GameSpot - Writers Guild of America to Honor Game Writers

Gamespot has a short article that talks about the intention of the Writer's Guild of America, an organization for screen and television writers, to offer it's first ever Videogame Writing Award at  its next annual awards program for outstanding achievements in film, TV, or radio writing:

Game developers have increasingly stressed the importance of having good stories to complement canny gameplay for years. And while those efforts might be appreciated by players of tautly scripted role-playing games or especially engaging action games, they've gone largely unheralded by the non-gaming world.

That's set to change, as the Writers Guild of America has announced plans to give out its first Videogame Writing Award at next year's Writers Guild Awards, scheduled for February 9 in Los Angeles. Championed by the guild's New Media Caucus, the award is intended "to encourage storytelling excellence in videogames, to improve the status of writers, and to begin to encourage uniform standards."