The winning writers and screenwriters will be announced at a black-tie ceremony to be held Feb. 18 in Doheny Memorial Library. Academy Award winners Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford will return this year as honorary dinner chairs.

Paul Haggis - a 2005 Scripter winner for his screenplay for Million Dollar Baby and the recipient of two Academy Awards for his film Crash - will be honored with the 2012 USC Scripter Literary Achievement Award.

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