Donna Swajeski

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Donna Swajeski is an American writer known for her work on television soap operas. She has been a head writer, a co-head writer and a breakdown writer on award-winning daytime dramas for NBC Daytime, ABC Daytime and CBS Daytime. Before beginning her writing career on daytime dramas, she was Director of the East Coast Daytime Programs for NBC.

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Awards and nominations

As co-head writer for Guiding Light, Swajeski and her team won the 2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing. The show was also recognized as the 2007 Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series. She is also a winner of a Writers Guild of America Award for best Daytime writing, also for Guiding Light. She is currently working with children at the Delaware Children's Theater. [1] She is a director, producer and actress.

Daytime Emmy Awards

WINS

NOMINATIONS

Writers Guild of America Award

WINS

NOMINATIONS

Positions held

All My Children

Another World

The Bold and the Beautiful (hired by Bradley Bell)

Guiding Light

Port Charles

HW History

Preceded by De facto head writer of Another World during Writers Guild of America strike
April 1988 - September 1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head writer of Another World
November 1988 - November 1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by Co-Head writer of Guiding Light
(with Ellen Weston: September 15, 2003–July 5, 2004)
(with David Kreizman: July 6, 2004–February 29, 2008)

September 15, 2003 - February 29, 2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by Co-Head writer of Guiding Light
(with David Kreizman)

April 14, 2008 - August 21, 2008
Succeeded by
David Kreizman
Christopher Dunn
Lloyd Gold
Jill Lorie Hurst
Preceded by Co-Head writer of All My Children
May 12, 2010 – June 24, 2011
With: David Kreizman
Succeeded by

Personal life

Swajeski lives in Arden, Delaware with her husband, radio talk show host Mike Opelka.[ citation needed ]

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