Poster of "The Big Short" [Photo: mtime.com]

The USC Scripter Awards, which honor the authors of printed works and the screenwriters who adapt their stories, took place on the USC campus in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

This year, Academy Award nominated picture "The Big Short" took home the prize for film.

Not only did screenwriters Adam McKay and Charles Randolph earn a win for the film, author Michael Lewis was honored too.

Films "Brooklyn" "The End of the Tour" "The Martian" and "Room" were also nominated.This year, for the first time, Scripter also gave out an award for a television adaptation, which went to the HBO miniseries "Show Me a Hero."

The other television nominees were all single episodes of series: "Game of Thrones," "The Leftovers," "The Man in the High Castle" and "Masters of Sex."

The finalist was selected from a field of 73 film and 18 television adaptations.

It was made by a committee made up of screenwriters, critics, authors, producers and academics, and chaired by Writers Guild of America, West president Howard Rodman.