2010 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

Precious

Geoffrey Fletcher

In New York City’s Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.

An Education

Nick Hornby

District 9

Neill Blomkamp

In the Loop

Jesse Armstrong

Up in the Air

Jason Reitman