The USC Libraries announced the winners for the 37th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics,

The writers behind the adapted screenplay for Conclave and an episode of the FX series Say Nothing won at the 2025 USC Scripter Awards.

USC Libraries Scripter Awards, Edward Berger's "Conclave" won outstanding film adaptation for Peter Straughan's screenplay while "Say Nothing" won in the episodic series category, with Joshua Zetumer honored for adapting Patrick Radden Keefe’s nonfiction book "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.

The awards honor the best adapted film and TV projects of the year, with both the original authors and the screenwriters sharing the prize.

“Conclave” is an Oscar nominee in the Best Adapted Screenplay category and it won the Scripter in a category that also included fellow Oscar nominees “A Complete Unknown,” “Nickel Boys” and “Sing Sing.” (The fifth Scripter finalist was “The Wild Robot,” while the last Oscar nominee is “Emilia Pérez.”)