$95,000 in Humanitas Prizes Awarded : Television: Writers of ‘Roseanne,’ ‘I’ll Fly Away,’ ‘Cooperstown’ and ‘Miss Rose White’ are cited for their ‘humanizing achievement’ by Human Family Institute.

Writers from “Roseanne” and “I’ll Fly Away” were among the winners Wednesday of the annual Humanitas Prizes for “humanizing achievement in television writing,” as $95,000 in awards were handed out by the Pacific Palisades-based Human Family Institute.

During a luncheon ceremony at the Century Plaza, Rob Ulin won the $10,000 prize in the category for half-hour prime-time programs for the episode of ABC’s “Roseanne” titled “Terms of Estrangement Part II,” which the judges hailed for its “hilarious depiction of the strains that can develop in a family as its various members struggle to be faithful to themselves.”

In the hour category, Barbara Hall was awarded $15,000 for an episode of NBC’s “I’ll Fly Away” called “Comfort and Joy.” It was cited “for its heart-rending dramatization of the courage it takes to defy the unjust structures of society and for its touching portrayal of the moral stamina it takes to put love where there is no love and hope where there is despair.”

The $25,000 prize for long-form network programming went to Anna Sandor for her script for the NBC movie “Miss Rose White,” which the judges praised “for its penetrating portrayal of the power of ego-transcending love; for its exploration of what it means to be faithful to one’s heritage; and for its assertion that it is necessary to face the hurts of the past and reach beyond to understand and accept those who have inflicted them.”

Another $25,000 prize was awarded in the PBS/Cable category to Lee Blessing for the TNT movie “Cooperstown,” about a retired baseball player “who struggles to validate his life and discovers the primacy of relationships over achievements.”

In the children’s categories, $10,000 awards went to Betty Birney for a “CBS Schoolbreak Special” called “Big Boys Don’t Cry,” and to David J. Corbett and Dianne Dixon for “The Flute” episode of “The Legend of Prince Valiant” on the Family Channel.

A non-cash award in the documentary category went to Arnold Shapiro and Mary Jo Peltier for “Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse,” which was shown on ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS.

Father Ellwood E. Kieser, president of the Human Family Institute, announced that the organization next year will begin offering a $25,000 prize for the feature film “that does the most to enrich and fulfill its viewers.”