As expected, "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire" were the stars yesterday at the Writers Guild of America Awards. The two Oscar contenders receive top honors at the ceremony.

The award for the best original screenplay went to Dustin Lance Black for “Milk,” a movie about the gay-rights leader Harvey Milk who was murdered. Black received a standing ovation. He thanked "God for a dream come true and I thank God for giving us Harvey Milk," in what was the most emotional moment of the evening.

The other big prize – the award for the best adapted screenplay – went to Simon Beaufoy who based its screenplay for "Slumdog Millionaire" on "Q&A," a novel by Vikas Swarup which evolves around an Indian street orphan who makes it big in the entertainment business and also has an emotional love story with a happy end. "Slumdog Millionaire" is considered the Oscar front-runner with 10 nominations.

As for the other prizes, the documentary screenplay award went to Ari Folman for "Waltz With Bashir;" the award for dramatic series was won by “Mad Men” and the comedy series prize went to “30 Rock.” The list of awards continues below:

New series - "In Treatment," Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Merritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem

Long-form original - "Recount,"

Long-form adaptation - "John Adams" ("Episode 1, Join or Die" and "Episode 2, Independence"), Kirk Ellis

Comedy/variety series - "Saturday Night Live," head writers - Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele, Paula Pell

Episodic drama - "Pilot" ("Breaking Bad"), Vince Gilligan

Episodic comedy - "Succession" ("30 Rock"), Andrew Guest & John Riggi

Comedy/variety specials - "2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards," Billy Kimball, Aaron Lee, Jennifer Celotta, Rainn Wilson

Animation - "Apocalypse Cow" ("The Simpsons"), Jeff Westbrook

Children's episodic and specials - "Elmo's Christmas Countdown," Joey Mazzarino

Children's script, long-form - "Polar Bears" ("The Naked Brothers Band"), Polly Draper

Daytime serials - "As the World Turns," Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Courtney Simon, Lisa Connor, David A. Levinson, Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Cheryl Davis, Leslie Nipkow

Videogame writing - "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed," Haden Blackman, Shawn Pitman, John Stafford, Cameron Suey.

Valentine Davies Award - Carl Reiner, Vicki Riskin.