The Evelyn F. Burkey Award is an honorary award presented by the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE). While most WGA Awards are conferred by the WGA West, the Burkey Award is one of three WGA Awards for which the WGAE chooses winners. The award is named for Evelyn F. Burkey, who helped found the WGAE in 1953 and served as its first executive director until she retired in 1972. Since the 30th Writers Guild of America Awards in 1978, WGAE has presented the Burkey Award annually, except for the following years when no award was presented: 2012–13, 2017–18, 2020–21, and 2023.