurt Ellis | Rainbows End |
| Kurt Ellis | The Nether | Kurt Ellis | Kingdom of Tar |
| Louis Minnaar | Lanileli 1902 | Kurt Ellis | As Seen on TV |
| Meg Rickards | Pizza with Love | Louis Preorius | Die Boekklub Season 3 |
| Natalie Swain | The Culling | Louis Preorius | Troukoors Season 1 |
| Philip Roberts | Atlantis | Nelisa Ngcobo | The Bad Black |
| Robyn Harry | Reverend Blades | Theoline Maphutha | Odyssey |
| Tim Greene | The Fury | Tiaan van Niekerk | Underworld |
| Tracey Farren | Hotel Nowhere | Tracey farren | Snake |
| Tracey Farren | Snake | Vic Abdol | The Lost Files of Akademies |
| Vic Abdol | Alone at Night | Yongama Mjiwu | Am I Next? |
| Warrick Grier | The Gap | Yongama Mjiwu | Ibhongo Eps 1 |
| Short Film Scripts | Stage Play Scripts | ||
| Damian Sean Samuels | alChemist | Anthony Akerman | Leading Ladies |
| Dean Ravell | Pieces | Warrick Grier | A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings |
| Dean Ravell | Dead Plate | Radio Play Scripts | |
| Dean Ravell, Stephen Nagel | Plunder | Adelle van Wyk | Makkie Onthou |
| Deidre Rosenberg | All The Lost Girls | Albert Maritz | n Hospitaalsaal in Bloem |
| Felicia Mokgara | Isago | Albert Maritz | Dirk Ligter |
| Hanné Koster | Mathilda Meraai | Hendie Grobbelaar | Sterrereen |
| Jacques Du Rand | Ready or Not | Janie Ligthelm | Weer Begin |
| Julie-Anne McDowell Hegarty | The Hive | Philip Nolte | Morgenster |
| Mboniseni Ndlovu | Wildfire Of Sins | Documentary Scripts | |
| Mboniseni Ndlovu | Gogo Ugobe | Billi-Jean Parker | Unholy Alliance |
| Mechiel Boshoff, Inez Robertson | Soap | Animation Scripts | |
| Moe Motala | Graduation | Fanie Viljoen | Pixel |
| Sabelo Gule | Conscience Killer | Greig Cameron | Seal Team |
| Stephen Nagel | The Following | Leigh-Ann de Wee | Thirst |
| Sunni Faba | Ebumnyameni | ||
| Theoline Maphutha | Tselane | ||
| Tokoloho Masemene | Fortuna | ||
| Zarine Roodt | Letlotlo | ||
| The WGSA would like to thank our first-round judges | |||
| Adelle Gascoyne, Anil Polton, Ayanda Mncwaba-Mama, Billi-Jean Parker, Elsa Aboud. Hannè Koster, Ian Tucker, Jacqueline Rainers, Karen Jeynes, Marina Bekker, Mpaki Molapo, Natasjè van Niekerk, Palesa Lebona, Phemelo Phiri, Roland Perold, Siphiwe Mbata, Siphokazi Mtila, Tharollo Mafokane, Thamsanqa Mthiyane, Tshenolo Mabale, Yolanda, Lindeque-Strauss | |||
